Seafaring pioneers are spearheading a comeback for wind power in the shipping industry, to dent its huge carbon emissions.

Some in the shipping industry are embracing wind power by fitting ships with sails to make a dent in the industry’s carbon ...

The HMNZS Manawanui was the first ship New Zealand had lost since World War II, the BBC reported, and was one of nine ships in the country's small navy fleet. The Manawanui had been dispatched to ...

World War II veteran Norman Jay Green prepares to cut a large cake during his 100th birthday celebration at the New Sanno ...

In 1944, French colonial forces massacred West African soldiers who had returned from France after fighting in World War II, said the teacher, Aminata Diedhiou. Their school, in the town of ...

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On Nov. 18, 1985, Washington quarterback Joe Theismann broke his right tibia and fibula in a home game that ended 23–21.

Nazaire the largest ship in the world. Eight hundred guests of the French Line, including the President of France and Mme Lebrun, had come by special train from Paris. If possible they must not ...

The USS Edsall played a pivotal role in the Allied Pacific campaign in World War II. More than 80 years after sinking in combat, the wreckage of the American warship has been found. The U.S. Navy ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for the first time recognized the killing of West African ...

General Charles de Gaulle was a member of the French cabinet during the Battle of France in 1940. As French defence forces were increasingly overwhelmed, de Gaulle found himself part of a group of ...