American railroading began in the Capital District. On December 28, 1825, Schenectady County native (Duanesburg) George Featherstonhaugh (pronounced fen-shaw) ran a newspaper notice announcing the ...

Two hundred years ago, a group of young men — mostly Irish and German — volunteered to dig a ditch deep enough, wide enough, ...

An incredible new extension to the Suez Canal has passed its first test in a bid to turn around the Egyptian waterway's fortunes. Cairo announced it had succeeded in testing the 6.2 mile (10km ...

As reported by the Courier, police, firefighters and paramedics were called to the canal just after 9am by someone who had seen a body in water. Detective Inspector Jenny Haigh, of Calderdale CID ...

Pope Francis attended the episcopal ordination of Rome’s new auxiliary bishop and vicegerent at the Basilica of St. John Lateran Saturday afternoon. Monsignor Renato Tarantelli Baccari ...

Labelled 'boring' by one of its scant few residents, China's $85billion (£70billion) 'ghost town', the city of Xiong'an, has underwhelmed despite significant hype. The Hebei province city ...

New York City is a hellhole of unchecked crime, rampant homelessness, empty office buildings, and raging maniacs on every corner and subway platform. How, then, can it be that the Big Apple drew ...

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AN elderly woman's body has been pulled from a canal near a busy town centre after being spotted by a passerby. Police responded to calls after a member of the public saw the body near Atlas Mill ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The stuccoed facade of an old palazzo at the top of Via di Ripetta is unassuming by Roman standards.