In new book 'The Jew Who Would Be King,' historian Adam Rovner tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacs, who survived a shipwreck ...

In 1900, a political writer described the “hill-billie” as someone who “talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it ...

On May 20, 1875, delegates from a group of 17 countries gathered in Paris to sign what may be the most overlooked yet ...

An intriguing portrait of a black man in the uniform of a military bandsman and wearing a Waterloo medal drew strong competition after emerging at an auction in East Sussex.

Despite the disappearance of their original, practical purpose — which was on display in London in the 19th century, at the Great Exhibition of the Products of the Industry of All Nations — these ...

Not all retailers are included in our checks. You'll find some good deals on the Pixel 8 Pro – Google's most advanced phone from 2023 – in the sales. It has a variety of camera lenses for ...

The presentation, titled ‘Women and Style in the 19th to early 20th century Malta’, will be delivered by fashion historian Caroline Tonna.

A little over two decades later, that number had grown more than tenfold again, reaching a staggering all-time high of $538.51 billion in 2018. That's a lot of knickknacks and doodads. All of this ...

It's the first time ever in the IPL where one guy in the top six has scored a century and all others had single-digit scores. Everyone else made a telephone number, and he scored a hundred ...

He has an unusual fascination with two obscure 19th-century presidents — James K. Polk and William McKinley. Both championed what many consider outdated policies that Trump is now trying to ...

In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China against the British Empire. The first began in 1839, when Britain launched a military ...

PARIS: As the world reels from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs onslaught, here is a look back at some major trade wars since the 19th century: In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the ...