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In a vote to (unofficially) determine British Columbia's Best Symbol, it may be the most interesting matchup of the entire contest. The Totem Pole versus the B.C. Flag is our second semifinal, with ...

Elizabeth II, the long-reigning British queen who buoyed a shrinking empire and an increasingly embattled monarchy, died on Thursday at Balmoral Castle, her estate in the Scottish Highlands, at age 96 ...

The sun is setting — literally, this time — on the British Empire. That’s the upshot of Prime Minister Starmer’s handover of the Chagos Islands to Britain’s former Indian Ocean colony, Mauritius.

After the death of Queen Elizabeth II last week, online users are calling for the British government to surrender artifacts obtained by the British Empire, including the Kohinoor diamond — one of the ...

The British Empire, at its height, was one of the largest and most powerful empires in history, controlling vast territories and people across the globe. During its colonial rule, many cultural ...

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