Wire has been used in Europe for more than 400 years. At first it was made by drawing do\yn, in blacksmith fashion, with the hammer upon the anvil. The draw-plate was in vented in Germany about ...

We simply call it barbed wire. 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy highlights the inventions, ideas and innovations that helped create the economic world. It is broadcast on the BBC World Service.

Wire drawing dies are tools with highly-polished, specially-shaped holes through which wire is drawn to reduce its diameter. They have a metal case and a nib made of: Drawing parameters include ...

Panama has placed barbed wire across several routes in the Darién Gap, the country’s Ministry of Public Security said in a ...

A new project led by the Mule Deer Foundation in northeast Wyoming aims to replace burned-down livestock fences with wildlife ...

Hundreds of migrants scaled barbed wire fences in a desperate attempt to storm into a Spanish enclave in Morocco before being ...

The barbed wire placed in Cyprus’ buffer zone near the villages of Akaki, Peristerona, and Astromeritis to kerb migrant flows is still there, despite government promises to remove it ...

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Christopher Brown, a lawyer and author who built a home on an abandoned industrial site, offers readers an expertly guided ...

Parliament Road in Middlesbrough feels a world away from the establishment it shares a name with, but for one Sunday in August, the terraced streets of central Middlesbrough were at the centre of ...

Pep Guardiola has called on Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta to clarify barbed comments he made towards Manchester City in the wake of last weekend’s ill-tempered draw at the Etihad — and said he was ...