World Regions & Civilizations

1+ hour, 10+ min ago   (453+ words) Australia’s Indigenous population before European invasion was far larger than older estimates suggested, new research finds. The study places the median population in 1788 at 2.22 million people. Earlier estimates put the pre-colonial population between 250,000 and 1 million. The new figure also points…...

6+ hour, 23+ min ago   (481+ words) The Battle of Britain ended Hitler’s hopes of invading mainland Britain, but one military historian believes it turned the Isle of Wight into Germany’s next potential target. On 15th September each year Britain commemorates Battle of Britain Day, marking the RAF’s…...

10+ hour, 24+ min ago   (506+ words) A new scientific study estimates that Australia’s Indigenous population was 2.22 million in 1788, meaning 90 percent were killed by disease and violence. The revised figures carry profound implications for the national understanding of colonisation. According to the study’s authors, the data suggests…...

9+ hour, 15+ min ago   (914+ words) New research reveals how former Waffen-SS members were included in one of Switzerland's largest post-war humanitarian projects and ended up living freely in the South American country. Published in May 2026, his research documents the presence of at least 16 former Waffen-SS…...

5+ hour, 10+ min ago   (1387+ words) Women used profits from trafficking of enslaved Africans to secure their families’ futures, research reveals More than 1,000 women invested in the slave trade, challenging the conventional notion that they were passive beneficiaries and largely fought for its abolition. Researchers found…...

10+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1602+ words) In the past, the Chinese migration to Southeast Asia, fondly referred as Nanyang, was driven by the need to flee war or earn a living. Today, a new wave of Chinese immigrants is arriving in Southeast Asia for entirely different…...

11+ hour, 27+ min ago   (593+ words) Frontier violence such as that portrayed in William Oswald Hodgkinson's painting Bulla, Queensland, 1861, was a major cause of Indigenous population decline. (Supplied: National Library of Australia) Australia's pre-colonial population estimate has been revised, suggesting the number of Indigenous people on…...

11+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1661+ words) Long ago, before the librarian Jane Stubbs crossed the Pillars of Hercules by way of Natchez, Mississippi, a bejeweled porter stepped into the freezing white-capped surf. It was December 7, 1797. Beyond him stood Tangier. On his shoulders rode James Simpson, coming…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (202+ words) A memorial has been held for two WW2 pilots who died in a plane crash after steering their Halifax bomber to a safe place to save it from hitting Wallingford. Flying officer John Wilding and Flight Sergeant John Andrew died on…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (357+ words) Hastings Borough Council is delighted to welcome Bayeux Around Britain: casting a masterpiece to Hastings Museum & Art Gallery from Thursday 10 September to Sunday 8 November 2026. The display features hand-painted plaster casts depicting King Harold II and William of Normandy, a special…...