World Soil Day's date was chosen to coincide with the birthday of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, a champion of soil resources conservation. World Soil Day is held on the 5th December ...

Ukraine's nuclear ghosts have been stirred up again after a drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of the ...

Overall, this will be the third Super Bowl that the Bay Area has hosted. Super Bowl XIX between the San Francisco 49ers and ...

By John Bartlett and Alan Yuhas His comments came on the first day of the Munich Security Conference ... in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker ...

A national no-spending day called "The 24-hour Economic Blackout" is gaining tractions on social media. Set to take place on Feb. 28, the boycott takes aim at major retailers like Amazon ...

There are many wealthy countries in the world, but very few can claim they have no rivers or lakes ... output of 12.14 million barrels per day. Its oil wealth has driven rapid economic ...

World Radio Day on February 13, 2025, is dedicated to “Radio and Climate Change” to support radio stations in their journalistic coverage of this issue. Despite the recent scarcity of ...

No pressure if you’re dating someone in the Philippines and Valentine’s Day rolls around. The government actually hosts a huge marriage ceremony en masse so hundreds of lovebirds can tie the knot.

The mantle of world No.1 in tennis is something every player aspires for but few ever achieve. When it comes to women's singles, Serena Williams dominated for years, although younger players ...

World Braille Day, celebrated since 2019, is observed to raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind and ...

There are few places on Earth with no flag, no government, and no official owner. But in Africa, there is a stretch of land that no country claims as its own. Known as Bir Tawil, the small ...

Dr. Ryan had the distinction of delivering the Dr. Tom Walsh Centenary Lecture in Johnstown Castle, Wexford on World Soils Day in 2014, in recognition of one of Ireland’s premier soil scientists and ...