For his last 12 years, John was known as Count Creighton. Pope Leo XIII in 1894 bestowed the title “Count of the Holy Roman Empire,” perhaps only the third American at the time thus honored.

He did it twice. It looked a lot like the salute used in Nazi Germany and fascist Italy. But almost immediately, a striking number of different interpretations began to circulate. In a time of ...

The essence of the Holy Roman Empire was the minute fragmentation of authority. One small region of southwest Germany alone contained archbishoprics, bishoprics, free abbeys, free cities, ...

Beck said the province should be putting its message in front of the American people. The Saskatchewan NDP leader suggested an advertising campaign in cities across the U.S., but especially in ...

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BERLIN ― Friedrich Merz, the candidate leading the race to become Germany’s next chancellor, is all but running against his conservative predecessor: Angela Merkel. At a campaign rally in the northern ...

A fan’s feeling for the club is the Holy Grail for German football. This concept resonates in the philosophy of public participation serving as the guiding factor for the country’s top football league ...

Germany's leading source of electric power generation got a big boost in 2024, according to latest industry figures. Regulators approved more than 2,400 new onshore wind turbines with a total ...

The Nazi salute, or Hitler salute, was used in Germany in the 1930s to pay homage to fascist leader Adolf Hitler. The gesture involves raising an outstretched arm with the palm down. In Nazi ...

The vast majority of Chinese provinces have already slashed their consumer price index (CPI) targets to about 2 per cent for 2025 – markedly down from last year’s norm of 3 per cent.

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