In Old Norse mythology, Baldr, the son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg, was slain with a mistletoe spear. Some interpretations suggest that, “kissing under the mistletoe symbolizes forgiveness, ...

Handel’s Messiah is one of the most popular classical compositions played at the holidays. Filled with biblical passages and ...

Thousands of Afrikaners, descendants of the first European settlers in South Africa, celebrated on Tuesday the "Day of the ...

In 1830, the Palawa people were in the midst of their guerrilla war against the British colonists taking their land in what ...

Wegener at the University of Graz in Germany says that millions of years ago the two Americas, as well as Europe, Asia, ...

After the conquests of Alexander the Great in Egypt, the Ptolemaic dynasty established Alexandria, the jewel of the ...

The former RAF base just over the Cambridgeshire border hosted an American musician's final concert, before being returned to ...

Many of the world’s best-known countries did not always carry the names we use today. Over the last century, political shifts ...

Lloyd Sachikonye’s recently published memoir, Many Hills to Climb, is far more than a recounting of one man’s life—it is a walk through the emotional, political and intellectual terrain of Zimbabwe ...

According to James Mukwindiza, two local artists, including Hurungwe Arts Festival director Joel Zilala, will take part in the play titled Imaginary Harvest.

Today is one of the glory days in Liberal Party history – it is the 50th anniversary of Malcolm Fraser’s December 13, 1975, ...

From a long, electrifying run-up, Procter delivered the ball in a whirlwind of arms and could be as fast as anyone ...