Our staff and contributors look back on the city’s year in art, from blockbusters to under-the-radar art heroes and unsung ...

December 13 falls on Friday this year. Even though you may think Friday the 13th is cursed, some great things have happened ...

In 1940, at the height of World War II, Italy invaded Egypt from its colony in Libya. The region later fell under the power ...

The USS Cobia, a US Navy submarine, sank 13 enemy ships and rescued seven downed American pilots during World War II.

The most impressive buildings completed in China this year include a one-kilometre-long museum and a conical sea-side viewing ...

Yixing, meanwhile, has always been a comparatively quiet place, albeit one with a dizzying number of pottery studios. This year, though, things are starting to change. October saw the opening of UCCA ...

Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast has fetched up to more than $1,300 per kilogram at auction, as officials try to keep the struggling ...

A colorful toucan is part of the Birds of the World display at the St. Louis Science Center's Inside the Vault exhibit.

Gen Z youth practice martial arts at Southern Shaolin Monastery in Quanzhou, Fujian province, during a five-day study tour, ...

Twenty years after the deadliest wave in recorded history, most oceans have warning systems and communities have learned how best to escape the danger.

On Friday, the Bureau of Land Management issued a final decision for the Lava Ridge Wind Project, permitting company LS Power ...