311: Roman Emperor Galerius issues the Edict of Toleration, ending the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire 711: Islamic conquest of Iberia: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus) 1562: Jean Ribault and colonists arrive in Florida, the first French colonists in […]
By Martin Banks The EU has moved to protect children from harmful and inappropriate online content.
By Martin Banks The European Commission admits the EU needs “clear” law making.
By Martin Banks Democratic resilience must extend to the communities where democratic systems are most tested.
By Martin Banks Sport is doing its bit to help combat that seemingly never-ending plague of “domestic abuse.”
1864: Battle of Gate Pā (Pukehinahina): 1,700 British troops suffer their worst defeat of the New Zealand Wars at the hands of 230 entrenched Māori warriors in Tauranga [1] 1872: Jesse James’ gang robs a bank of $1,500 in Columbia, Kentucky, killing bank employee Robert A.C. Martin during the crime 1916: Irish republicans abandon the […]
US President Donald Trump says he “wasn’t worried” while he was being evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, after a gunman attempted to storm the ballroom. “I wasn’t worried. I understand life. We live in a crazy world,” Trump said during an interview with CBS News programme 60 Minutes, one day after the shooting […]
The chief executive of major construction firm Hansen Yuncken, George Bardas, has had his Sydney home targeted in a firebombing in Putney, in what police are treating as a suspicious arson attack.
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will visit Tripoli, Libya Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Sunday.
1565: First Spanish settlement in the Philippines is founded in Cebu City 1865: Steamboat “SS Sultana” explodes in the Mississippi River, killing up to 1,800 of the 2,427 passengers in the greatest maritime disaster in United States history; most are paroled Union POWs on their way home. 1904: The Australian Labor Party under Prime Minister […]
