The "touch law" — officially dubbed "Paul Miller's Law" — went into effect in the state of Pennsylvania on June 5. Written by: June 20, 2025 "If somebody were to get out, there's nowhere to ...

The tirailleurs unit was formed in 1857 in Senegal and troops were recruited from throughout Central and West Africa to defend the French colonial empire. During the First World War around ...

Being connected to trade networks was an important asset for an empire to acquire wealth and commodities, necessary to become a powerful force. But the more global these trade networks in the ...

The air force, which had said last year that it wanted to buy more Swedish jets, said it would send the plan to cabinet for approval next month. If approved, the contract was expected to be signed ...

Paris may have been a melting pot of foreign cultures (by the standards of the day, at least), but it was also the heart of a colonial empire with a fascination for all things exotic.

Texas-born actor Devin Harjes, known for his roles on "Boardwalk Empire" and "Manifest" has died after a battle with cancer. Harjes, 41, died Tuesday from complications of the disease at Mount ...

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For Samuel, a sports teacher in Sierra Leone, a Facebook message promising a similar job in Thailand at ten times his salary was irresistible. Yet his dream curdled when he landed in Bangkok ...

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Control over South West Africa - along with what is now Cameroon, Togo and other colonial territories - was stripped from Germany by competing powers after World War One. For many years Germany ...