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The United States announced an additional $720 million in humanitarian aid to address the Syria crisis, b...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), ratified in 1948, for the first time articulated the ri...

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National Hispanic Heritage Month, observed in the United States from September 15 to October 15, celebrat...

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The Global Innovation Index ranks the United States as the highest-spending country on research and devel...

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Think of the International Space Station as a floating science lab that’s constantly conducting experimen...

American debates have changed much since the days when an Illinois lawyer held the nation spellbound with...

America’s presidential debate season kicks off on September 29. From the contests at which Abraham Lincol...

I think the word that best describes my internship experience at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo is creativity....