Joining Nantou on Agoda's list were Sapporo, Japan; Kuching, Malaysia; Singapore; El Nido in the Philippines; Gangneung on ...

Air pollution yesterday forced nearly 200 schools in Bangkok to close, local authorities said, as officials urged people to work from home and restricted heavy vehicles in the city.

Survivors of the Bataan Death March at their reunion held at the Bahnhof Hotel in Darmstadt, Germany, April 8-9, 1949. The ...

Rape kits were widely known as "Vitullo Kits" after a Chicago police sergeant. But a new book tells the story of Marty Goddard, a community activist who worked with runaway teenagers in the 1970s.

Before the coldest air of the season arrives on Inauguration Day, a fresh coating of snow is possible in the D.C. area. A storm system may develop along the Arctic cold front that will pass ...

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A widespread swath of the country, from the northern Rockies to the East Coast, is bracing for a blast of Arctic air that will send temperatures plummeting this week and dropping even further as ...

Apple’s best-selling Mac, the MacBook Air, is getting upgraded soon—possibly as the first Apple product launch of 2025. Here are four new features coming to the M4 MacBook Air when it arrives.

A FRESH produce lead farmer in Mt Hagen, Western Highlands has urged young people frequenting bus stops, involved in street vending and begging around towns and roadside markets to till the soil to ...

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