Jan 30 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military-backed party has completed a sweeping victory in the country's ‌three-phase ​general election, state media said, cementing an outcome ‌long expected after a ...

Myanmar’s Union and Solidarity Party wins majority in general election amid civil war, with critics calling the process a move to entrench military rule.

Today we visit a historic Georgia city cemetery to find the grave of General Henry H. Lowe, who died in 1854 and played a major role in early Georgia politics, militia leadership, and plantation ...

Ever since the Civil War, unions and others have used mass slowdowns and work stoppages to advocate for changing things, ...

Two sets of historic human remains were uncovered last week in an archaeological dig at the Maryland School for the Deaf ...

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People have participated in collective work stoppages to raise the pressure on employers for more than 150 years.

Virginia Sen. Adam Ebbin proposes removing three Confederate statues from Capitol Square, calling their presence embarrassing ...

Nine people, including former CNN anchor Don Lemon and another journalist — have been charged with violating two different federal laws in connection with the protest that interrupted a worship ...

On June 17, 1863, Col. Luigi Palma di Cesnola was forced to watch his men get slaughtered near the village of Aldie, Virginia. Just hours earlier, his superior officer had placed him under arrest for ...

Myanmar’s junta-led election is widely viewed as a bid to legitimize military power amid civil war, low turnout, and the ...

A Vancouver-based mining company says 10 of its employees were abducted from one of its project sites in the city of ...