The Passy-style tombs are a dramatic departure from earlier Neolithic burials not just in terms of their scale, but in what ...

Sebastian Castellio penned one of the first arguments for religious freedom – but it went unheeded for centuries.

The trajectory of Tanzania under Nyerere stands as a decisive refutation of the petty-bourgeois illusion that national independence, state ownership, or Pan-African sentiment could substitute for ...

In The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco describes a labyrinthine monastic library large enough to lose oneself in. The novelist didn't mention how many books filled its rooms, but John O. Ward of the ...

The government of Ibrahim Traoré seeks to reduce dependence on imports in a country where 80% of the population are farmers.

French Lawmakers Vote to Approve Suspension of Unpopular Pension Reform PARIS (Reuters) -French lawmakers voted to suspend a contested pension reform on Wednesday, as next year's budget bills inch ...

Most people think of revolution as a violent overturning of political institutions. Parisians storming the Bastille on July 14, 1789, became a model of popular action later adopted, in 1917, by the ...

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu delivers remarks to members of Parliament at the French National Assembly in Paris, on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (Adnan Farzat / NurPhoto via AFP) (CN) — A ...

PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu on Tuesday suspended a landmark 2023 pension reform until after the 2027 presidential election, bowing to pressure from leftist lawmakers who ...

The French Revolution is often considered to be one of the most significant events not only in the history of France and Europe, but also in the world. This revolution is known also as the Revolution ...

The assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University marks another grim milestone in America’s escalating cycle of political violence. From the attempts on Donald Trump’s life to the ...

Start a Latin American reformer talking, and he will begin reciting the region’s needs almost by rote: schools, houses, hospitals — and, always, land reform. As his example of land reform, he ...