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Though not binding with status as a treaty to be ratified by national parliament, the attempted détente between the West and East was sig...

As NPR reports , twenty-six new sites from all over the world have been inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage ( see previous...

Inspired by the success of the Band Aid supergroup’s charity album from a half-a-year earlier, though with the same attendant criticis...

In response to rallies against US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) raids in Los Angeles over the weekend , Trump has federalis...

Berlin, for the first time since reunification, observed a public holiday for this eightieth anniversary of VE Day with political leaders—...

Via Pasa Bon! we are directed to the Digital Museum of Plugs and Sockets which gives in extensive detail information regarding domestic ...

Via the always stupendous Web Curios we are directed to a rather amazing resource that brings together thousands of live-streaming stati...

Abbreviated with the above numeronyms , internationalisation and localisation refer to the dual challenges of designing systems and applica...

Though the crew of the Apollo missions who captured Pale Blue Marble and Earthrise might take exception to the accolade of best photo eve...

Sadly demolished in 1905 to make way for offices and flats, we enjoyed this appreciation of the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly , originally...

Also referred to as the Southern Solstice not to privilege the Northern Hemisphere ( see previously , see below) when the Sun pivots directl...

Organised by the then relatively unknown Don King in collaboration with record producer Jerry Masucci, sixty thousand fans gathered on t...

Reposting exactly in the spirit of how it was shared—with the spark of enjoy and novelty that goes into a website one will probably only ...

Founded on this day in 1974 in the Frankfurt suburb of Neu-Isenburg by entrepreneur and aerospace engineer Lutz Kayser, the West German co...

Returning to his hometown of Waseca, Minnesota from the west, having departed on his journey accompanied by his brother and a mule nearly...

Corresponding with the previous post , another treasure hunt has just concluded with the discovery of a golden trophy and pot prize of mon...

Fêted on this day on the occasion of his martyrdom in 287 by execution for refusing to kill local Christians under order of Emperor Maximia...

Bringing an end to the House of Solomon that ruled since 1270, members of the Ethiopian army and police, a junta backed by the USSR, who wo...

Disembarking this day in 1954 from Marseilles with a retinue of over one hundred royal dignitaries from twenty five current and former re...

Though sanctioned officially by Pope Urban II to begin on this day in 1096 (the Feast of the Assumption ) in order reassert Church primacy...