In the Swiss Alps, a plan to tidy up Romansh—spoken by less than one per cent of the country—set off a decades-long quarrel ...

Victory at Yorktown secures independence. Americans aspire for a more perfect union. The British Army under General Cornwallis struggles to pacify the southern states. Meanwhile, one of the most ...

Washington abandons New York City and flees across New Jersey, before attacking Trenton. The Revolution, now a war for American independence, faces its toughest challenge yet as General Washington ...

Nine experienced hikers set out on a trek through the Ural Mountains and never returned. This first part retraces their final days and the strange circumstances that led rescuers to one of the most ...

Canapés at the ready! M&S Christmas Food is here. Snow alerts issued for 17 states UPS plane crashes near Louisville airport, killing 12; black boxes found Indiana cleaning woman killed in shooting ...