Our world has been shaped by two all-consuming conflicts - and by a global superpower stand-off that brought the world to the brink of destruction. Explore the in-depth sections below.
1837: Michigan becomes the 26th state of the USA. 1841: Hong Kong is proclaimed as a sovereign territory of Britain. 1857: Trinley Gyatso, 12th Dalai Lama, is born in Tibet. 1861: Louisiana secedes ...
Last Sunday’s Island newspaper had my article titled Reading and the Classics. I continue that trend of thought and mention women authors who we of my generation read with such delight. Maybe I need ...
Excepted from the autobiography of MDD Pieris, Secretary to the Prime Minister) I would like to refer briefly also to two other domestic issues of significant importance, namely the land and housing ...