From ancient conquests of land, agricultural products, and trade routes to modern geopolitical struggles for natural gas, oil, and minerals, the control over resources has shaped global politics and ...

Spies, soldiers, and superheroes – such were the cinematic heroes of the time. So get ready and buckle up, these are the 35 ...

Russia has revoked the accreditation of two British diplomats over alleged intelligence activities, the Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Monday, the latest in a series of tit-for-tat ...

Trade became triangulated during the mid-1600s between the British Empire, its colonies, and foreign markets. This fostered the development of the slave trade by England in many colonies ...

The Qing dynasty (1644-1911) had different systems to govern ... one state" system internally but faces issues like Scotland [seeking independence]. When the British Empire came to dealing with the ...

Qing Ming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, falls on April 4 this year. On this day, the Chinese will clean up and decorate the gravesites of their ancestors, make food offerings and also burn paper ...

But it isn't a trend that's unique to North America, as globally diversified British American Tobacco has been dealing with ongoing volume declines as well. Image source: Getty Images. The numbers ...

Both Altria and British American Tobacco are largely cigarette makers. Cigarette volumes have been in decline for years. British American Tobacco's rate of volume decline is better than Altria's.

The 2020 protests by the Black Lives Matter movement and controversy over some public statues drew attention to aspects of Britain's imperial past - and its legacy. BBC News presenter Clive Myrie ...

This pair of Qing dynasty tigers (dating circa 1850) are carved in a style characteristic of later Chinese statuary: minimal surface decoration, low-relief carvings of abstracted forms such as ...

The island was partly or totally ruled at various times by the Dutch, Spanish, China's Qing dynasty and Japan.