A vital step to end violence against women

Campaigners welcome MPs’ backing to ratify Istanbul Convention despite shameful filibustering from Tory Davies. By FELICITY COLLIER...

posted by Morning Star in Britain

McCluskey vows to keep bosses in check

Unite leader will continue fight for Labour...

posted by Paddy McGuffin in Britain

Prison riot breaks out at Birmingham

A MAJOR disturbance at privately run HMP Birmingham began yesterday with reports of a “badly injured” prisoner and inmates burning and destroying their files.

Security firm G4S,...

posted by Paddy McGuffin in Britain

Banknote withdrawal deals blow to economic sabotage

VENEZUELA took almost half its paper currency out of circulation yesterday in a massive blow to the economic war against the country.

All 100 bolivar notes, currently the largest...

posted by James Tweedie in World

Rebel fire disrupts Aleppo evacuation

Russian military says all of city’s east now freed from militants...

posted by James Tweedie in World

Communist Party attacks ANC over Gupta ‘corruption’

THE South African Communist Party (SACP) laid into the ruling ANC yesterday, accusing it of “factionalism,” “corruption” and “corporate capture” by the Indian...

posted by James Tweedie in World

Star in the spotlight

RUPERT MURDOCH’S Times is the latest newspaper to criticise our paper’s recognition that enabling people in east Aleppo to escape the clutches of al-Qaida terrorists amounts to freedom...

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Murdoch tightens grip

GOVERNMENT failure to ask regulator Ofcom to investigate the planned takeover by 21st Century Fox of Sky will confirm Tory deference to Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.

Murdoch already...

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Latter-day colonialists

THERESA MAY’S concern for the plight of embattled civilians appears conditioned by which armed forces threaten their wellbeing and which state supplies the weaponry.

Russian President...

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Voter suppression: This fight ain’t over

Voter suppression is a far more pertinent threat to US democracy than the supposed Russian hacks, writes REV JESSE JACKSON...

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The refugee crisis: it’s time to act now

We need to build the pressure on the government to fulfil its international obligations and assist the refugees at our borders, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP...

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A right to offend and the new media iron curtain

Attacking media outlets that challenge the status quo is not only counterproductive but also dangerous, writes TOMASZ PIERSCIONEK...

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City are showing United how to run a women’s team

In the first of two parts, SUZANNE BEISHON explores the way the two Manchester clubs have approached women’s football...

posted by Suzanne Beishon in Sport

Conte slams China’s spending power as Oscar nears exit

Antonio Conte branded China’s spending power a “danger” to global football yesterday as Chelsea star Oscar closes in on a January move to Shanghai SIPG.

Chelsea boss Conte...

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Root disappointed with out decision

Batsman felt DRS got it wrong as England reached 284...

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Round-up 2016: Video games with Ben Cowles

REALITY in 2016 was decidedly harsher than most years. Lucky, then, that there were plenty of video games providing some much-needed escapism and one of the best I sought sanctuary in this year was...

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Round-up 2016: Attila the Stockbroker

Star columnists run through what’s impressed them this year...

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Round-up 2016: Visual Arts with Philip Norton

Star columnists run through what’s impressed them this year...

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