On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard de Stoeckl signed the Treaty of Cession. With a stroke of a pen, Tsar Alexander II had ceded Alaska, his ...
The four names — Ada Deer, Lori Mann Carey, Nine Springs and Southside Community — emerged as top contenders from the 175 ...
Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg is to serve as interim chancellor until a new government is found, the ...
Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter are set to take place in Georgia, where he died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100.
The world's oldest person is now 116-year-old Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, who was born 16 days after Tomiko Itooka.
Throughout history, information has been integral in shaping the outcomes of competition and conflict. From Alexander the ...
The hidden story of enslaved Georgians who, however briefly, seized freedom during the Union general’s famous march to the ...
Customs, flavors and rituals linking food to the sacred and divine had an enormous upheaval during the time of Alexander the ...
Oliver Stone is one of American film's great storytellers whose films have touched a cultural nerve and resounded with ...
Evidently, Donald Trump has been perusing maps and has identified Greenland, Canada and potentially a piece of Panama as possible targets to ...
Trump, whose book “Art of the Deal” portrayed him as a master of negotiations, has declared that he may want to take over the Panama Canal ...
Born into a lineage renowned for its military accomplishments, Alexander II ascended to the throne during political ...