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Composite materials are driving advances in aviation and unmanned flight that were unimaginable only a few years ago, writes Carmelo Lo Faro.

High on the Democrats’ midterm success, the octogenarian president presides over the annual pardoning of the Thanksgiving turkeys

“I wanted to rub the human face in its own vomit, and force it to look in the mirror.” That’s the novelist J.G. Ballard, explaining why he wrote what is arguably the most important novel of the 1970s, the scandalous Crash.

He should leave the country if he wants to carry guns, a magistrate has suggested.

"We were going to visit it for the last day of our trip, we’re from America.”

The holiday is viewed by some to be a celebration of the conquest of Native Americans

Thanksgiving is a cultural holiday that symbolises peace

LOS ANGELES — After a dazzling opener on Thursday and a triumphant encore on Saturday (“Saturday, Saaaaturday!”), Elton John returned to Dodger Stadium on Sunday for his final North American bow.

America’s top diplomat has landed in Qatar to take in a World Cup match and hold talks as regional tensions around Iran remain high

Add the name of Takeoff, a member of the popular rap trio Migos, to the ever-growing list of rappers, recent and past, tragically and violently killed.

The ancient world of the Mediterranean has long permeated American society, in everything from museum collections to home furnishings. The design of the nation’s public monuments, buildings and universities, as well as its legal system and form of government, show the enduring influence of Mediterranean antiquity on American culture.