Researchers are using diary entries, travel notes, religious registers, and other primary historical records to better understand extreme climate shifts in Transylvania during the 16th century.

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Luanda: Angola has recorded 3,402 cholera cases and 114 deaths since the outbreak began in early January, according to the ...

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The law was often ignored and frequently violated during its first century of existence, Cohn said. It was not interpreted by a court until the 1970s, when a defendant in the 1973 Wounded Knee ...

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