Earth Day was founded in 1970 by Senator Gaylord Nelson, with the purpose to inform people about environmental problems that ...

For the first half of the twentieth century, Sudan was a joint protectorate of Egypt and the United Kingdom, known as the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium. Egypt and the United Kingdom signed a treaty ...

The one (and perhaps only) thing Americans seem to agree on these days is political rhetoric is too toxic. They long for folks to cool down and behave like dignified statesmen from that long-ago ...

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History has had it out for the tomato. One of the earliest-known European references to the food was made in 1544 by the Italian herbalist Pietro Andrea Mattioli, who first classified it as a ...

This novel product in the company’s Consumer and Life Sciences Segment features a microplastic-free formulation and is compliant with TSCA, FIFRA, and EU REACH regulations. In addition to Adsee Flex ...

Here are the largest single-day declines in the history of major indexes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index was launched in 1896 and is the second-oldest U.S. market index. It includes 30 ...

The law has been invoked three other times in U.S. history: during the War of 1812, World War I and World War II. In 1812, the Madison administration required British nationals in the U.S. to ...