Passing through a tunnel is usually just another part of a road trip. But Norway’s Lærdal Tunnel is anything but ordinary. Stretching 15.2 miles (24.5 km) beneath a dramatic mountain range, it allows drivers to travel for nearly 20 minutes without seeing daylight. The...

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After decades of strict population control, China is now grappling with the opposite crisis: too few births. The country that once enforced a one-child policy is now experimenting with unusual ideas to encourage families to have more children — from taxing condoms to...

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The European Union has taken a stronger public stance on Iran, calling for the country to be “free” and urging action against what it described as oppressive leadership—an apparent reference to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The move comes as US President...

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Thursday that a trilateral meeting involving officials from Ukraine, the United States and Russia will be held in the United Arab Emirates starting Friday, describing it as a significant step toward ending the war....

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Stonehenge stands on the open chalk landscape of southern England—familiar, iconic, yet still deeply puzzling. For decades, one practical question has lingered: how did stones weighing many tonnes arrive here long before wheels, metal tools or written plans existed? A...

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