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Better to accept Halloween for what it is, a shape-shifting festival with roots in the turn of the year

France's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez has warned that police will hunt down masked protesters as the country braces for fresh protests on Saturday, which coincides with Halloween celebrations. Some 70,000 security personnel will be deployed across France, the same number as last week, when protests were more contained than the violent clashes and looting

A surprising discovery by astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope is challenging a leading explanation for how the early universe emerged from a dense fog of hydrogen roughly 13 billion years ago. Scientists once believed powerful winds from exploding stars helped radiation escape galaxies and clear that cosmic fog, but new observations reveal that thes

HBO Max is launching its new series “Infamy” (“Infamia”) at the South International Series Festival in Cádiz. Based on the book by Ledicia Costas, the six-episode psychological thriller is a first TV window acquisition for the streamer in Spain and is produced by Evafilms. Starring Goya nominee Susana Abaitua (“She Walks in Darkness,” “Patria”), the […]

The Finnish president says Europe needs new security structures to keep peace in this “a dog-eat-dog world.”

Parliamentary business will be suspended so MPs can share messages of support for Helen Haines and her family, but Question Time will go ahead as planned. Follow live.