The grand events and oft-told tales of the American Revolution are easy to find among sprawling reverent battlefields and national parks. George Washington’s Mount Vernon in Virginia, Independence Hall in Pennsylvania, and Minuteman National Historical Park in Massachusetts, where the American rebellion
Tens of thousands of Israelis thronged central Jerusalem on Sunday in the largest anti-government protest since the country went to war in October. Protesters urged the government to reach a cease-fire deal to free dozens of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas
As a punishment for Harry, King Charles sent him off to meet with the Chief Rabbi, but the younger Prince was said to be furious that William had escaped without any trouble. In his book, Battle of Brothers, Mr Lacey wrote: “Meghan
The RNLI is two centuries old this week, having saved more than 144,000 lives and counting at sea since then. Yet the now formidable charity’s foundation was never a given. Even for an island nation surrounded by a meandering and sometimes jagged
Spain’s birth rate has dropped to its lowest level since records started in 1941, provisional data from its National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Wednesday, with just 322,075 babies adding to the country’s population of 48.6 million in 2023. Last year’s Spanish
The mercury rocketed to 19.6C in Kinlochewe village in Wester Ross, in the Highlands, making it a January record for the UK and a whole winter record for Scotland, according to provisional data from the Met Office. The previous record for a
The Washington Monument, a soaring tribute in the heart of the nation’s capital to George Washington, whose Abrahamic faith in American independence earned him the eternal distinction of Father of His Country, was completed on this day in history, Dec. 6, 1884.
Rosalynn Carter, the wife of former US president Jimmy Carter, has now joined her husband in at-home hospice care, The Carter Center has announced. Rosalynn, a renowned philanthropist, was diagnosed with dementia earlier this year. Her husband has been receiving hospice care
Israel said it struck a major blow against Hamas killing a commander in a deadly airstrike that obliterated buildings around a refugee camp in Gaza. Ibrahim Biari was said to have died in the blast targeting an area inside the Jabaliya refugee
The Israel Defense Forces say that two Israeli soldiers were killed during fighting on Tuesday, the first such casualties in Gaza since Israel began its ground operations there. Until this week, Israel had largely relied on airstrikes and artillery to retaliate against