“Byzantine” is largely a historiographical term, variably used to describe the Eastern Roman Empire following the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The Byzantines referred to themselves as Romaioi ...

During his first week in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that aims to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

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Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

It led to the association of that place with the worst type of human cruelty and the date was recognised internationally as Holocaust Memorial Day. This year the anniversary has a particular ...

The even-keeled Canadian scholar is amassing a growing platform to defend and explain early biblical texts after a viral debate and popular interview. Apologist Wesley Huff’s modest YouTube ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist ...

Yet I wonder if that mainspring of capitalism, the boring-but-important home insurance industry, will intervene to the effect that Los Angeles will one day become the world’s first ghost ...

And this led to a devastating trade war. The relationship between the Byzantine Empire and Venice had both its ups and downs, with the two engaging at some point in the most consequential trade war of ...