People who ignored an initial warning to evacuate the area closest to a volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent raced to get clear Saturday, a day after it erupted with an explosion that shook the ground, spewed ...
Environment
Apr 11, 2021
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Russia on Monday managed on a second attempt to restart the engines of a Progress spacecraft attached to the International Space Station (ISS) and shift the station's orbit.
Space Exploration
May 18, 2015
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Archaeologists excavating an ancient tomb under a massive burial mound in northern Greece have entered the underground structure, which appears to have been looted in antiquity.
Archaeology
Aug 25, 2014
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A country's financial health is rated more highly when its finance minister knows top executives in credit ratings agencies, new research led by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh suggests.
Economics & Business
Jul 2, 2024
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In democracies where civilian control is followed, the power to make crucial decisions, like those of national security, is mainly exercised by elected officials, allowing the citizens who elect them to influence such decisions ...
Social Sciences
Jun 20, 2024
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During the Georgian period, the British royal family had a strange habit of concealing illness, even from themselves.
Archaeology
Apr 8, 2024
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Britain and the EU said on Thursday they had struck a pact to allow British scientists back into the world's largest civilian science research program after being frozen out in a post-Brexit row.
Other
Sep 7, 2023
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The second astronaut from the United Arab Emirates is still adjusting to life off the planet, after rocketing to the International Space Station last week.
Space Exploration
Mar 7, 2023
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The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has proposed that school pupils should continue learning maths until 18 in order to obtain the numeracy skills needed in careers and everyday adult life. This proposal may be useful to current ...
Mathematics
Feb 8, 2023
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Jan. 19, 2023, that she will soon resign from office. "I know what this job takes. And I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice," Ardern said.
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2023
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