1016: King of Denmark, Cnut the Great [Canute], claims the English throne after the death of Edmund Ironside The German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot)German Beer Purity Law 1487: The first German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot) is promulgated in Munich by Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, stating that beer should be brewed from only three ingredients: […]
The Trump administration is halting all asylum decisions in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington DC, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) director Joseph Edlow has said. On Friday, in a post on X, Edlow said the pause would be in place “until we can ensure that every alien […]
The Kytherian Association of Canberra and Districts is preparing to host its annual Christmas Party on Saturday, December 6, promising an evening filled with festive spirit, food and family-friendly entertainment.
Greece achieved a record 153 votes in the election for Category A of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council, ranking fourth globally out of 169 participating countries.
1877: US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time 1910: The first US patent for a traffic light system is issued to Chicago engineer Ernest Sirrine [1] 1935: Physicist Erwin Schrödinger publishes his famous thought experiment “Schrödinger’s cat”, a paradox that illustrates the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics […]
Wednesday was Budget day in the UK. It’s always a special event in our London newsroom: reporters and editors huddle to listen to the chancellor’s speech before our economics editor gives a quick-fire analysis. We produce dozens of additional stories and dissect every aspect of the Budget and we publish 12 extra pages in print.
The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) has announced the names of five finalists for its €10,000 biennial Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize Award taking place on Saturday, at the historic Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, Romania.
By Martin Banks MEPs from across the political divide have adopted a strongly-worded joint motion for a resolution on the escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan.
By Spyros Tsaparas* Introduction The fall of the Soviet Union marked the end of an era where states had as an official policy survival, security and national interest or as described by international relations theory, Raison d’état. This practice of classical statecraft was succeeded by the ideals of liberal idealism as the biggest ideological competitor […]
1520: Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing the Pacific Ocean 1814: The Times of London is first printed by automatic, steam-powered presses built by German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, making newspapers available to a mass audience 1893: New Zealand women vote for the first time in a national election [1] 1919: American-born […]
