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From wearing a Chicago White Sox cap with his papal robes to landing on Vogue’s best dressed list, Pope Leo XIV has drawn global attention for his striking style during his first year as pontiff. Behind his look is an openly gay Italian designer who has been quietly shaping the Chicago-born Pope’s image.Filippo Sorcinelli, who also dressed Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI, spoke to the Daily Mail to offer insight into Leo’s wardrobe.Sorcinelli said he works with the Church to bring each outfit to life, adding that…

Anthony Albanese is on track to overtake Paul Keating's tenure as prime minister, cementing his place as the 11th longest-serving leader in Australian history. The milestone would also make Albanese the fourth longest‑serving Labor prime minister, as he continues to climb the ranks of Australia's political heavyweights.With Albanese due to eclipse Keating’s four years and 82 days in office on August 13, attention inside Canberra is now firmly shifting to what lies beyond that milestone, and who might step forward when…

A relative of fallen Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad has become the first official linked to the regime to go on trial. Atef Najib, a cousin of the deposed leader, appeared emotionless as he was paraded in a cage wearing a striped prison uniform as he goes on trial accused of mass shootings and torturing children.Assad, who fled to Moscow as Islamist-led forces closed in on the capital, and his brother Maher will be tried in absentia.Najib, whose head is shaved, was seen perching on the corner of a wooden bench as…

This time it’s personal. I suppose I should not be so shocked and surprised. You’d have to be living under a boulder not to know that there have been more than 120 closures of private schools in the UK since Labour decided to put VAT on school fees.And, depending on your political point of view, you are either playing the world’s smallest violin at this news or, in the firm belief that, much like Jaffa Cakes, education should not be taxed, as livid as matron during a nits outbreak.And reading last week that the latest school…