The effects of age brought it down — something the British failed to do 186 years ago. That giant flag, one of the Smithsonian's proudest treasures, is being cleaned and perked up in a large ...

But the picture of a British flag at half-mast shared in the Instagram post is unrelated to the situation with the princess. It was originally published by the Turkish state-run outlet Andolu ...

SHENZHEN, China — At the stroke of midnight on July 1, 1997, the British flag over Hong Kong was lowered and the Chinese flag was raised at a ceremony marking the end of more than a century and ...