The world’s oldest St. Patrick’s Day festival ... holding its first St Patrick’s Day celebration in 1600 and its first parade in 1601. The sensational information was uncovered in December ...

Powerful earthquakes struck the Asian countries of Thailand and Myanmar, destroying buildings and leaving more than 1,600 ...

The earthquake has killed over 1,000 people in Myanmar and Thailand while leaving at least 2,300 injured - the death toll is expected to rise further as rescuers continue to search the rubble ...

True scale of disaster yet to emerge and toll expected to rise significantly, with city of Mandalay believed to be especially ...

A powerful earthquake killed more than 140 people in Myanmar on Friday, authorities said, toppling buildings and wrecking ...

The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to more than 1,600 on Saturday as more bodies were ...

This story has been updated. The death toll from a catastrophic earthquake that jolted Southeast Asia has rapidly risen to ...

Scientists have created a groundbreaking map of strontium isotopes found across sub-Saharan Africa—which could help descendants of enslaved people reconstruct their family histories.

Myanmar's military rulers let in hundreds of foreign rescue personnel on Saturday after an earthquake killed more than 1,600 ...

To overcome this, Hu’s team crafted a specialized diamond-coated grinding wheel. Spinning at 1,600 revolutions per minute, ...

A rescue team in Mandalay, the city closest to the earthquake's epicentre, tells the BBC they "are digging people out with ...

A 1,600-acre nuclear research facility in Sunol traded hands — and could one day be redeveloped for commercial or industrial ...