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Photographer Pierpaolo Mittica has been documenting the passage of time at the disaster site as clean-up crews, tourists, and ...

Pieces of the prized British relic were chipped off during an 1950 heist. Now people are coming forward with those ...

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A generation ago, the vanishing of the Aral Sea became global shorthand for environmental desolation. Today the region has ...

Minutes from the heart of the historic district of Quebec City, a First Nation puts art and history at the centre of a stay.