Some folks mis-remember the story of old King Canute. We’ve heard the (surely apocryphal) tale told of Canute The Great ordering the ocean’s waves to stop, and they, of course, didn’t obey his ...

Sveinsson Knut, Canute the Great, King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018 and King of Norway from 1030 until he died in 1035, was perhaps the most successful and effective of the early ...

LONDON, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Like medieval King Canute's unsuccessful attempt to command the incoming tide to stop, central banks' attempts to push back against swelling interest rate cut bets seem ...

The King’s visit to the Vatican was, of course, terrifically moving, but the great question is, was it actually the first ...

Scarred by the St. Brice’s Day massacre and shaped by his father’s endless wars, Canute rose from loss to become the ruler of England, Denmark, and Norway — the true North Sea Empire.

Rumours fly as to various public sector pay offers and threats of strike action. The more fundamental problem over the ...

An American map showing the rapid increase in average winter temperatures across the United States published last week showed us by doing the numbers what we gardeners know in our bones: It’s getting ...