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Labour has confirmed that it’s now the stupid party
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn 1794, the National Convention, a representative body designed to bypass the old governance of the Ancien Régime, voted to condemn one of its key...
Deposed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will go down in history for the wrong reasons | Opinion
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOn a warm but stormy summer Paris day in 1794, Maximilien Robespierre, a leader of the French...
‘Liberty Equality Fashion’ Review: Threads of Revolution
The Wall Street Journal· 1 month agoBOOKSHELF In May 1794, at the height of the French Revolution, Térézia Cabarrus was sent to prison....
On This Day, July 27: Truce ends Korean War
United Press International via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA U.S. Marine orders captured North Korean soldiers to keep their hands up in 1950. On July 27, 1953, a truce officially ended the Korean War, which had...
Famous birthdays for May 6: Noah Galvin, George Clooney
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoNoah Galvin arrives for the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., on February...
Ukraine war has exposed the folly – and unintended consequences – of 'armed missionaries'
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoPutin's decision to go to war has seen great geopolitical ripples. Getty Images The evening before...
Europe's long and chequered history of rationing
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoThrough war, siege and social strife, Europe has a long and often painful history of rationing everything from food to fuel and water, sometimes with...
Column: From BuzzFeed to Netflix, digital media promised revolution. And a bloody business it's been
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBuzzFeed News is the latest victim of a digital revolution that confused 'new' with 'sustainable.'...
From grain to gasoline: a brief world history of rationing
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoThrough war, siege and social strife, rich and poor countries across the world have had a long and...
Voices: The Top 10 falls from grace
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis one started with Rudy Giuliani, the former Republican mayor of New York. As Tom Doran said, it was once assumed that he would be president one day....