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So the Duke of Wellington brought Napoleon’s Hundred Days to an end at the Battle of Waterloo in, according to him, one of ...
In 1813, at the height of the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon Bonaparte was offered a lifeline: the Frankfurt Proposal,a peace deal from the Allies allowing him to remain Emperor of France if he surrendered ...
It didn’t seem like a huge deal. Yet somehow the unrest continued, increased, and in thirteen months brought the Shah’s ...
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August 8, devastating Maui wildfires

On Aug. 8, 2023, a series of wind-driven wildfires broke out on the Hawaiian island of Maui, destroying the town of Lahaina ...
Officers responded around 1:30 p.m. to a 911 call from Joseph Restaino, who told dispatchers he was holding hostages and ...
Whether it’s the Louvre theft that opens up the acclaimed series Lupin or the real-life theft of multiple paintings at the ...
On Tisha B’Av, we fast, recite the haunting Book of Lamentations, and sit low in grief, embodying the depth of loss. These ...
When Florence’s lowest-paid textile workers seized power, and how betrayal and ambition brought their revolution to a bloody ...
Napoleon's campaign against the Russian Empire was one of the most costly wars in history. Many soldiers died of diseases.