Yes, the United States did, in fact, buy Alaska. In 1867, the US purchased the vast northern territory from the Russian ...

In light of recent US actions, Anjani Sinha's call could be deemed as the embassy trying to 'shake down businesses', an ...

THE Philippines has struck natural gas at Malampaya East-1, the first major discovery in more than a decade, President ...

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday expressed optimism that the Philippines will sustain and further strengthen its ...

Rescuers in Cebu City have recovered 28 bodies from a garbage mound that collapsed last week. The search continues for eight ...

Japan and the Philippines have signed a defense pact that will allow the tax-free provision of ammunition, fuel, food and ...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan inspects a guard of honour during her arrival at the Tanzanian Parliament for the official inauguration of the 13th Parliament in Dodoma on November 14. [AFP] ...

This glowing tribute was decades in the making. The Empire State Building lit up in celebration of Polish Independence Day on Monday night for the first time, after years of lobbying to green-light ...

Shortened school weeks are here to stay in Independence — for now. Independence residents voted Tuesday night in favor of the four-day bell schedule implemented by the district in 2023, which is ...

Whether the Independence School District can keep its four-day school week after this year is up to voters on Nov. 4. A Missouri law passed last year requires certain school districts to get voter ...

Students returned to Nowlin Middle School in Independence for the first day of school in 2022, amid a metro-wide teacher shortage. The following year, the Independence School District adopted a ...

Truman High School teacher Shelley Lauber addresses the Independence School Board in 2022 ahead of their vote on a four-day school week. A new Missouri law requires certain school districts to get ...