By Emily Eakin His new book, “Aflame,” tells of his decades visiting a silent Benedictine retreat. “You learn to love the world only by looking at it closely,” he wrote. Here are the year ...

The phrase ‘so help me God’ is believed to be a part of the presidential oath ever since George Washington is said to have ...

Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker in ...

In their new book, "The New World Economy in 5 Trends," Koen De Leus and Philippe Gijsels predict a future in which neutral interest rates are higher, technology is transformative and the urgency of ...

The current international financial architecture is a key reason that the UN Sustainable Development Goals are failing. A landmark conference in Spain must make progress in reforming it.

Scarlett Carmela Sartori was born at 12:12 a.m. in a Lakeview hospital, laying early claim to being the first new Chicagoan ...

Luke Littler has beaten Stephen Bunting to book his place in the final of the World Darts Championship. The 17-year-old was favourite to progress into the final for a second year running and swept ...

From royal connections to strategic investments, these celebrities grew up super rich much before they monetized their talent ...

Discover the best book scanners, which make it quick and easy to accurately capture the pages of a book in digital form The best book scanners make digitally capturing the pages of a book far easier ...

So, when I heard about World of Books, I saw a possible answer. It's brilliantly easy. I downloaded the app in a couple of minutes and up popped a scanner, which allowed me to scan every barcode ...

From Rod Laver to Serena Williams, we've collated a list of the greatest tennis players ever, based on achievements, ...