following two opium wars (in 1839–42 and 1856–60), reaching 105 507 chests in 1880. The “world's first drug cartel”, as Ghosh describes it, not only solved the trade imbalance, but created a major ...
Harold White Fellows from 2011 to 2014. The Harold White Fellowship program was suspended in 2014 with a new Fellowships and Scholarships program launched from 2016. 2014 Dr Penelope Allison, Reader ...
Today in History for Nov. 12: In 1774, British citizens in Quebec protested the Quebec Act which restored French civil law. In 1856, the Grand Trunk Railway was opened from Quebec to Toronto. In 1884, ...
Whether you explore the galleries or the new Silk Roads exhibition, start your weekend at the British Museum with late opening this Friday. From the Rosetta Stone to Japanese netsuke, discover a ...
You can weigh your car and trailer on a set of portable scales or at a public weighbridge. What sort of tow bar do I need? Under UK law, a tow bar must be homologated for use on the car it’s fitted to ...
The virus particles are in various stages of maturity, which accounts for differences in shape. (NIAID via AP, File) LONDON (AP) — British health officials say they have identified four cases of the ...
Year 1856, British India. Capt. Jeffrey Claybourne is severely punished after disobeying an order. Feeling unworthy of his fiancée Vivian Morrow, the daughter of his superior officer, Claybourne ...
A British law chief at the Hague who is accused of sexually assaulting a female colleague is to give a talk at Oxford University this week titled 'No One Above the Law.' Karim Khan KC - the chief ...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Auditor-General has been empowered to conduct audits on the accounts of 1,856 other companies, including government-linked companies (GLC). The National Audit Department ...
A British businessman was charged with murder on Thursday after an Indonesian domestic helper was found dead at a waterfall in southern Hong Kong. The 34-year-old British national, who holds a ...
Law Department, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden Queen Mary University of London, CCLS, London, UK Glion Institute of Higher Education (GIHE), Glion/Bulle, Switzerland Católica Global School of ...