Two centuries after his downfall, Napoleon remains both revered and controversial in France — but above all, unavoidable.

In this short essay, Walter Metz uses a graduation speech by David Foster Wallace to analyze the water imagery in the new Gus ...

On June 20, 2020, the town of Verkhoyansk, Russia, reached a temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, the highest temperature ...

Nancy Wood said goodbye to family and friends on June 10, 2025.  Born on April 14, 1928, in Fall River, she was the daughter of Leroy and Ruth Wood. Nancy grew up in Tiverton, R.I., where she spent an ...

The Gulf War established the template for how modern conflicts create investment opportunities. Markets fell 18% in anticipation of a prolonged, costly conflict, yet once fighting began and quick ...

An increasingly small proportion of each country’s population was alive during some of the most seminal moments in ...

We're marking the 35th anniversary of one of the most seismic events of the 20th century: the fall of the Berlin Wall. We'll find out why it was built, how it fell, and how it brought an end to ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Germany marked the 35th anniversary of the fall of ...

23, 2024. AP Berlin, Germany’s capital, is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall this Friday and Saturday (November 31). The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, an event known as a ...

BERLIN — Tens of thousands of people celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago in Germany’s capital on Saturday with open-air concerts, art installations and official events ...