Bolivia, battling an economic crisis that has plunged it into social unrest, risks defaulting on its loan payments if it does ...

America’s empire today is partly formal, though mostly informal, with various grades of informality. The name ‘America’ itself is an imperial grab. The modern American-led ...

The Paris museum is reopening the crates of ancient artifacts unearthed in the Palestinian territory. For years, this heritage has been in exile in Geneva due to the conflict with Israel.

Gita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, spoke at a conference in Sri Lanka's ...

An exhibit at the Swiss National Museum showcases the history of the visits by the royal families to Switzerland.

Karlovy Vary translates to “Charles’ hot springs”, referring to King and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, who, according to ...

What impact did Thomas Jefferson have on the genesis of US democracy? How did the third president double the country’s size, and what were his thoughts on slavery?

A Napoleon man has been indicted after he allegedly stabbed ... Carruthers also had $13,580 in currency, which is subject to forfeiture as it was contraband derived through the commission of an ...

A rare sword commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte for his personal use will be auctioned in Paris on May 22, according to the Giquello auction house. The historic sabre, ordered by the French ...

He himself borrowed or stole the epithet "Napoleon of crime"--familiar to all ... including a daylight robbery of currency from an express van in Liège. He was nabbed by police, deserted by ...

Others, still regarding gold as the standard of value, have seen in its rise the measure of a constant depreciation of the currency. Filled with prophetic forebodings, these men see for the ...