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The Republic of Estonia is reforming its school system. Russian will gradually be phased out as a language of instruction by the year 2030. Soon all children will only be taught in Estonian – even ...

Ian McKellen has returned to a film set for the first time since he fell from a theatre stage last year. The Lord of the ...

The Argentine pope, who has previously admitted to being a non-compliant patient, has a number of conditions that make him ...