It was a rainy day. On Dec. 30, 1999, the U.S. flag was lowered for the last time, replaced by Panama flag. The transfer, ...

As of December 20, 2024, several states have ordered flags to be flown at half-staff today and over the coming weekend. These gestures serve as solemn tributes to individuals who have served their ...

World swimming sensation Tatjana Smith lives up to the daunting expectations she set in Tokyo four years earlier.

As is the case with any year, 2024 was kinder to some companies within the global airline industry than it was to others. We ...

Meanwhile, from the other news covered by the Empire, these are the 10 strangest stories of 2024 in no particular order.

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President Dr Danny Jordaan has congratulated the country’s women players for continuing to hoist the The post SAFA President ...

With hundreds of thousands dead, a shortage of body bags and 1.7 million people displaced, the overwhelming devastation caused by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami remains forever imprinted on the minds of ...

Governor Henry McMaster has ordered flags across South Carolina to be flown at half-staff in honor of former State Senator Kay Patterson.

A Liberal backbencher has made a surprising move after Peter Dutton’s controversial election pledge to roll back Indigenous flags. Jenny Ware, who represents the south Sydney seat of Hughes ...

A compelling new biography of Brazil’s Lula da Silva offers a sharp contrast to the dispiriting state of South Africa’s ...

In just eight years, Veldskoen has grown to become a household name in South Africa and a niche hit abroad. In 2021, the ...