Cungagnaq … received the Christian name of Peter when he was baptized into the Orthodox faith. [In 1815] he was captured by Spanish sailors, who took [him] to San Francisco for interrogation. With threats...

New York Times, 2004/12/17 Haiti cannot hope to follow Hawaii into the American union, and even an American territory like Puerto Rico faces resistance in becoming the 51st state. But Ukraine can hope to...

The new Google Suggest uses some tricky Javascript to suggest popular search phrases as you type. However, Google is obviously filtering out as many “rude” words as it can. Typing “p”, for instance, does...

The Venerable Bede, on Ireland: Ireland, in breadth, and for wholesomeness and serenity of climate, far surpasses Britain; for the snow scarcely ever lies there above three days: no man makes hay in the...

Things have been busy: finals, I lost my wedding ring, and then Microsoft’s pack of lawyers descended and hit me with a takedown notice for this. The ISP shut down my website and implied...

Troops would funnel Fallujans to so-called citizen processing centers on the outskirts of the city to compile a database of their identities through DNA testing and retina scans. Residents would receive badges displaying their...

Al Jazeera’s ubiquitous presence at news events in Iraq has some wondering whether the Arabic satellite news network is a willing or even enthusiastic partner in the anti-American campaign being waged by Iraqi insurgents...

The Republic [of Ireland] is extraordinary in that many of the people it now effectively deports are its own citizens. Some of the children are held in prison for days before they are sent...

International negotiators ruled yesterday that the United States can continue using methyl bromide, a pesticide set to be banned next year because it contributes to the destruction of the Earth’s ozone layer. The pesticide,...

Charlie Bell, chief executive of fast food giant McDonald’s, has stepped down – after just seven months in the role – to focus on his battle with cancer. Mr Bell, 44, underwent surgery for...