Analysis - The respected Brussels-based think tank, the International Crisis Group, has identified three conflicts in Africa as among the 10 world-wide which – following a violence-wracked 2025 – are ...

Today in History for Jan. 11: In 1569, England's first state lottery was held to raise money for the construction of harbours. In 1693, an earthquake at Catania, Italy, killed 60,000.

Unpacking the nostalgia for strongmen, the failures of authoritarianism, and the urgent need for accountable leadership in ...

The alert U. S. citizen last week could pick from among his fellow citizens as Man of the Year at the close of 1935 whom? When accountants had added up box-office receipts, Miss Shirley Temple emerged ...