Samuel Bellamy was born to working class parents in 17th-century England, but he died the richest pirate who ever lived.

slaves merged African traditions and folklore with colonial rituals to create their own fete. ST. CROIXCarnival in St. Croix is celebrated as it is in much of the British-colonized Caribbean ...

I can helm the British campaign to victory in the America's Cup. And there's obviously no way of better proving that than winning SailGP in one-design (catamarans)," Fletcher told Reuters.

The national flag is a symbol of pride ... Independence Day marks the day in 1947 when India gained freedom from British colonial rule. On this day, the country celebrates the spirit of liberation ...

Yet Singapore, a British colony until 1963, did just that. Today, it is an economic powerhouse, with exceptionally high standards of living. Singapore isn’t afraid of decisive legal changes.

A flag manufacturer in British Columbia says it is seeing a spike in sales of Canadian flags amid threats of U.S. tariffs, including a rise in orders from south of the border. Julia Izadi of ...

British American Tobacco missed market expectations in 2024 and warned that regulatory and fiscal headwinds will impact sales of its conventional cigarettes. The FTSE 100 cigarette maker--which ...

The “Not Like Us” rapper rocked a leather jacket by famed British-Jamaican designer Martine Rose ... The jacket infused the American flag colors and featured a word tied to Lamar and his ...

Wales is conspicuously absent from the mix, as the country was a part of England when the flag was initially conceived several centuries ago. Residents are now looking to change this, as hundreds ...

Unlike unfurling, hoisting involves raising the flag from the bottom of the pole, symbolising India's emergence as a free nation after gaining independence from British rule in 1947. This ceremony ...

I have since filed a criminal complaint for bigamy with the New York district attorney, and after review of the evidence provided, I was told to contact the Jamaican authorities as they would have ...

The State Department has ordered that diplomatic outposts fly only U.S. flags. By Christine Hauser and Neil Vigdor The State Department has ordered that only United States flags be flown at ...