Charles Stanhope The British statesman and versatile scientist Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope and Viscount Mahon, was ...

Rik Van Looy, one of the greatest one-day cyclists who won two world championships as well as eight “monument” classics, has died. He was 90. For a decade starting in ...

MY POEM, “Shots Not Heard Round the World,” commemorates the heroic assault and raid at Fort William and Mary (now Fort Constitution) that took place in New Castle on December 14 and 15 in 1774: ...

This fun and fascinating show charts how the royal palace became a hub of exhilarating scientific endeavour – and home to a ...

Recently, I was near a toy section at Walmart and overheard a father and young son talking. Evidently the boy had some birthday money burning a hole in his pocket and Dad showed a lot of patience ...

Support independent journalism that matters — become a Vox Member today. France’s government collapsed Wednesday following a vote of no confidence in the country’s prime minister ...

She was born in 1755 in Austria and married the future King Louis XVI of France in 1770. Her husband became king in 1774, ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - France’s Prime Minister Michel Barnier arrives for a weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace ...

By 2021, France's real GDP had increased by about seven percent compared to the previous year. In 2023, the French state budget amounted to more than 470 billion euros. That same year, national ...