There are five days in 2025 when flags are scheduled to be flown at half-staff. It's half-mast if you're on a ship.

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Welsh ministers have been accused of shrugging off responsibility and waving a "white flag" over major cuts at Cardiff University. The institution has announced plans to cut 400 full-time jobs ...

It's common practice for the U.S. Navy to name its warships after the ... successful mission because the crew will fly a Jolly Roger flag to signal their success. The Zumwalt-class destroyers ...

If there's one thing most people around the world know, it's that the United States has an impressive Navy. The U.S. boasts the most military submarines and is well-known for being the country ...

about 75 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, has been painted white. Roughly 35 kilometres to the west, in the town of Barrhead, four flags have been removed from municipal flag poles. Soon two ...

A man who crashed a U-Haul rental truck into barriers protecting the White House has been sentenced ... he retrieved a Nazi flag from his backpack. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich also ...

China’s navy has commissioned a new-generation frigate as competition rises with the US and other regional powers, saying the ship will “play a vital role in enhancing the overall combat ...

The video that autoplays on the new White House website starts with the pulse of helicopter blades. There are flags, salutes and a lone bald eagle gliding across the sky. No one smiles — though ...

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Speaking at the Stimson Center, Christopher Clary, who teaches at the University of Albany, said Washington would be “least conflicted about [the Indian navy] finding and destroying” Chinese ...

American flags and a pride flag hang from the White House during a Pride Month celebration on the South Lawn, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Washington. American flags and a pride flag hang from the ...