An eye drop that improves close-range vision could make misplaced reading glasses less of an inconvenience for many of the 128 million Americans who...
Chileans elected 35-year-old Gabriel Boric as their next president, making him the youngest person elected president in the country's history.
Boric, a lawmaker and former...
Ex-US navy commander Victor Vescovo has become the first person to reach the bottom of all four of the world's deepest ocean trenches.
Victor Vescovo,...
On December 3, 1992, 22-year-old British programmer Neil Papworth sent the first ever Short Message Service (SMS) from a computer to colleague Richard Jarvis.
Mr...
Two Britons - including a grandmother who starts decorating her house in September - have broken world records for having the most Christmas decorations.
Sylvia...
Windpark Fryslân, the world’s largest freshwater wind farm that sits in the Netherlands’ Lake IJssel, is now fully commissioned.
Lake IJssel, which is shallow, is...
At the heart of Lucerne lies its historic old town, a labyrinth of cobblestone streets adorned with colorful buildings that whisper tales of centuries...