All political careers may end in failure, but the UK’s new ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, isn’t done yet ...

To be selected for membership in Historic Hotels of America, a hotel must be at least 50 years old; has been designated by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark or has ...

Bizarre scenes at the Erta Ale volcano in Afar, Ethiopia, in late December: a man wanted to light his cigarette. But without a lighter to hand, he resorted to a more unconventional method.

Mourners in Örebro, Sweden, honoured the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history, which left 11 dead, ...

Smithfield means ‘smooth field’ and, though the Romans called it by a different name, they recognised that this green expanse was too useful to be covered in houses.