Ireland is preparing to mark 100 years since Bloomsday, the day on which James Joyce's novel Ulysses is set - 16 June 1904. But why is Joyce - and Ulysses in particular - continually held up as such a ...

El candidato del Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD), Andrés Manuel López Obrador, ratificó su rechazo al recuento ...

During more than two decades as leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein's violent methods and uncompromising stance thrust his country onto the world stage. Saddam Hussein's road to absolute power began in ...

Had it not been for one single discovery the high profile murders of Damilola Taylor, Peter Falconio and the school girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman would have remained unsolved. Crucial to each ...

The first murder conviction using DNA evidence came in 1988 when baker Colin Pitchfork was found guilty of the separate murders of two schoolgirls - Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth, both 15 - in ...

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The Liverpool rearguard is one of the meanest around, but their defending regularly comes under scrutiny with boss Rafael ...

El G-20 acordó este jueves incrementar la cantidad de recursos que tiene el Fondo Monetario Internacional, para que sea este ...

So despite being called a sprint it is not simply about getting from A to B in the fastest time. It is about having the tactical skill and courage to make your opponent do what you want them to do.

The Empire Windrush brought many Caribbean immigrants to the UK On the 40th anniversary of the UK's first Race Relations Act, the BBC News website looks back to when it was introduced and at ...

The notorious "elephant man" may have suffered from two rare disorders, according to scientists. They believe Joseph Merrick, who lived in Britain more than 100 years ago, could have suffered from ...

Props and sets from the Wallace and Gromit films have been destroyed in a warehouse blaze. The storage building belonging to Oscar-winning Aardman Animations, contained the company's "entire history", ...