From a festival venue, Ramlila Maidan evolved into a central location for major historical events. During India’s freedom ...

The ceremony is held as a Historical Remembrance for those who gave their lives in World War One (1914-18), French Indochina Dispute (1940-41), Greater Easter Asia War (1941-45), Korean War (1950 ...

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A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European language, which gave rise to English, Sanskrit and hundreds of others. By Carl Zimmer In 1786, a British judge named ...

From Boyzone, to Westlife, to The X Factor and beyond, Louis Walsh is undoubtedly one of Ireland’s most successful music moguls of all time. In a career spanning nearly 50 years, the Mayo native ...

Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader, racehorse owner and friend of Queen Elizabeth II, has died aged 88. Despite spending most of his life out of the limelight, the Aga Khan was the spiritual leader ...

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President Trump’s move to place tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China has triggered a trade war. WSJ’s economics reporter Jeanne Whalen explains how the tariffs can drive up prices ...

Cleopatra, the Greek queen of Ancient Egypt was depicted by Heinrich Faust in 1876. Credit: Public Domain Cleopatra VII Philopater ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of ...

The light was focused on them. I wanted to be part of everything they were doing, I was in love with all of them”. If his sisters were “fabulous and intelligent, my mother was the queen of the world.

While the book is not comprehensive in scope, it offers a broad coverage of French architectural projects in the region, including military, civic, and religious buildings from seventeenth-century ...