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The small islet of Agios Petros, north of Alonissos, Greece, is believed to be the oldest submerged settlement of the Aegean.

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At Mary Simkhovitch’s Greenwich House, well-off Americans moved in with immigrants and helped them get their start.

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Israeli settlers attempted to set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank village of Tell early Monday, the Palestinian ...

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Every state seal across the U.S. tells a story. Sometimes these stories are proudly literal, other times they’re more poetically symbolic. Beyond their official purpose, state seals act as miniature ...

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Russia’s Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov announced that Russian forces have taken control of 12 settlements in Ukraine since the beginning of February, claiming further territorial gains ...

Abdul Camara, a 31-year-old Senegalese man, agrees to show EL PAÍS his house: it took him seven years to build it with his own hands. He takes out his key and proudly opens the door. Inside, there’s ...

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