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Boracay Island, the popular tourist hotspot in the Philippines that had remained closed for the past six months, …

Two Chilean bishops who have been accused of sexually abusing minors have been stripped of their priesthoods by …

Evidence of a variable but progressively drying climate coincides with a major shift in stone-tool-making abilities and the …

In what is the Vatican’s first direct response to the sexual abuse cover-up scandal against Pope Francis, an …

You’ve probably seen them, perhaps on long road trips — wind turbines with enormous, hypnotic rolling blades, harnessing the …

China is trying to increase its influence in the United Nations, looking to change the rules of international …

Economic losses caused by drought losses in China may double if the global temperature rises by 1.5°C to …

In a study published in Nature Geoscience, the team explored the physics of “stagnant slabs.” These geophysical oddities form …

Cosponsored by the cultural department of various city and county governments, as well as some civic organizations in …

A Minnesota-based African American man is breaking cultural barriers by gaining widespread acclaim for playing the guzheng, a …