The British government has ordered an investigation into the country's “energy resilience” after an electrical substation ...

In fact, they often shorten it themselves—with 168 letters, it’s the longest place name in the world. Ready? It is this: ...

To make progress towards solving the housing crisis we need to build more homes at prices that Canadians can afford, faster. To do this we need to end restrictive zoning and speed up permitting, and ...

According to the World Population Review, Iran is the oldest nation in the world based on the date of the earliest known ...

Meanwhile, elongated island nations like Japan and the Maldives landed at the bottom of the roundness rankings. Zimbabwe may ...

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than ...

The former British colony is celebrating its diamond jubilee this year, and there’s every reason to plan a visit: hike ...

after the country saw deaths of over 830 civilians. According to a UK based monitor tracking the death toll in Syria, more than 830 civilians were killed in “massacres” targeting Alawites on the west ...

More than 1,300 people have been killed in 72 hours ... Federico Jachetti, Syria country office director for the Norwegian Refugee Council, said in a statement Sunday that the escalation ...

Countryfile's Adam Henson has shared the "most embarrassing thing" he has had to do while presenting the hit BBC show. Known for its hands-on approach to educating viewers about rural life, the ...

Shakespeare wrote, "What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet." What he didn’t know is that one day, there would be more than 30,000 cultivated ...

Women's Day 2025: Sirimavo Bandaranaike, who was born on April 17, 1916, in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, became the first woman prime minister of Sri Lanka and the world. Her party won the election in 1960.