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These angry voices in the Polisario-controlled camps raised unprecedented slogans, demanding an end to the long-standing suffering of Sahrawis while calling for the acceptance of the political ...

A Newsweek-created graphic shows the various travel advisories currently in place across Africa, including the no-go zones.

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select the 30 best fiction books since the festival was inaugurated.

The North American continent is "dripping" rock into the lower layers of the Earth, new research says, and in the process ...

Union Pacific has diversified from coal and grain to high-margin segments. Read more to see why I give UNP stock a buy rating.

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Historically, there have been four oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic. On Feb. 9, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced the Gulf of Mexico had officially been changed to ...