Politico Europe22d
The end of the British Empire
This week King Charles III will preside over a summit of 55 nations associated with the fraying ends of the British empire. Hosted by Samoa, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), a ...
Mint28d
Indians left fuming as Elon Musk says British Empire ‘ended global slavery’
Billionaire businessman Elon Musk is facing backlash after lauding the British Empire for ‘ending’ global slavery. The remarks have drawn sharp criticism from several quarters while many on X ...
Independent.ie29d
How the British Empire and its footsoldiers left the world with a ‘crippling hangover’
It didn’t matter to us that Ireland was not part of the British Empire any more, or that it generally received the sharp end of matters when it was. For me, such incongruities were not allowed ...
heraldscotland20d
Reparations? The world owes plenty to the British Empire
THE legal case for reparations by the UK in respect of the wrongdoings allegedly attributable to the former British Empire ("Reparations for slavery could be included in Commonwealth document ...
Daily Mail22d
Where are the British Empire's lost treasures? How some of the UK's most valuable items including royal gem stones and Spanish loot have eluded experts for centuries
One year into the rebellion, he was offered financial support from Spain and France to help in his cause to regain the British throne. This came in the form of a french ship which arrived near ...
The News International10d
Kemi Badenoch challenges moves to remove 'Empire' from British honours
King Charles confronts Britain's 'painful' slavery history amid rising calls for reparations. The newly appointed leader of the Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, is expected to be "deeply ...
24/7 Wall St6d
Countries That Were Once Part of Alexander the Great's Empire
Alexander the Great is one of the legendary conquerors of ancient history who sparked the imagination of generations of ...
The Independent27d
Trump calls judge ‘the most evil person’ as she releases 1,889 heavily redacted pages of evidence in Jan. 6 case
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
The New York Times27d
Judge Releases Redacted Trove of Evidence in Trump Election Case
The materials — a four-part appendix to a lengthy brief recently filed by the special counsel, Jack Smith — consisted of 1,889 pages. But most of it was redacted and can only be seen by the ...
The New Zealand Herald19d
Pastures Past: Possum problems from 1889 to 1939
They may look cute but possums can inflict so much damage to our native bush. I remember night after night being woken by the sound of my Jack Russell barking furiously at a possum up the old oak ...
Reuters20d
London Tube map exhibition celebrates iconic design
In a 2006 BBC poll Britons voted the Tube map their second favourite British design of the 20th century after the Concorde ...
New map of Britain traces abolitionists who crossed the Atlantic to end slavery
A British heritage organisation has launched a project to tell the forgotten story of 19th century Black American ...