The shortest war in recorded history is known as the Anglo-Zanzibar War. In the late 19th century, Zanzibar was a British protectorate. The sultan of Zanzibar died in 1896, leaving several ...

Americans have fought in many short wars. World Wars I and II were conflicts in which the United States participated for less than five years each. The Civil War was similarly short. Yet, over the ...

This course analyses the changing nature of the Anglo-American "special" relationship from its creation against the backdrop of the Second World War in Europe through to the end of the Cold War. It ...

But the early Anglo-Saxons were not Christians ... just a few weeks before the start of the Second World War in 1939 so it couldn’t be investigated properly until after the war was over and ...

Commodity giant Glencore has held early internal discussions about making a potential approach for mining giant Anglo American, which has just rejected an initial takeover offer from BHP ...

1964 - Following civil war, the Belgian Congo is renamed the Republic of the Congo. 1744 - Jean-Baptiste Pierr... , biologist famed most for a flawed evolutionary theory, was born in Bazentin-le ...

saying the bid “significantly undervalues” the company and setting the stage for a potential bidding war. London-listed Anglo American said the unsolicited proposal, which was made earlier ...

Anglo American's pushback against BHP's offer sets the stage for a bidding war that could be one of the industry’s largest transactions in years. The offer for Anglo American is BHP's latest ...

A bidding war between two of the mining industry’s biggest hitters is in prospect after it emerged that Glencore is considering a rival approach for Anglo American. Anglo American rejected a £ ...

Commodities giant Glencore is also studying an approach for Anglo, sources told Reuters, a development that could spark a bidding war for the 107-year old mining company. Anglo declined to comment on ...