Historical empires like Spain, Britain, and the Soviet Union have experienced economic decline through seven identifiable ...

The rumor came from Denmark's former Minister of Greenland Tom Høyem. A British journalist contradicted the claim.

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Acclaimed Japanese playwright and director Hideki Noda will return to Sadler's Wells with his new production, -320°F, ...

Archaeologists have discovered the largest Roman villa ever found in Wales in an "amazing discovery" which they say has the ...

At Delhi’s India International Centre, historian Robert Ivermee shifted the lens away from the British Raj, illuminating ...

After eye-opening exhibits on Tracey Emin and Hew Locke and fresh, expansive looks at J.M.W. Turner and William Blake in the ...

The British Empire was gradually dismantled following World War 2, but dotted across the planet are the last official remnants of its colonial past, in the form of the 14 Overseas Territories (BOTs).

Trump has backtracked centuries to Theodore Roosevelt’s doctrine of 1904 and James Monroe’s of 1823. Roosevelt’s doctrine ...

In January 1899, the American gunboat USS Wilmington set out on an expedition to Venezuela, steaming up the Orinoco River toward the country’s interior. On board was an American diplomat, Francis ...