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This article and accompanying videos are part of a series that will delve into the history of the Bataan Memorial Death March ...

8-year-old Hayawo Kiyama of Los Osos was fishing with his aunt when lightning lit up the sky: "It was wide and thick but ...

Speaking at the Jaipur Literature Festival, Gopalkrishna Gandhi argued that values like forgiveness, honesty and bholapan ...

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From Nara, Einstein and Elsa traveled overnight by train “from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.” to Hiroshima Prefecture. In the early ...

One of the top designers of his era, Italy's elegance aficionado Valentino Garavani spent nearly half a century dressing the world's great beauties, from Jackie Kennedy to Princess Diana before his ...

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Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, had admitted to shooting Mr. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister; but his case divided Japan.

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