Prior to the tariffs, the US had a massive trade deficit with Japan. In 1986, the deficit was about $55bn. The deficit ...

The war touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America and demonstrated that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives. Follow this timeline to chart the key ...

carrying out a major war against Iraq. The American war, which resulted in the death of tens of thousands, came in two phases: the so-called Operation Desert Shield, which lasted from August 1990 to ...

A timeline of events leading up to and surrounding ... France. As the Cold War escalates, American forces are deployed to Korea, and the United States also sends $15 million in aid, as well ...

Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia co-founder The history of the 9 million square miles of America can be told through its inventions. Its independence was won with help from the increased accuracy of the ...

A mountain of historical studies testifies to enduring interest in the American Civil War, a conflict still politically relevant in a nation riven over how to remember it. Those doubting that there is ...

This timeline takes you through all 12 years of Nazi rule. But it deliberately deprives you of the benefit of hindsight or a view of the future, ensuring you experience events in the sequence they ...

An American Airlines passenger plane and a military helicopter crashed in Washington DC on Wednesday, 28 January. As of Thursday morning, officials said at least 28 bodies had been recovered. John ...