Even under normal circumstances, persons with disabilities—one billion people worldwide ... lockdown has posed several issues in terms of independence and isolation, especially for people ...

In 2024, the Fisheries Agency plans to add one species to the list of whale species that can be caught if its ocean stocks are deemed to be plentiful. Fin whales are considered the most likely ...

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) will be sounding the “Important Message” signal through the islandwide Public Warning System (PWS) for one minute. The PWS is used to warn the public ...

On Feb. 15, 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor, killing 260 crewmen and leading to a U.S. declaration ...

The USS Macon crash brought a quick end to the U.S. Navy’s vision of “flying aircraft carriers” powered by helium gas ...

A diary entry on his 28th birthday, Feb. 22, 1760, reveals a busy day installing a fence around ... Every year since 1896, the Senate has selected one of its members, alternating between the ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

Each year on the fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, Americans celebrate this historic event. Conflict between the colonies and England was already a year old when the colonies ...

On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...

During his flight to New Orleans on Sunday, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 "Gulf of America Day" as Air Force One flew over the body of water known as the Gulf of Mexico ...

The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery ... the agricultural sector and in forced prostitution. Globally, one in ten children works. The majority of the child labour that occurs ...