The age of empires seemed to be a thing of the past But now there are signs that some world leaders hanker after imperial ...

The hotel’s bedrooms and suites are divided between the 189 rooms in the west wing, and the 12 suites and 13 bedrooms in the ...

Marcus Garvey ignited one of the most phenomenal social movements in modern history and was admired around the world. Yet few ...

Whether big or small, EU member states have a seat at the table, can have different relationships with Brussels and are free ...

Flake out: This phrase comes from when a crew would ‘flake out’ an anchor chain (lay it out flat) on the deck to check the ...

Originally a dark share house with no common spaces, this 18th-century Parisian apartment was completely transformed by ...

The sadhu akharas at the Kumbh Mela are more than spiritual sanctuaries. These camps, led by ascetic monks, have become centres for yogic feats, meditation, and rituals. But how did these akharas come ...

Thousands of Australians took to the streets on Australia Day in protest, highlighting it as a day of mourning for Indigenous ...

A statue of James Cook, the captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, has been sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before the country’s national day ...

(IN BRIEF) Professor Daisy Hay, a biographer and expert in 18th and 19th-century British literature, has been elected to the Council of the Royal Society of Literature (RSL). Hay, a Fellow of the RSL ...

The 18th Battalion was raised at Liverpool in New South Wales in March 1915 as part of the 5th Brigade. It left Australia in early May, trained in Egypt from mid-June until mid-August, and on 22 ...

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom will temporarily raise the American Flag at the state Capitol to full height on Inauguration Day next week, joining a handful of GOP governors and ...