It’s World Happiness Day today (20 March), and the annual World Happiness Report has been unveiled in celebration. It’s a ...

St. Patrick’s Cathedral is one of New York City’s finest buildings and most spectacular churches, and is the largest house of worship for Catholics in the city. Over 150 years ago, Archbishop ...

As Wellington City Council mulls spending more than $11 million to prevent waterfront drownings, locals say it'll be tough to balance cost, safety and aesthetics. A coroner has urged it to install ...

We rank the 16 Best Places to Visit in Scotland. See which places our readers like the best, and vote for your favorites.

Those were apt words from the cathedral’s new Precentor and Sacrist, as for the next five years, he would become embroiled in an extraordinary civil war that would engulf one of Britain’s ...

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Situated at the crossroads of the North Atlantic, Iceland’s geographic location has made it a pivotal player in global geopolitics, particularly during the Cold War. “The European Union was formed in ...

Then, each one was given an overall score out of 100. Topping the list as the world’s best country to move to in 2025 is Iceland, the glorious, harsh, North Atlantic island, which scored 58.4 in ...

Performers and visitors to the famous gothic cathedral in the midst of the River Seine may find some subtle differences to the way sound bounces around its walls. The Cathedral of Notre-Dame de ...

The writer of a new Wales-based crime drama said the series will showcase the country's "beautiful and bleak" landscape. Catherine Tregenna wrote The One That Got Away, which was filmed in south ...

From the country's oldest national park to stunning islands with excellent diving, there's no shortage of beautiful places to visit in Thailand. There’s no denying Bangkok, Thailand’s capital ...

The scenery along Florida's palm-studded coast is much different than what you would see in California's rugged Sierra Nevadas, for instance, or the fiery canyonlands of the Southwest. To help ...