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THE school summer holidays have arrived and, as in previous years, I will write a series of six stories over the holiday period all based ...

According to a statement released by the University of Bergen, fragments of the 4,000-year-old skull of a young child have ...

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England beats Erling Haaland's Norway to reach World Cup final four.

A carved stone slab standing roughly six feet tall and bearing royal inscriptions from ancient Nineveh has given researchers ...