MUCH of the world held its breath as Brazil went to the polls on Sunday in the final round of voting in its general election.

SCOTTISH author Douglas Stuart has been shortlisted for the prestigious Waterstones Book of the Year 2026 award alongside some of the biggest names in literature.

SEVENTY-FIVE UK parliamentarians have called on the UK Government to impose further sanctions on Israel over its obstruction ...

FEW things reveal our internal biases quite like the way we talk about money – and it’s one that keeps resurfacing amid a cost of living crisis that has its boot firmly on ...

Cold and flu season has started with the chances of getting sick a lot higher than usual. If you have work or social plans, you might want to avoid getting sick with colds making you feel tired and ...

The bottom line here is that Netanyahu and Trump remain a dangerous double act. And should American voters in the midterms refuse to repudiate Trump just as Israeli voters did with Netanyahu this week ...

FEWER young people are applying to Britain's most prestigious universities and courses, with applications from disadvantaged students also falling, new figures from Ucas show.

MORE than 100 food products are set to have import tariffs removed under new measures announced in the UK Budget.

A MAJOR association of Scotch whisky companies has warned a fourth consecutive duty increase on spirits will have damaging consequences for the sector and supply chains ...

THE SNP have called the UK Government Budget a "betrayal" that no Scottish chancellor would have delivered. John Healey, delivering his first Budget since succeeding Rachel Reeves as Chancellor, spoke ...

A LABOUR MP has condemned a far-right demonstration outside Edinburgh Castle, saying those responsible are “not welcome” in ...

The party leadership has been resisting calls to collapse the NI Executive as police probe Michelle O’Neill’s role in an allegedly unlawful protest.