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Who discovered America? The common-sense answer is that the continent was discovered by the remote ancestors of today’s Native Americans. Americans of European descent have traditionally phrased the question in terms of identifying the first Europeans to have crossed the

The death toll rose to 11 as search-and-rescue teams continued to sort through pulverized steel and dig through concrete boulders.

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. investigator on human rights in Iran has called for an independent inquiry into allegations of state-ordered executions of thousands of political prisoners in 1988 and the role played by President-elect Ebrahim Raisi

2U, a SaaS platform that helps non-profits and colleges run online universities, plans to acquire all the assets of Harvard and MIT-founded edX for a deal north of $600 million, according to multiple sources. 2U did not immediately respond to

Five people died in the attack on the Capital Gazette on June 28, 2018. The mass shooting was the deadliest attacks on a newsroom in modern U.S. history. (Image credit: Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Greece on Tuesday said it had recovered a Picasso painting personally donated by the Spanish master to the Greek people, almost a decade after it was stolen alongside two other artworks in an audacious heist at the National Gallery. ‘Head

Decisions made early in the pandemic are having lasting effects on the ability of industries to fulfill surging demand.

Israel’s top diplomat arrived in the United Arab Emirates on the first state visit to the country by an Israeli minister, as the two nations struggle to bridge differences over the recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict and deliver on the promise of

New Zealand researchers have created a weight-loss device that uses magnets to clamp a patient’s jaw together — hailing it as a new tool against obesity despite critics likening it to an instrument of medieval torture. The “world-first” innovation involves

About 10 million Australians have been ordered into lockdown as Covid-19 spreads across the country, after Brisbane on Tuesday became the fourth major city to issue stay-at-home orders. The three-day snap lockdown for Brisbane, starting on Tuesday evening, comes on