Stocks rose around the world as precious metals bounced back and robust earnings from Palantir Technologies Inc. sparked a rally in technology stocks.

Cyril Staley, who has died aged 105, served as a signaller and dispatch rider with the Leicestershire Regiment, part of the ...

On Feb. 2, 1943, the last remnants of Germany’s 6th Army surrendered in the frozen ruins of Stalingrad. The fighting had lasted more than 200 days and cost an estimated 2 million casualties. It marked ...

The most significant global event linked to February 2 is the 1848 signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended ...

"During World War II, the British dressed a dead body in a Royal Marines uniform and planted letters saying the Allies were going to invade Greece, and that Sicily was just a decoy. It was called ...

Those findings paved the way for a series of large, on-the-ground surveys conducted between 2024 and 2025. A team of ...

The Army activated seven new cell towers at installations in Bavaria recently, spreading the latest 5G technology across its ...

In December 1944 during World War II, the German army launched a surprise offensive meant to change the course of the war. This story follows American artillery officers, soldiers, and scientists ...

The destruction of European Jewry still reverberates for Jews today.

In the summer of 1944, the U.S. Army faced a crisis no battlefield victory could solve: its advance across France was ...

A focus on certain types of power foods helped the nation survive a blockade. A British shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a homemaker's ration book for the tea, sugar, cooking fats and bacon during ...

A luxury ocean liner burned and capsized in New York Harbor on Feb. 9, 1942. The SS Normandie, being converted into a troopship, caught fire during welding work and took 6,000 tons of water from ...