The American semiquincentennial begins now, marking the 250th anniversary of this country’s founding. Like the bicentennial ...

The battleship left the port and was blown up in the River Plate after its crew was transferred to a German merchant vessel, which transported them across the broad estuary to Buenos Aires.

Police in Germany have raided the home of a teenage boy suspected of making and storing ricin, a highly toxic and deadly biological warfare agent. The 16-year-old is accused of producing ...

Global Payments has agreed to buy rival Worldpay from FIS and private equity firm GTCR for $24.25 billion in a three-way deal, sharpening its focus on merchant services in its race for big ...

In the 1300s, the Catholic Church experienced a schism with two popes – one of whom was relocated to a papal palace in France and the other stayed in Rome. It is said that the France-based pope ...

The chapel is thought to be the town's oldest building, having been founded in the late 12th century, although most of the surviving structure dates to around the 1300s.

HD Hyundai Mipo has launched a 22,000cbm liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier under construction for Capital Clean Energy Carriers.The 160-meter vessel is currently the world’s largest LCO2 carrier.

A man walks past an electronic screen displaying stock quotation board in Tokyo, Japan April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File photo Asian equities and U.S. stock futures slid on Monday as anxiety ...

UBS and Rand Merchant Bank have taken top spots as the leading mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers in the Middle East and Africa during the first quarter of 2025, according to the latest ...