Like the best old Hollywood actresses, trying to find out what year Jesus Christ was born is next to impossible. But scholars and historians have largely agreed upon the place he was born in — Bethlehem, in Palestine.

Last week, an Iranian government spokesman announced that the morality police had been abolished. However, laws about how women must dress remain the same as before the protests over the death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini and Iranians know change does not always happen quickly

As the third anniversary of the first recorded death from Covid-19 in Wuhan approaches, the Chinese government is still struggling to control both the virus and their population of 1. 4bn people.

I could ask questions, make comments, promote my work, connect to people and generally exercise my free speech. That felt valuable to me. But that feeling is gone now.

We should be thankful to anyone who cares for our children, all of our children, throughout the world, in all the ways they need to be cared for

LAST week in this paper, I wrote about something that happened on a New York street. One man was chasing another man, the latter was screaming and seemed very frightened, and the former had what looked like a gun in his pocket.

Why would we choose to live somewhere it takes guts to live in, when life is already tough enough? 

On Tuesday, US voters are deciding who to represent them in The Senate, The House of Representatives, and dozens of State governorships are on the ballot too.

MEDIEVAL Ireland sounds so cool to me. I have to adjust my mind to understand how, back in the 7th, 8th, and 9th centuries, the island was blanketed in forests, which were home to wolves, deer, and wild boars.

Activist: 'The real question is why millions aren’t in civil resistance rather than why I am'