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UK politics may be witnessing a radical shift similar to that experienced when the popularity of the Liberal Party collapsed ...

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Four generations of the Vet family have upheld the butcher’s craft in the same small shop on the Zeedijk for 75 years. Almost everything is homemade, from the ossenworst to the bone-in ham, but the ...

The year 2025 proved a period of profound reflection and significant change, as the world bid farewell to several influential figures across diverse spheres. The Catholic Church, with its 1.4 billion ...

Today in History for Dec. 29: In 1170, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, was murdered on the altar of Canterbury Cathedral by knights of King Henry II. In 1813, the British burned Buffalo, ...