Category: 4. World

Too much of the literature taught in UK schools is putting children off reading and thrillers should become part of the curriculum, one of the world’s biggest selling authors has argued.

Lee Child, the British writer of Jack Reacher novels,…

When the leaders of China, Japan, and South Korea last met, in May 2024, observers viewed the meeting with a sense of relief. Japan and South Korea were emerging from one of the darkest periods in their bilateral relationship, when tensions over…

In the wake of the Israel–Iran war in June, all the signs point to a regime in Tehran that is nearing collapse. Iran is facing unprecedented electricity and water shortages, which are exacerbating domestic unrest.

The regime…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders agreed on Friday to provide a massive interest-free loan to Ukraine to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years, but they failed to bridge…

European Union leaders have struck a deal to give Ukraine a €90bn (£79bn; $105bn) loan after failing to agree on using frozen Russian assets.

The agreement, which leaders said would meet Ukraine’s military and economic needs for the next two…