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The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize in public service journalism Monday for its coverage of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, an attack on democracy that was a shocking start to a tumultuous year that also saw the end of the United States’ longest war, in Afghanistan.

Paper beat out two other finalists, the New York Times and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Whether the Prime Minsiter of India’s visit to Germany changed the perception about India’s stand on Ukraine assumes critical importance

The Labour leader maintained he did not believe the rules had been broken when he attended a beer and curry gathering in Durham

Letters: Westminster’s parliament buildings are archaic and inherently undemocratic argue Dr Louis Hellman, Mick Duncan, Lynne Armstrong and Jim McLean

The rights activist and his wife talk about his five years in a Chinese jail and her efforts to secure his release

In his latest book sociologist Professor Roger Southall, a prolific researcher who has written extensively about political dynamics in Southern Africa, avoids the “negative and condemnatory” approach generally seen in writing on white South Africans, the creators and beneficiaries of apartheid.

Tory candidates across the county saw promising starts in the first preference votes disappear as the voting process worked through. Three lost their seats after five years as the numbers failed to stack up for them.

Donald Trump keeps writing to me. Yelling at the keyboard is unproductive, so I'm writing back

Western multinationals and local tycoons published newspaper adverts on Monday congratulating John Lee on becoming Hong Kong's next leader, following a rubber-stamp selection process condemned by critics as anti-democratic. Lee, 64, a former security chief who oversaw the crackdown on Hong Kong's democracy movement, was anointed the business hub's new…

Son of Philippines’ late dictator tipped to win presidency as Filipinos elect a new leader.