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An Italian man accused of murdering his American ex-girlfriend died of a heart attack as he gave evidence about the case at his trial in Rome. Carlo Ventre, who had previously suffered heart problems, died as he stood in the dock.

From the Siberian princess to the American heiress, some remarkable women have had themselves inked for love, art or money The most vulgar and barbarous habit the eccentric mind of fashion ever invented. Thank you, 19th-century arbiter of social taste Ward McAllister.

The Irish authors novel set in an imagined Dublin descending into far-right tyranny wins 50,000 prize Paul Lynchs timely Booker winner is a novel written to jolt the reader awake Irish author Paul Lynch has won the 2023 Booker prize for his fifth novel Prophet Song, set in an imagined Ireland that is descending into

Forecast-beating drop in November takes rate to lowest level in more than two years The City is expecting interest rates to fall sharply next year following news of a much bigger than expected fall in the UKs annual inflation rate to 3.9% in November.

The former senior Chinese diplomat Xiong Xiang-hui, who has died aged 86, played a vital undercover role during the final phase of the communist revolution, after the second world war, which may have tipped the balance in Mao Zedong's favour. Twenty or so years later, he was a key figure in the re-emergence of the