Once among Bengal’s richest men, Dwarkanath Tagore built a sprawling business empire under the British, only to see it ...

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They were a chaplain whose courage prevented a massacre; a sergeant who tirelessly cared for the starving and injured; and a ...

Ancient Lydia holds the distinction of creating the first coins in the world; they soon evolved into beautiful works of art.

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Vladimir Putin’s encounter with Donald Trump in Anchorage summons bad memories of past summits in Munich or Yalta, in which ...