On the morning of 30 July 1929, a man carrying a small axe entered the upper terrace of the Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura and struck one of its principal branches several
Argentina has officially released hundreds of previously hard-to-access documents confirming its long-suspected role in sheltering senior Nazi war criminals after the Second World War, fulfilling a campaign promise made by President Javier
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Fifty years after the chaotic evacuation of Saigon, retired U.S. Army Colonel Stuart Herrington still wrestles with the guilt of leaving 420 desperate Vietnamese behind on the roof of the American embassy.
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The BBC is once again under intense scrutiny following revelations set to be published in a new book about the deceit used to secure Princess Diana’s explosive 1995 Panorama interview — a
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A new study offers a fresh perspective on the marriage of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, challenging long-standing assumptions about their relationship. Research by British scholar Matthew Steggle, published in Shakespeare journal,
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by A Special Correspondent Introduction: The Spirit of Kalama Sutta The Kalama Sutta, one of the most rational and investigative discourses attributed to the Buddha, begins with a powerful exhortation: “Do not
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A new book has revealed that Oxford University academics used a chalice made from a human skull—potentially belonging to an enslaved Caribbean woman—at formal dinners until as recently as 2015. The chalice,
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In a move hailed as a win for government transparency, the Trump administration has released over 10,000 pages of long-classified records related to the 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy —
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In an extraordinary and haunting account, author Thomas Harding delves into a chilling chapter of history: Adolf Hitler’s vendetta against Albert Einstein. This was no mere political disagreement or ideological clash; it
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Without archaeology, there is no way to truly examine economic inequality, its causes, and its consequences over very long time spans on a global scale. Until recently, most grand narratives that purported
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A French Egyptologist has uncovered seven hidden messages within the hieroglyphs of the Luxor Obelisk in Paris, revealing the powerful propaganda of Pharaoh Ramses II. Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier, a hieroglyphic cryptology specialist at
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More than half a century after the Liberation War of 1971, the blood-soaked memories of genocide and betrayal remain vivid in Bangladesh’s collective conscience. The nation once dreamt of healing through justice—but
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In one of the more sensational entries from the archives of Cold War lore, a newly resurfaced declassified CIA document recounts a bizarre story from the late 1980s: that Soviet soldiers allegedly
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Our ancestors’ ability to recognize water sources was crucial to their survival. As a result, the attraction to lustrous materials is deeply rooted in our evolutionary history and is evident among prehistoric
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Ninety-nine years ago, a frail, devoutly Catholic Irishwoman made a dramatic, albeit unsuccessful, attempt to alter the course of European history. Violet Gibson, a member of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy, fired a single
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Eighty years ago, on 11 April 1945, units of General George S. Patton’s 4th Armoured Division of the US armed forces drove toward the city of Weimar, Germany, where the Buchenwald concentration camp
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