THE TRADE war between the United States and Colombia on January 26th was over within a day—about the same time it took Teddy Roosevelt’s gunboats to engineer the secession of Panama from ...

The singer and actress, who embodied the Swinging Sixties and performed for decades afterward, exuded an effortless cool. The singer and actress, who embodied the Swinging Sixties and performed ...

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I was really angry.” Pictures taken of Alex wearing his blood-stained shirt show the extent of his injuries, which includes a slash starting at his nose and running down past his mouth.

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We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "a windy day". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world. Tim Reekie: "These ladies were out in ...