On Dec. 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery, was ratified as Georgia became the 27th ...

When Cyclone Ditwah made landfall on November 28 2025, Sri Lanka experienced one of its deadliest environmental disasters in ...

A new book argues that civilizations built on centralized wealth and power contain the seeds of their own destruction.

The country’s president said the nationwide flooding after the storm hit last week was the most challenging natural disaster ...

In Thailand, authorities say they have seen one of the heaviest single events of rainfall in hundreds of years, followed by ...

More than 30 hours after the blaze began at Wang Fuk Court, there was still a sense that it is far from under control.

On Dec. 6, 1907, in West Virginia’s Marion County, an explosion in a network of mines owned by the Fairmont Coal Company in ...

At a time when Sri Lanka and a few countries in Southeast Asia are struggling to recover from a post-cyclonic devastation it ...

On Tuesday, organisations and activists demanded an empowered commission to ensure that victims of the tragedy receive proper ...

A fault line in Canada's Yukon territory has stirred after more than 12,000 years of geological sleep. Researchers studying ...

Air shows are designed to thrill crowds and offer visitors an unforgettable day out, but history has shown that these events can quickly turn tragic ...

Sri Lanka's president Anura Kumara Dissanayake said in a televised speech on Sunday (November 30) that the country faced 'the ...