A 15th-century manuscript shows trees bearing (clockwise from top left): sweet apples, jujubes, lemons, cherries, dates, and sour apples. By 7,000 years ago, people in New Guinea were cultivating ...

As one of the top-rated stays in the area, High Holmes Bothey is a former 'bastle' house or fortified farmhouse that dates back to the 15th century. Today it can sleep up to two people and two ...

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling early Saturday morning blocking, at least for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law. The justices ...

The plot, currently valued at ₹660 crore, was leased to Century Spinning and Manufacturing Limited (now Century Textiles) on April 1, 1927 for a 28-year period Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal ...

THAT KIND OF CUTE. YOU KNOW, WE Einstein, the miniature horse who gained international recognition as the world's smallest newborn horse, celebrated his 15th birthday Tuesday. Born in New ...

A real-life Spanish nun turned conquistador is the focus of a new novel by an Argentine writer.

A village is furious with its vicar for having a 15th-century church tower rendered in white, making it "an abomination" which can be seen for miles. Askrigg, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales ...

The first quarter of the twenty-first century has produced some huge scientific breakthroughs, ranging from the first mRNA vaccines and CRISPR-based gene-editing techniques to the discovery of the ...

When district judge Gayle Hamilton donated his collection of 4,000 volumes to the James Smith Noel Collection five years ago, the LSUS repository gained a wealth of information and resources about the ...