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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· 2 weeks agoBOOKSHELF In May 1794, at the height of the French Revolution, Térézia Cabarrus was sent to prison....
Labour has confirmed that it’s now the stupid party
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 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...
On This Day, July 27: Truce ends Korean War
United Press International via Yahoo News· 9 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...
Ukraine war has exposed the folly – and unintended consequences – of 'armed missionaries'
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPutin's decision to go to war has seen great geopolitical ripples. Getty Images The evening before...
William Watson: We should learn to see history as Europeans do, warts and all
Financial Post via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoEvery time I’m in Paris, as I was recently, I’m intrigued by the names of the subway stations. And...
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...
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.'...
Kit Steinkellner, Danny Strong & Darren Aronofsky Score Pilot Order At FX For ‘The Answers’...
Deadline via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCatherine Lacey’s novel The Answers is being adapted for television by Sorry for Your Loss creator...
