Long before reaching one of the highest political offices in the nation, Biden — born on November 20, 1942 — grew up in the blue…
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Amid the tumult of President Trump’s brief hospitalization with the coronavirus, and Democrats’ rising fortunes in the polls ahead of the November…
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A woman weeps as members of pro-US conservative right-wing and religious christian groups wave flags and shout slogans during an anti-government rally in the central Gwanghwamun area of Seoul on August 15, 2020. (Getty)
Young elephant bulls tussle playfully on World Elephant Day at the Amboseli National Park (365 kilometres southeast of the capital Nairobi) near Oloitiktok in Kajiado east county on August 12, 2020. (Getty)
A healthcare worker prepares to conduct a nasal swab test for Covid-19 from inside a coronavirus testing isolation booth at a hospital. (AP)
Winds blow flying embers from a burning tree during the Bobcat fire in Juniper Hills. The fire, which erupted on 6 September in the Angeles national forest, has become one of the largest fires in Los Angeles County’s history, covering more than 100,000 acres. (Reuters)
Children play along the eroded coastline after the tide receded. Fishing villages like Bargny have been fighting the rising seas for decades, with hundreds of houses lost and families displaced. (Getty)
Museum educators playing the role of pilgrims look at a rainbow at a living history museum village in Massachusetts. Dozens of events, from art exhibits and festivals to lectures and a maritime regatta featuring the Mayflower II, a full-scale replica, were planned to mark the 400th anniversary of the religious separatists’ arrival at what we now know as Plymouth. (Getty)
OnAugust 14, 1941,U.S.PresidentFranklin Rooseveltand British Prime MinisterWinston Churchillsecretly met aboard a ship off theNewfoundlandcoast. The…
OnJanuary 22, 2009, his second full day in office,U.S.PresidentBarack Obamasigned an executive order prohibitingthe use of torture by theU.S…
The past few years have seen a heated debate amongU.S.politicians and analysts about whetherthe United Statesshould "decouple" fromChinaby severing…
Mayar Sherif made history in September by becoming the first-ever Egyptian female tennis player to reach the main draw of a…
Among the many sobering projections of harm to be caused by climate change is this eye-popping statistic: on average, according to economists, a rise…
Sri Lanka'sdecades-long civil war ended in a bloodbath inMay 2009. Government forces decisively defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam at the…
Japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abestepped down this month as the country's longest-serving premier, having surpassed the record set by his great…
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