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Hooray! America is finally heading toward race and gender fairness

Hooray! America is finally heading toward race and gender fairness

Story of Vietnamese orphans who resettled here 50 years ago proves there are greater things than politics

Story of Vietnamese orphans who resettled here 50 years ago proves there are greater things than politics

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Cressida Bonas gives birth to 'miracle' baby and names her after tragic sister

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Cressida Bonas gives birth to 'miracle' baby and names her after tragic sister

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Jamie's Dyslexia Revolution on Ch4: All fired up like an angry Aga, chef Jamie gave the minister a roasting

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Jamie's Dyslexia Revolution on Ch4: All fired up like an angry Aga, chef Jamie gave the minister a roasting

Diplomacy as theater: China's obsession with Beijing-Washington summits

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Diplomacy as theater: China's obsession with Beijing-Washington summits

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From Vietnamese street orphans to successful Americans: The untold rescue story

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From Vietnamese street orphans to successful Americans: The untold rescue story

about 2 hours ago

Newsom-Bass’ ‘give up’ governance, FEMA is built to fail and other commentary

Newsom-Bass’ ‘give up’ governance, FEMA is built to fail and other commentary

about 2 hours ago

QUENTIN LETTS: Criticising Red China is a moreish activity. You try some and before long hanker for another plateful

QUENTIN LETTS: Criticising Red China is a moreish activity. You try some and before long hanker for another plateful

about 2 hours ago

Wigan legend Billy Boston will become rugby league's first knight. And not before time, writes OLIVER HOLT

Wigan legend Billy Boston will become rugby league's first knight. And not before time, writes OLIVER HOLT

about 2 hours ago

Tech stampede to the exit: British brilliance born of our great universities is being plundered daily, says ALEX BRUMMER

Tech stampede to the exit: British brilliance born of our great universities is being plundered daily, says ALEX BRUMMER

about 2 hours ago

Tinkering with smartphone rules won’t save our kids – the damage they do means we must BAN them now

Tinkering with smartphone rules won’t save our kids – the damage they do means we must BAN them now

about 2 hours ago

Meghan’s theme park snap proves she is a cosplay Diana… the contrast between the two couldn’t be more different

Meghan’s theme park snap proves she is a cosplay Diana… the contrast between the two couldn’t be more different

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Letter to the editor: Soft-on-crime policies lead to anarchy

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Letter to the editor: Soft-on-crime policies lead to anarchy

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Letter to the editor: Being gay is not an indulgence

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Letter to the editor: Being gay is not an indulgence

about 3 hours ago

Letter to the editor: When free speech becomes pure incitement

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Letter to the editor: When free speech becomes pure incitement

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From gold medals to gender politics: Simone Biles should quit, again

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From gold medals to gender politics: Simone Biles should quit, again

about 3 hours ago

DARREN LEWIS 'Let's honour Uriah Rennie and finally address glaring Premier League issue'

DARREN LEWIS 'Let's honour Uriah Rennie and finally address glaring Premier League issue'

about 5 hours ago

Revealed: The new Reform chairman who used to be a TV presenter. ANDREW PIERCE lifts the lid

Revealed: The new Reform chairman who used to be a TV presenter. ANDREW PIERCE lifts the lid

about 5 hours ago

Tory WAG Sasha Swire's attack on Sarah Vine is vindictive nonsense. Why didn't she write about the mink-lined snobbery of her own adulterous husband? NADINE DORRIES

Tory WAG Sasha Swire's attack on Sarah Vine is vindictive nonsense. Why didn't she write about the mink-lined snobbery of her own adulterous husband? NADINE DORRIES

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Using an asthma inhaler in the wrong way could cause your TEETH to fall out - but this simple trick can protect you: DR MARTIN SCURR

Using an asthma inhaler in the wrong way could cause your TEETH to fall out - but this simple trick can protect you: DR MARTIN SCURR

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Rachel Reeves' winter fuel U-turn has exposed depths of incompetence that are barely credible. This is why the political damage will be permanent, says STEPHEN GLOVER

Rachel Reeves' winter fuel U-turn has exposed depths of incompetence that are barely credible. This is why the political damage will be permanent, says STEPHEN GLOVER

about 7 hours ago

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: How dare the far-Left ideologues who run our health service visit their class-war bigotry on sick children

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: How dare the far-Left ideologues who run our health service visit their class-war bigotry on sick children

about 7 hours ago

Greta Thunberg, Gaza-bound Gilligan in pigtails, grasps for relevancy

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Greta Thunberg, Gaza-bound Gilligan in pigtails, grasps for relevancy

about 8 hours ago

How Craigmillar’s rise will help transform Edinburgh’s success

How Craigmillar’s rise will help transform Edinburgh’s success

about 9 hours ago

It’s ‘a small part of LA’ is latest media refrain to minimize violent mobs

It’s ‘a small part of LA’ is latest media refrain to minimize violent mobs

about 10 hours ago

Scotland's best-loved charities may be just one financial knock away from collapse

Scotland's best-loved charities may be just one financial knock away from collapse

about 12 hours ago

Now even the British cuppa is not safe from scams

Now even the British cuppa is not safe from scams

about 12 hours ago

The show must go on - but let's make it fair

The show must go on - but let's make it fair

about 12 hours ago

Family businesses: act now to avoid inheriting a new challenge

Family businesses: act now to avoid inheriting a new challenge

about 12 hours ago

The NHS is still providing wonderful treatment. Increase taxes and fund it properly

The NHS is still providing wonderful treatment. Increase taxes and fund it properly

about 12 hours ago

How to win (or lose) a break up on social media

How to win (or lose) a break up on social media

about 16 hours ago

The CalMac ferries are just fine. The port is another story

The CalMac ferries are just fine. The port is another story

about 17 hours ago

A Scottish legend says cancel culture is over. Yeah right

A Scottish legend says cancel culture is over. Yeah right

about 17 hours ago

Kate Forbes addresses same two big topics - one year on

Kate Forbes addresses same two big topics - one year on

about 17 hours ago

Titillating tome may prove as controversial as Lady Chatterley's Mollusc

Titillating tome may prove as controversial as Lady Chatterley's Mollusc

about 17 hours ago

Why am I being unfairly penalised over 25% pension tax-free cash after lifetime allowance abolition? STEVE WEBB replies

Why am I being unfairly penalised over 25% pension tax-free cash after lifetime allowance abolition? STEVE WEBB replies

about 17 hours ago

Soaking the rich — as Mamdani and other lefties want —won’t pay for a supersized NYC gov’t

Soaking the rich — as Mamdani and other lefties want —won’t pay for a supersized NYC gov’t

about 20 hours ago

Miranda Devine: Foreign flags fly in LA anti-ICE riots — vindicating Donald Trump and leaving Dems with no moral standing

Miranda Devine: Foreign flags fly in LA anti-ICE riots — vindicating Donald Trump and leaving Dems with no moral standing

about 20 hours ago

Trump's bravado has totally backfired. China has the President right where it wants him - for one devastating reason: DOMINIC LAWSON

Trump's bravado has totally backfired. China has the President right where it wants him - for one devastating reason: DOMINIC LAWSON

about 21 hours ago

ANDREW PIERCE: Celebrate Mrs T! Just what would grumpy Ted say?

ANDREW PIERCE: Celebrate Mrs T! Just what would grumpy Ted say?

about 21 hours ago

Riley Gaines’ clever replies make us doubt it’s really Simon Biles writing those trans-extremist posts

Riley Gaines’ clever replies make us doubt it’s really Simon Biles writing those trans-extremist posts

about 23 hours ago

How far would Dems have let the LA riots go if Trump HADN’T sent in the National Guard?

How far would Dems have let the LA riots go if Trump HADN’T sent in the National Guard?

about 23 hours ago

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Gold on BBC1: Gold, greed, booze... this caper has the hallmarks of a classic crime flick

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Gold on BBC1: Gold, greed, booze... this caper has the hallmarks of a classic crime flick

about 23 hours ago

Why Meghan MUST drop the ‘Duchess’ title, – I know the REAL reason she’s blurring kids faces

Why Meghan MUST drop the ‘Duchess’ title, – I know the REAL reason she’s blurring kids faces

about 23 hours ago

Everything old is old again — like Putin playing with Stalin’s handbook

Everything old is old again — like Putin playing with Stalin’s handbook

about 24 hours ago

I've tried thousands of skincare products - but there's only ONE 'magic potion' I'd spend my money on for real results (and the experts agree): POLISHED by Elise Wilson

I've tried thousands of skincare products - but there's only ONE 'magic potion' I'd spend my money on for real results (and the experts agree): POLISHED by Elise Wilson

Migrants, lawyers, smuggling gangs and the French cash in – while Brits are left to foot the bill

Migrants, lawyers, smuggling gangs and the French cash in – while Brits are left to foot the bill

Dear Christians: Please stop calling people gay

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Dear Christians: Please stop calling people gay

Progressive states that care not for laws or the border are the ones tearing us apart

Progressive states that care not for laws or the border are the ones tearing us apart

RUTH SUNDERLAND: No wealth means no welfare

RUTH SUNDERLAND: No wealth means no welfare

Labour can’t preach about hard choices while spending billions on migrant hotels… tax hikes will see Reform surge higher

Labour can’t preach about hard choices while spending billions on migrant hotels… tax hikes will see Reform surge higher

DEAR JANE: My dad paid for my sister's boob job. I fear the two-word slur friends now say behind her back is true

DEAR JANE: My dad paid for my sister's boob job. I fear the two-word slur friends now say behind her back is true

We’re only just beginning to suffer the consequences of Biden’s disastrous open-border policies

We’re only just beginning to suffer the consequences of Biden’s disastrous open-border policies

There are simple tricks to FORCE your boss to give you a raise... but you have to be willing to make a big sacrifice, KEVIN O'LEARY reveals

There are simple tricks to FORCE your boss to give you a raise... but you have to be willing to make a big sacrifice, KEVIN O'LEARY reveals

Musk and Trump’s bitter feud: Letters to the Editor — June 9, 2025

Musk and Trump’s bitter feud: Letters to the Editor — June 9, 2025

We need guardrails for artificial superintelligence NOW — before it’s too late

We need guardrails for artificial superintelligence NOW — before it’s too late

If Trump has taught us one thing, it is that Scotland needs more mega-wealthy people

If Trump has taught us one thing, it is that Scotland needs more mega-wealthy people

Corporation did its best for Glasgow and does not deserve this flak

Corporation did its best for Glasgow and does not deserve this flak

Democrats incite insurrection over lawful ICE raids

Democrats incite insurrection over lawful ICE raids

America's unhealthy obsession with New Age spiritualism

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America's unhealthy obsession with New Age spiritualism