1902 — American mechanical engineer Willis Carrier designed the schematics for what would become the first modern air conditioning system while trying to solve a humidity problem at Sackett & Wilhelms ...

Democratic members of the House praised New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani following a closed-door breakfast he ...

In his later years, Ioseb Jughashvili, or Joseph Stalin, the self-styled “Man of Steel,” was a physical wreck. Myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular disease, rendered lame his left hand. Rheumatoid ...

New York Times journalist Nanna Heitmann spent six days in Russia's Kursk region near the front lines, where she was accompanied by members of the Russian special forces unit Akhmat, according to The ...

The New York Times released a report from Russia’s Kursk Oblast, near the border with Ukraine, in areas reportedly retaken by Russian forces. The article’s author, Nanna Heitmann, was accompanied by ...

Overshadowed by the wars and associated crises that dominate news, democratic South Korea has defeated a power grab that ...

As official data vanishes from Russian state reports, independent experts warn that losses from Putin's war in Ukraine are ...

The reported suicide of Russia's transport minister hours after he was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin, sparking ...

Nearly 50 years after the massacre, Wanderlust Adventures GY is offering tours to the Jonestown site within a $750 package deal ...

In 1932–33, millions in Ukraine starved while Soviet grain rotted in storage. This wasn’t a natural disaster—it was a weapon.

A leading Russian historian believes Stalin may have been poisoned by his closest associates because he was preparing the country for World War III.

Everyone agrees: it's getting worse.The people of Kyiv have, like the citizens of other Ukrainian cities, been through a ...