3+ week, 2+ day ago  (95+ words) By: Astrit PATOZI (Note on the 27th anniversary of the publication of the first issue of the newspaper "Rilindja Demokratike) Imagine for a moment if we didn't have private televisions, the multitude of newspapers that are mostly followed for their morning…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (251+ words) " Opinions " Ask Rufus: Random thoughts on events of 211 years ago Recently the 211th anniversary of an event with ties to our area and that shaped American...but unnoticed. Jan. 8 marked the 211th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans. That battle had…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (204+ words) Circa 60,000 B.C.E.: Homo sapiens reach the continent of Australia for the first time. Along the way, they...mate " with other ancient humans. - Circa 430 B.C.E.: A sloppily dressed Greek gains fame and followers....self-care matters most. - 452: He's conquered much of Eurasia. But…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago  (928+ words) synthetic fibres. Plastic toothbrush boasted bristles of nylon and a handle of polypropylene - polymers born out of the compressed remains of ancient marine life and Jurassic bones. Squeezed...with synthetic compounds bonded by the black blood of the earth. Showered…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (210+ words) casualties that he loses the war. His win became known as a Pyrrhic victory. - Circa 210 B.C.E.: In China, 8,000...death, Marie Antoinette's likeness is preserved by a French royal tutor and wax worker: Madame Marie Tussaud. - 1876: A young scientist, Sigmund Freud, dissects…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (243+ words) After years of capturing the rhythms of Telangana'its villages, labouring bodies, and folk...Bengaluru, feels less like reportage and more like a private notebook: layered, restless, intimate. Featuring...portraits, sculptural wooden toys and sudden eruptions of colour. Each series feels…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (213+ words) events in chronological order? - 1917: The U.S. debuts a recruitment poster featuring Uncle Sam. Needing a face to draw quickly, the artist, James Flagg, realizes...Chrysler Building is finished amid the Depression. A secret, 185-foot spire was hidden inside; when it...U.S. gives…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (25+ words) Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Jan. 31, 2026The New York Times Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz Can you place 8 notable events in chronological order?...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (25+ words) Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Jan. 17, 2026The New York Times Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz Can you place 8 notable events in chronological order?...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (784+ words) Residents in Murray Shire are in revolt over a 17 per cent rise in their rates. The shire ratepayers...to pay the 1975 charge at the last possible moment. A petition protesting at the increase in the general...being circulated throughout the…...