The Ephemeral Habsburg Empire in Mexico. In 1869, artist Édouard Manet finished his painting of The Execution of Emperor Maximilian, depicting the death, by firing squad, of Maxi ...

The story of Ancient Roman Emperor Hardrian and his lover Antinous has long been the stuff of literal legend, captivating the ...

The China Yearbook, available in both Chinese and English, emerged as one of the highlights at the London Book Fair held from March 11 to 13. As a definitive chronicle of China's development ...

The immediate cause of Nagpur riot was unfounded rumours that the Quran had been burned during a protest by a right-wing group demanding the removal of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's tomb in Sambhaji ...

When the U.S. military refused to let women pilots enlist and the editor of an aviation magazine scoffed at “the woman who thinks she ought to be flying a high-speed bomber when she really has not the ...

Aurangzeb's tomb row: The ongoing dispute over the demand to remove Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb's tomb sparked unrest in central Nagpur on Monday evening, resulting in violent clashes, incidents of ...

PTI Police disperse an agitating crowd as communal tension prevailed Chitnis park area following the VHP-Bajrang Dal protest, in Nagpur Tension gripped central Nagpur on Monday when stones were hurled ...

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Whether you are new to philosophy or already interested in deep ideas, these ten books offer valuable wisdom and are worth adding to your bookshelf. Written as a series of personal reflections, ...

It appears most critics really wanted to love Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. But not even love should be this complicated. Reviews had been embargoed until next week, but on Monday ...

The Palace of Valerian, situated approximately 150 meters east of Shapur’s Palace, is now little more than a mass of crumbling ruins. Originally constructed to house the Roman Emperor Valerian after ...

BJP's Satara MP Udayanraje Bhosale, a descendant of Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, had demanded the removal of Aurangzeb's tomb from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district. Addressing Bhosale’s ...