The bells of St. James Cathedral rang out at midnight on Confederation Day, the "merry peal" echoing through a city already loud with crackling bonfires and the pop-pop of muskets. It was July 1, 1867 ...

It was a clear, sharp, sunny late summer morning, 145 years ago today, when Globe founding editor George Brown boarded the steamer Queen Victoria in Quebec to travel to Charlottetown. He travelled ...

Today marks 150 years since the founding of the Canadian federal state. Inaugurated on July 1, 1867, Confederation brought the principal colonies of Britain’s second North American empire within a ...

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football in Asia and Australia. It has 47 member ...

The Articles of Confederation were the first U.S. Constitution & created a loose union of states. They limited federal power and left most authority with individual states. Their weaknesses led to ...

JERUSALEM — Israeli and Palestinian public figures have drawn up a new proposal for a two-state confederation that they hope will offer a way forward after a decade-long stalemate in Mideast peace ...