Newton Aycliffe, northeastern England: this is where the world’s first passenger steam train was born in 1825.
Before 2010, when the protests against Bashar al-Assad led to a civil war in the country, oil provided more than half of Syria's income.
Kazakhstan has begun the first modern nuclear power plant project in Ulken, Almaty region, with Russia's Rosatom. This will boost economic growth and infrastructure.
Here’s what Sarah Snook, Nicole Scherzinger, Cole Escola and four other Tony Award newbies had to say about their wins.
The addition of visa overstays as a rationale could provide an opening for new legal challenges, migrant advocates say.
The cardinals’ selection of Pope Leo tests the strained relationship between the bishop of Rome and conservative Catholics.
When one company proclaimed it had brought back the dire wolf, the response was joyous. But de-extinction remains a dangerous fantasy.
Times Opinion asked our columnists to reflect on key moments during President Trump’s first 100 days that were revealing about the administration or that reshaped the...
There is no question that Donald Trump’s ambition in the first 100 days of his return to the Oval Office was to set a new standard...
Keith McNally tracks his staggering successes — and failures — in his new memoir, “I Regret Almost Everything.”