Flemish nationalist parties dominated general elections in Belgium on Sunday as Prime Minister ... struggling to cope with the hot weather, the Red Cross reportedly helped out and handed out ...

Some key steps - and a trip to the garden centre - now, will mean enjoying homegrown produce including courgettes, pumpkins ...

Sow your opium poppies - used to make medical painkillers including morphine, codeine and oxycodone, as well as illegal ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iran’s Kermanshah province is witnessing an increase in opium poppy cultivation, driven by water shortages, limited employment opportunities for farmers, and growing ...

Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, joined her mother, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, for a rare joint outing on Tuesday, during what is undoubtedly a stressful time for the heir to the throne. The 23 ...

Specifically, the red flowers are poppy flowers. In previous years, the flowers had a green leaf as well as an inscription with a black ribbon across. This year, the leaf is gone but the ...

The USAA Poppy Wall of Honor pays tribute to the more than 600,000 ... “But to kind of see this, like, overwhelming, shock of red.” The display has been part of the National Mall landscape during the ...

The red poppy is a symbol of remembrance to honor fallen military personnel. The red poppy's symbolism originated during World War I, inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields" written by John McCrae.

Flanders Field was a common name for battlefields in Belgium and France ... The poppies are red, for the blood that was spilled. And the poppy has been used since ancient times for its medicinal ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

for National Poppy Day. Why? It started during World War I. Where did the red poppies come from? According to the American Legion, red poppies bloomed brightly across France and Belgium during WWI ...