THE summer holidays are here, which means millions of parents are bracing themselves for shelling out a fortune on activities ...

The old clock stopped, but time moved on. Like the clock, we mark moments—until one day we stop, too, while time itself ...

Today in History for July 21: In 1667, the "Treaty of Breda," which restored Acadia to France, was signed in the Netherlands. The treaty provided for France's restoration to England of part of the ...

John le Carré’s real name was David Cornwell, and his father, Ronnie, was a con man and a criminal. In 1977, David took his family—his first wife, Ann, and their three boys—to Corfu on vacation. Adam ...

Two thousand years ago, the Roman Army embarked on a far-flung hunt for silver. A new discovery reveals how close they came ...

Excavations at the Roman fort of Magna near Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland in northeast England have uncovered some very ...

Ukraine on Wednesday proposed direct talks within weeks between its President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia's Vladimir Putin, ...