China and Japan have won the high-speed train race. With bullet trains crisscrossing the Asian supercontinent, it has made ...

The candidate cites personal reasons for dropping out.

His education at the hands of George Buchanan had been in vain. Eventually in 1603 Elizabeth died and James was offered the throne. The succession passed smoothly and James VI of Scotland became ...

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra will embark on a nine-city tour across the United Kingdom in May after finishing its ...

Harrison Ford took the serious film route under the direction of Peter Weir for the crime drama Witness. The film stars Ford ...

Bidzina Ivanishvili’s ruling Georgian Dream party has been accused of election fraud and increasingly authoritarian ...

Acting Lieutenant-Commander Ernest 'Mick' Gidden spent six hours tackling the 1,000lb device, which landed on Hungerford ...

Four monarchs to whom she was related - Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII and her father George VI - died of smoking-related illnesses including heart and circulatory disorders. At least one in ...

The UK, a leading trading power and financial center, is the third largest economy in Europe after Germany and France. Agriculture is intensive, highly mechanized, and efficient by European ...

Queen Victoria’s marriage to Prince Albert popularized white wedding dresses. Later, her mourning of his passing cemented the ...

The equal rulers returned England to Protestant rule and began a new era of royal leadership defined by parliamentary oversight ...

Departures were unsurprisingly the dominant theme as far as Manchester United's work in the January transfer window was concerned, and there could still be time for one more. The January window in ...