Dates That Made History

Fueling Cambodia's construction boom are brick factories where workers are paid a pittance, trapped in debt bondage.

 Artists Satch Hoyt and Juan Covelli challenge colonial narratives and spark debate about the restitution of cultural artefacts.

Chinese influencers are convincing people from across the country to colonise Xinjiang.

Using the latest technology, researchers are discovering the bright colours of ancient Greek art and architecture.  

Dated around 25,000 BC, some Paleolithic burials are complex and decorative

The European Union is based on an incomplete economic union and banking union. Without genuine sovereignty at a European level the currency remains ‘incomplete’.

The dollar remains the world’s reserve currency. Could China upend American hegemony?

Cologne, Autumn 1944: In the bombed-out city, a small group of young people put up armed resistance against the Nazi regime

Cologne, Autumn 1944: In the bombed-out city, a small group of young people put up armed resistance against the Nazi regime

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

Does wealth make you happy? Or maybe true wealth is having nothing at all?

Major disasters throughout history have helped to lower inequality. Is this still the case today?

Why do massive inequalities exist despite a global economy that has produced the most wealth in human history?

Audio pornography leaves room for the imagination while arousing the listener with erotic stories

The Sado river, south of Lisbon, has been transformed from a polluted area to a regenerated biodiverse habitat.

With Keir Starmer ‘s resignation, British politics is still unstable after six prime ministers in the ten years since the Brexit vote.

With geopolitical tensions and the war in Ukraine, European countries are looking to bolster their military forces. But are young people willing to take up arms?

When Pope Leo XIV spoke out against war, President Trump criticised the leader of the catholic church, which caused a backlash.