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BACK in 2020 in our series on the top 50 contests that have taken place within the UK and Ireland, I ranked the February 1979 clash between Clinton McKenzie and Colin Powers for the British light-welterweight titles at number six. The…

Believe it or not, the colossal clouds that towered over Yellowknife Tuesday evening were pretty average-sized — for a wildfire-generated thunderstorm.But make no mistake, experts say: such storms are an extreme weather event that carry…

The choice of a Nobel Peace Prize recipient has often been viewed by autocratic governments as a provocative and hostile act, especially when the winner is a political opponent, an advocate of free expression or an agitator for greater…

WASHINGTON — For nearly two decades, lawmakers in Washington have waged an escalating display of brinkmanship over the federal government’s ability to borrow money to pay its bills. They have forced administrations of both parties to take…

It became known as the Essex Boys murders, one of the UK's most notorious gangland killings. On a snowy December morning in 1995, the bodies of three drug dealers were discovered inside…