This US state saw some 50% of the nation's Civil War casualties. Now, mass construction of AI data centres threatens its ...

This US state saw some 50% of the nation's Civil War casualties. Now, mass construction of AI data centres is encroaching on ...

Bastille Day in France is when the country celebrates the attack on the notorious prison during the 1789 Revolution. In terms of a commemoration, it is a massive and well-organised military spectacle.

Penny Wells has spoken to many people of late who, given the current political climate, have expressed pessimism, cynicism and a sense that the country is doomed. Nevertheless, a common four-letter ...

McDonagh takes this civil war to dramatic heights, and ace performances from Kerry ... No matter, he's soon got the prisoners marching to his drum, as writer-director Paul King creates a world of ...

Throughout his adult life, he was a national property. Twice in history, fate had entrusted on the Daura-born leader the ...

Unarmed protesters surround a palace. Inside, the royal mathematician frantically scribbles numbers. Nearby, an unhappy king slumps in his throne. His bags are packed. He says, “Let me know when it ...

An account of what it was like for some enslaved people to make the weeks-long journey by ship from the mid-Atlantic states ...

Swooping warplanes, axe-carrying warriors, a drone light show over the Eiffel Tower and fireworks in nearly every French town – it must be Bastille Day.

Test your knowledge of American history with our Liberty Bell quiz! Answer questions on its location, famous crack, iconic ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to double France’s defense budget to €64 billion by 2027 — three years earlier than planned. Speaking to top military officials ahead of Bastille Day, ...

Martin Elvanyus De Porres ([email protected]) is a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. He ...