The dollar achieving reserve currency status is as much to do with US’ military might as it is with the size of its economy ...

A water leak at the Louvre in Paris has damaged hundreds of books, exposing further issues at the world’s largest museum ...

In a bold new history, Sven Beckert traces the origins of our modern economy, from global port cities to the halls of power.

Buzzard’s Belly General Store in Cisco, Utah, can be a hopping place in the summer and fall when river rafters, mountain bikers and off-roaders stop for refreshments. But much of the time it is quiet ...

The fracture between the US and Europe in a relationship that has defined global politics since the second World War was crystallized in a White House national security release, which also lambasted ...

Welcome to The War Room. This newsletter regularly covers Ukraine, Gaza and other geopolitical flashpoints, and rightly so.

Bethlehem has held its first Christmas celebrations in two years. The West Bank city, revered by Christians as the birthplace ...

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On the last Sunday of the liturgical year, Catholics celebrate the solemnity of Christ the King. A relative newcomer to the church calendar -- established in the 20th century -- this feast is designed ...

From the Bengaluru railway station at Baiyyapanahalli to engineering colleges and museums, there are many public places named ...

Oil became the dominant fuel for transport, industry, and the military from roughly World War I onwards. Following this ...

Once-great European powers can’t even dictate the end of a war in a European country whose fate they deem crucial to their ...