On the evening of February 11, 1858, a 14-year-old girl named Bernadette Soubrious went to gather firewood near her home in Lourdes, a small market town in southwestern France. She ...

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A public consultation has been launched on plans for a £600 million theme park in north Oxfordshire. Puy du Fou, which currently has a park in Les Epesses, France, and in Toledo, Spain, has ...

A chilling message of distress has emerged from the ashes of the recent wildfires in a Los Angeles region near a shipping port. Social media users have been captivated by the words "help" and ...

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