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Canada’s maple leaf flag is 60 years old, and Windsor is celebrating the anniversary by showing off one of the few originals.

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For embattled Ukrainians, who have fought so courageously for their lives and their freedom since the dictator’s invasion in ...

Vladimir Putin is poised to move thousands of tons of military equipment through the English Channel on its way to Russia. A ...

As the bunting goes up and excitement builds, schools across the UK prepare to honour The Greatest Generation in an historic ...

Kit Kowol’s first book, released at the end of 2024, achieves the rare feat of fundamentally revising our understanding of British politics and society during the Second World War.

An Indian-origin man has found himself in the middle of an internet firestorm after he bluntly admitted to a British CEO that he refuses to work with women. Louisa Klouda, CEO of Fenchurch Legal ...

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