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Numerous crosses carved into the walls of Christianity's most revered church were once believed to be graffiti, but research indicates they might actually be the work of medieval stoneworkers hired by pilgrims to create them

Deliveroo's stock fell by up to 30 percent during its first day of trading on Wednesday

Comcast’s Universal Studios Hollywood theme park in California will reopen to a limited number of visitors on April 16, the company said in a statement on...

Nepal has ordered schools to close for four days after air pollution climbed to hazardous levels, forcing millions of students to stay home across the country.

In 2020, China was responsible for 53% of the global coal-fired power production, which is an increase of nine percentage points compared to five years prior, as revealed by a global data study on Monday. This occurred despite commitments to combat climate change and the construction of numerous renewable energy facilities

The octopus is a remarkable animal, not just due to its eight arms, three hearts, blue blood, ability to squirt ink, and camouflage skills, but also because of the unfortunate reality that it dies after reproducing

Dozens of farmers squatted on railway tracks in northern India on Friday, disrupting traffic to mark four months of a campaign against the opening up of agriculture produce markets to private players.

Marcelo Toledo typically crafts sculptures and jewelry from metal. Currently, the artist from Argentina is using a new medium: discarded masks and syringes from the COVID-19 pandemic, to develop an exhibition that delves into the virus's painful effects

The study of several homes unearthed at two locations in southern Belize is shedding light on significant wealth inequality in ancient Maya cities, a gap that scholars think was closely connected to authoritarian leadership

The Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an investigation into Wall Street’s surge of blank check acquisitions

Nike, H&M, and Adidas have faced backlash on Chinese social media due to previous remarks the fashion companies made about working conditions in Xinjiang, amid a diplomatic dispute between China and Western nations

Following the fatal attack on the U.S. Capitol, prosecutors leveled serious allegations, asserting they had proof that the rioters intended to assassinate government officials. They alleged that a man from Virginia present at the Capitol received instructions to release gas on lawmakers and accused another individual of orchestrating chaos on January 6 using encrypted communications

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on Tuesday outlined a proposed 10-year strategic plan that would slow current first-class delivery standards and raise some prices to stem $160 billion in forecasted red ink over the next decade.

A group of Palestinian women with hearing loss are using stop motion animation to make short films to teach children about their condition. The eight women say they have few career options and hope animation will also become a source of income as well as an advocacy tool.

Mexican immigration officials, alongside National Guard officers, reported that during standard inspections early Thursday, they halted the trucks and found 329 individuals from Guatemala and Honduras, among them 114 unaccompanied children

Greek archaeologists accidentally discovered a bronze bull idol dating back over 2,500 years at the archaeological site of Olympia, the culture ministry announced on Friday

Aerospace firms on Thursday credited NASA with a successful test of engines on a Boeing-built rocket for Artemis missions that aim to return U.S. astronauts to the moon by 2024, more than half a century since the last lunar walk.

The biggest organization representing exiled ethnic Uighurs has sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, calling on him to insist that Beijing shut down its internment camps in the Xinjiang region during discussions on Thursday

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average reached new all-time highs on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve forecast a swift economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and announced it would keep its interest rate near zero

An aid organization based in the UK, Save the Children, reported on Tuesday that children as young as 11 are being decapitated in Mozambique. This violence has resulted in the deaths of thousands and the displacement of many more in a northern area afflicted by an Islamist insurgency

The appearance of Earth's initial life forms billions of years in the past might have been enabled by a sudden lightning strike—or possibly by a quintillion such strikes

New Delhi was the world’s most polluted capital for the third straight year in 2020, according to IQAir, a Swiss group that measures air quality levels based on the concentration of lung-damaging airborne particles known as PM2.5.

Icelanders are yearning for some undisturbed shut-eye after tremors from tens of thousands of earthquakes have rattled their sleep for weeks in what scientists call an unprecedented seismic event, which might well end in a spectacular volcanic eruption.

The plan is designed to act as Purdue's guide to emerge from bankruptcy, which was filed in September 2019 due to almost 3,000 lawsuits

A surge of coronavirus outbreaks in Japan connected to elderly people attending daytime karaoke sessions, including several associated with 93 cases in one prefecture, led to a severe warning and calls for vigilance from authorities on Tuesday