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For three days every year, Thailand transforms into a wet and wild party. But this ancient festival is far more than just a raucous good time.Every year from 13-15 April, Thais across the country cool off and celebrate new beginnings with what is arguably the nation's largest and most important festival: Songkran. Tied to the […]

At least 32 people have been killed in a Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s northeastern city of Sumy, the interior minister has said. Follow the latest on the Ukraine war.Sunday 13 April 2025 16:42, UKA peacekeeping force in Ukraine remains out of the question as it goes against Russia’s so-called “root causes” of the conflict, […]

Russian strikes on Sumy have killed more than 30 people including two children, Ukraine's state emergency service saysOne of the city's residents tells the BBC that during the strikes "everything in my house jumped"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Putin of ignoring the US ceasefire proposal and US special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg says today's […]

In uncertain times, the government is seeking to foster the stability that promotes security and growth, the chancellor arguesThis week we witnessed the uncertainty of a changing world. Financial markets and nation states responding to the dawn of a new economic era and the reality of new barriers to trade. I am in no doubt […]