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Mexico City's mayor made the announcement on the anniversary of Columbus' discovery of the Americas.

The notorious gangster's favourite gun made top dollar - $860,000 - at the California sale.

The Inuit are famous for their ability to survive extreme conditions, having inhabited the Arctic for millennia. But as the ice recedes, this hard-earned knowledge is being lost.

Spanish nationalists scorn President Biden for condemning colonial crimes against Native Americans.

Wildlife officers in the US state of Colorado say the elk is in good shape after removing its antlers.

Weeks after a series of missile tests, Kim Jong-un says weapons are needed for defence, but not war.

Ailing Czech President Milos Zeman is famously fond of liquor and provocative jokes.

Some companies want workers back in the office. But parents, who combined remote work with spending more time with their children, are not happy.

John Oliver discusses how misinformation spreads among immigrant diaspora communities, how little some platforms have done to stop it, and, most importantly,...

Journalist Maria Ressa was the only woman to win a Nobel Prize this year, and just the 58th in history.

The 1,500-year-old complex unearthed near Tel Aviv was the world's largest winery at the time.

David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens share the prestigious economics prize.

Would we still see our humanity in the same way if other hominin species – from Australopithecus to Neanderthals – hadn't gone extinct?

"It was John who wanted a divorce," he says, setting the record straight on the band's break-up.

Victims of "stealthing" risk sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy. Now they can sue offenders.

A former colonel describes a leadership making cash by any means, from drug factories to illegal arms deals.

Writing cover letters for applications is tedious and may seem pointless – but you need one now more than ever.

Until the 1900s, when people in Ireland got sick, they would get naked and disappear into steamy saunas. Now, a new project is aiming to uncover these timeworn structures' secrets.

A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife allegedly sold the secret data to an undercover FBI agent.

Images from Nasa's Perseverance rover show it's in a great place to find traces of ancient microbes.

The social network changes its policy following a BBC investigation.

Pre-workout powders should be diluted in water, but some gym-goers are eating it neat.

The 18th-Century quest to weigh Earth was crucial to better understanding our Universe – and it took a lonely mountain in Scotland to help achieve the task.

The Chang'e-5 probe gathered rock from a volcanic eruption that occurred just two billion years ago.

Worldwide, shark populations are on the decline. Boosting their numbers could have a cascade effect to help sink carbon and make the oceans more resilient to climate change.