Scholars are studying an ancient scroll that has been virtually unrolled 2,000 years after it was burned to a crisp during ...

The scene is unprecedented. Under the Roman sun, 20 leaders of the main Christian churches jointly blessed a crowd of 18,000 gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Among them is Pope ...

Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

as per the International Cricket Council (ICC). Among the standout players, Smriti Mandhana led the charts with 747 runs in 13 matches. Beginning her year with a steady 29 against Australia, she ...

Scotland’s first ever visitor levy could be agreed by councillors at a meeting on Friday. Members of the City of Edinburgh Council are expected to approve plans to bring in the charge on those ...

The City of Edinburgh Council could become the first in Scotland to approve a visitor levy (Jane Barlow/PA) Scotland’s first ever visitor levy could be agreed by councillors at a meeting on Friday.

The new Urban Policy Council is an autonomous and independent research panel that produces a critical report of a chosen urban policy theme every year. Its first report, published today, is about ...

Trump's first administration in 2017 revived the space council, after it was disbanded in 1993, as a spearhead for the creation of the U.S. Space Force and platform to launch policies such as ...

Other notable examples of women who became empresses of the Byzantine Empire include Irene of Athens, who ruled in her own right and convened the Second Council of Nicaea, restoring the veneration of ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt ... She told BI that her team made around 400 recommendations in its first eight months, but it took years for any of them to be implemented.

Still, the presidential inauguration has long been an opportunity for the first lady to make an immediate first impression — and they’ve often done so through their fashion choices during the ...