The story features exotic characters from Abyssinia (modern Ethiopia) and examines the human condition, and our constant fascination with the pursuit of happiness and whether the grass truly is ...

Flags originated on battlefields as a means of identification and hierarchy. Over the years, they have evolved to incorporate symbols significant to the countries they represent. Click through as ...

The standard bears a marked similarity to the arms of Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, the flag of the royal house of Gwynedd ... and has become a potent symbol of protest. A variant of the design is ...

For Black Americans who don't celebrate the 4th of July, the Juneteenth flag is a symbol of a holiday that more truly and ...

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The federal government has said that it was putting mechanisms in place to penalise any individual or corporate organisation found abusing or misusing the Nigerian flag and other symbols.

The Jamaican flag flies at Brandon City Hall after a ceremony in August. (File) Early Monday morning, the local Nigerian community celebrated that country’s 64th Independence Day at Brandon City ...

The story of the Australian flag in its current form, as described by our colleague Ninos Kako, began with the formation of the Confederation in 1901. A competition was held in which 32,000 ...

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

“I said, ‘Time for my flag to go up,'” he told a reporter. The reporter wrote that similar stories were unfolding across the nation, “a spontaneous reclaiming of a symbol that, in the ...

Chennai: Actor-turned-politician Vijay unveiled the flag and symbol of his party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) at the party office in Chennai on Thursday. Vijay's father and mother were also ...

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