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An international team of scientists has identified how to pinpoint and predict hotspots for some of the most dangerous ...

The IRS grants tax relief to Americans wrongfully detained abroad. It should extend the same penalty and collection ...

DEEP inside quiet residential neighbourhoods in the Philippines, children as young as two years old are locked in dark rooms patrolled by guards and subject to horrific sexual abuse. Victims are ...

If you have a fear of being alone, it can negatively impact your everyday life, influence relationship decisions, and limit ...

TIL Coco Chanel was a Nazi informant. View Entire Post › ...

Catherine Dobson, 54, waived her right to anonymity to highlight her ordeal at the hands of cheating police detective Michael Harvey, 65.

The boffins concluded key environmental conditions are what ultimately determine where lethal, venomous arachnids thrive ...

“Ten years,” Dad would say. “Ten years max until the world goes to shit.” It was a topic of constant discussion: everything we needed to learn and do before we couldn’t learn and do it any more, when ...

CONTEST ENDS: March 20, 2026 at 6:30 a.m. Five winners receive a four-pack of Moody Gardens tickets with one grand prize ...

Mbokonavera Community High School (CHS) in Central Honiara on Friday marked a major milestone in the school’s history with the opening of a new classroom block. The celebration of achievement was ...

Last year, in 2025, The Statesman’s Arts & Culture section banded together to attend the cultural phenomenon sweeping theaters galore — “A Minecraft Movie” (2025). You can read that legendary review ...