Few religious leaders can claim to have charmed British royalty, owned legendary racehorses and  become a symbol for ...

772: Adrian I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. 1327: Teenager Edward III is crowned king of England but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. 1587: ...

1837: Michigan becomes the 26th state of the USA. 1841: Hong Kong is proclaimed as a sovereign territory of Britain. 1857: Trinley Gyatso, 12th Dalai Lama, is born in Tibet. 1861: Louisiana secedes ...

It ignores the reality that the end of the Cold War set in motion ... that travelled to Russia during the BRICS summit. They included (besides existing BRICS members) new members Egypt, Ethiopia ...

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Where, when and how did civilians organize during the Syrian civil war that started in the aftermath ... Bashar Assad in late 2024? According to new research co-written by a University of Illinois ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

On this day in aviation history, January 22, 1926, an aircraft called Plus Ultra set off to become the first aircraft to fly ...

At the corner of Charles Street and Ferry Avenue in Camden, a New Jersey pastor has made it his mission to honor the Black Civil War soldiers buried in Butler Cemetery.

The militarization of international politics leads to hostility instead of more peace between societies. By Michael Müller, ...