Discover the significant world events, notable birthdays, and notable deaths that occurred on October 12. Check what happened ...

After winning the Nobel Prize for her searing portraits of the Soviet world unraveling, Svetlana Alexievich worries about the ...

Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev, the Dalai Lama, our own Lester Pearson — just some of the names that justifiably have been honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize. Could that list ...

Berlin is set to rename Hofjägerallee after former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, 35 years after German reunification. Kohl, who ...

On Oct. 1, 1890, legislation is signed by President Benjamin Harrison creating Yosemite National Park, making it the nation's ...

On Oct. 1, 1890, legislation is signed by President Benjamin Harrison creating Yosemite National Park, making it the nation's ...

Considered the architect of German reunification, Helmut Kohl has long been an honorary citizen of Berlin. "We will enter ...

Europe is on the war path with grandiose plans for building a war economy akin to the American military-industrial complex.

It is widely known that Boris Yeltsin, the Russian president in his final years, struggled with severe alcohol problems.

The acquisition of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova is the initial phase of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan to reunite the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. His assumption was that the ...

An unlikely duo set out to determine the true breadth of Joseph Naso's crimes in Oxygen’s Death Row Confidential: Secrets of a Serial Killer: a former FBI investigator and cold case detective, and an ...

On July 1, Ethan Pollock began his tenure as dean of the College. Now at the helm of Brown’s undergraduate program, Pollock hopes to prioritize students’ needs and recenter intellectual curiosity.