In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains: "Heaven has gone blind!" ...

A Russian court handed down a prison sentence of nearly three years to Darya Kozyreva, a young activist who used 19th-century ...

In August last year, a library was burned down in Liverpool. Just days earlier, three children had been murdered in a ...

You know those icebreaker activities where you must summon a fun fact? (Cue panic-inducing sweats as you struggle to think of something “fun”.) Well, mine is that my great-great-great grandmother was ...

Asserting it is her regime's duty to ensure that no one remained hungry in the city, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said the government is planning to open 100 Atal canteens near slum ...

Despite the disappearance of their original, practical purpose — which was on display in London in the 19th century, at the Great Exhibition of the Products of the Industry of All Nations — these ...

A History of the World in Six Plagues" explores the racial and class inequalities linking infectious disease epidemics.

The presentation, titled ‘Women and Style in the 19th to early 20th century Malta’, will be delivered by fashion historian Caroline Tonna.

He has an unusual fascination with two obscure 19th-century presidents — James K. Polk and William McKinley. Both championed what many consider outdated policies that Trump is now trying to ...

The cabinet also approved amendments to the Maharashtra Slum Area (Reform, Clearance and Rehabilitation) Act-1971 to speed up slum rehabilitation in the state and make Maharashtra slum-free. According ...

In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China against the British Empire. The first began in 1839, when Britain launched a military ...

PARIS: As the world reels from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs onslaught, here is a look back at some major trade wars since the 19th century: In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the ...