Basketball was invented in 1891… using a soccer ball. The first games were very slow.  Each time someone scored, someone had to climb a ladder to retrieve the ball because the baskets had no holes.

Canada turned 158. To celebrate, Ottawa hosted a ceremony with Prince Edward making a speech at LeBreton Flats Park. Prime ...

A drone strike on a U.N. facility in war-torn Sudan left six peacekeepers dead, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.

World Children’s Day—celebrated every year on November 20—marks the anniversary of the United Nations’ adoption of the ...

Nearly 300 high school student-delegates converged at the University of Montana for the 60th annual Model United Nations ...

Glaciers in the South Caucasus are melting faster than in almost any other mountain region on Earth, posing a threat to water security and increasing the risk of natural hazards, according to a new ...

Democrat Rob Long is the newest member of the Florida House of Representatives, after winning an overwhelming victory over a ...

I rise today in recognition of the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed annually on ...

Based on the United Nations Children’s Fund Our Lives Online report in 2020, 91% of Malaysian children aged 13 to 17 surf the Internet every day with 70% of them having been exposed to disturbing ...

(Nairobi, 24 October 2025) — The United Nations in Kenya has named Professor Michael Ndurumo, the first deaf Professor in East Africa and founder of the Africa Institute of Deaf Studies and Research, ...

(WDBJ) - Ahead of America’s 250th birthday, we’re bringing you daily historical facts highlighting the impacts of American innovation, diversity, and democracy. October 24, 1945, the United Nations ...