In “A Training School for Elephants,” Sophy Roberts revisits an especially bizarre episode from the exploitation of Africa.

Large parts of Spain and Portugal were hit by major power outages, causing chaos at airports and train stations and shutting ...

The Prince and Princess Charles Offokaja Foundation International, a think-and-do tank, today issued a clarion call to newly elected Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E.  Amb.

The Punic people had almost no genetic ties to Phoenicians, even though the latter founded the great city of Carthage.

If you’re wondering how tariffs might affect your grocery bill, use this interactive to trace the origins of your food.

Nearly 150 years ago, scientists began to imagine how information might flow through the brain based on the shapes of neurons ...

While an investment may be made upfront, the cost savings are immediately felt, if not financially, in terms of time, accuracy and even the stress that these legacy systems cause in workers ...

The bones he encountered belonged to a newly named species, Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, which is part of the hyaenodonts’ family ...

To see how your meal plans might be affected, check out this interactive map showing the origins of ... and chili peppers, while West Africa provides much of our coffee and rice.

By the Viking Age, cats with a new genetic haplogroup, IV-D, show up in York, Orkney, and even Galway, Ireland. The Norse ...

MICHAEL BECKLEY is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American ...