Part of the summit of a mountain in the Austrian state of Tyrol has collapsed, sending more than 100,000 cubic meters of rock crashing into the valley below and triggering mudslides.

By the age of 34, Lorraine Hansberry was already the author of two plays that had appeared on Broadway. She should have been on course for a long and successful career—but tragically, that wouldn't happen. Still, her legacy has endured.

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The Supreme Court on Thursday cut back on the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act, rolling back federal safeguards in a long-running dispute between the government and a couple who owns property in Idaho.

While speaking about producing and starring in her latest film ‘The New Boy’, Cate Blanchett admitted she is “always trying to get out of acting”.

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Though their contributions were immense, many aren’t well-known outside of their nations’ borders.