February 26th marked the 140th anniversary of one of the most consequential events in the history of Western imperialism: the ...

This month marks 140 years since Western powers sidelined Africans and carved up ‘ownership’ of the continent.

140 years ago this November at the Berlin Conference, Belgium’s King Leopold was recognized as the sole owner of the Congo Free State, a territory including the entirety of today’s Democratic ...

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In the Leopold and Loeb trial of 1924, attorney Clarence Darrow achieved what many thought impossible. He saved the lives of two cold-blooded child-killers with the power of a speech. Nathan ...

Inside the world's 'most expensive mansion' on sale for £306million on the French Riviera and once home to a king ...