Ministers don’t know if aid cash is helping poor

Millions channelled through body that can’t ‘demonstrate its ultimate objective of making a difference to people’s lives’...

posted by Peter Lazenby in Britain

Now Southern faces train drivers’ strike

Aslef walkouts will deal another blow to crisis-hit rail privateer...

posted by Conrad Landin in Britain

‘Impartial’ director turns coy with MPs

Executive refuses to defend judgement on driver-only trains...

posted by Conrad Landin in Britain

Latin leaders slam Trump’s ‘ignorant’ rant

Trump criticised for calling Fidel a ‘dictator’ ...

posted by James Tweedie in World

South Korea: Justice minister takes hit for corruption-tainted Park

SOUTH Korea’s justice minister has fallen on his sword in a bid to save scandal-ridden President Park Geun Hye from impeachment.

Ms Park accepted Kim Hyun Woong’s resignation...

posted by Morning Star in World

Syria: Troops retake 40% of rebel-held Aleppo

REBEL fighters in Syria’s eastern Aleppo faced total collapse yesterday after troops captured nearly half the area they occupied, putting large swathes of the northern part of the city under...

posted by James Tweedie in World

Recycled propaganda

HUMAN rights activists should welcome Syrian army advances in Aleppo, liberating 40 per cent of territory held there by jihadist forces and helping civilians to safety. Victory for President Bashar...

posted by Morning Star in Editorial

We stand with Cuba

“TODAY is a sad day, but at the same time not a sad day as Fidel’s legacy and spirit lives on,” Bolivia’s ambassador to Britain Roberto Calzadilla told the Adelante...

posted by Morning Star in Editorial

Elite plot an EU stitch-up

ANYONE wondering why the public stock of politicians is so low in Britain could begin by juggling the names John Major, Tony Blair, George Osborne and Nick Clegg.

Major, the man who...

posted by Morning Star in Editorial

Sisters ready to take on the challenges confronting women today

ANN HENDERSON reports from the 89th STUC annual women’s conference...

posted by Morning Star in Features

Warping justice by neither confirming nor denying

DAVE SMITH writes on the kafkaesque situation of Lord Justice Pitchford’s Undercover Police Inquiry and the Met’s despicable delay tactics preventing justice for the victims...

posted by Morning Star in Features

European and US workers united in fair pay fight

IAN HODSON writes on the fight on both sides of the Atlantic for a proper living wage and trade union rights for everyone...

posted by Morning Star in Features

Cricket: Under-fire England ignore joker Kohli

Bairstow: Visitors must press on despite worsening pitch...

posted by Morning Star in Sport

Sviatchenko senses special period for Celtic

Celtic defender Erik Sviatchenko boldly claimed yesterday that they are building towards a special period in the club’s history.

The Dane helped Celtic win their 100th major trophy...

posted by Morning Star in Sport

Rugby Union: Daly accepts three-week suspension

Elliot Daly was handed a three-week ban yesterday for tackling Leonardo Senatore in the air in England’s 27-14 win over Argentina.

Wasps utility back Daly was sent off in the fifth...

posted by Morning Star in Sport

Tempestuous mix of magic and philosophy

GORDON PARSONS sees a high-tech Shakespeare that’s true to his humanist intent...

posted by Morning Star in Arts

Weird electronica. Medieval chanting. The odd bit of drone. What’s not to like about Late Junction?

James Walsh: Culture Matters...

posted by Morning Star in Arts

Album reviews with Ian Sinclair

Various
The Rough Guide
to Delta Blues
(World Music Network)
3/5 
COMING out of...

posted by Morning Star in Arts