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The visionary artist Anselm Kiefer has restlessly challenged and redefined recent German history and cultural shibboleths in ...

The new boss of the National Theatre has a big job on her hands. The combination of Covid, funding cuts and rising costs has ...

Sir Keir Starmer will sign a new strategic partnership with Brussels at a summit on 19 May. The draft preamble apparently ...

Overnight, Ukraine and the US finally signed a deal on Ukraine’s mineral reserves. The agreement, signed two months later ...

Addressing a ballroom filled with Democratic supporters and donors in San Francisco last night, Kamala Harris asked a favor ...