Madagascar is one of the world's poorest countries, and since gaining independence from France in 1960, its population has ...

Connie Francis, who has died aged 87, had a string of hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Stupid Cupid", ...

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It has been two years since Diane Abbott sent a letter to The Observer, in which she argued that although Jewish, Irish and ...