Rationing of goods in Europe started immediately when the war broke out. Lord Woolton, British Minister of Food came up with one of the first substitute dishes... a vegetable pie that was promptly ...

When the U.S. entered World War II in December 1941, virtually every American became part of the war effort in some way. More than 16 million Americans served in the military, millions of civilians ...

Facing Iran’s worst drought in 60 years, the country’s president warned that the capital might need to be evacuated, and some locals promoted cloud-theft conspiracy theories. By Sanam Mahoozi and ...

Toward the end of WWII, late 1944 or early 1945, I was in downtown Decatur shopping with my mother, Margaret, when I noticed my mother was getting very excited. She had spotted a line of about 20 ...

I agree with Paul Holt on the need to control for factors affecting dementia rates other than school leaving age before and after 1972. But I would be cautious before assuming that the older cohort ...

Eskom in South Africa issued an urgent announcement that it would initiate Level 2 power rationing load shedding measures at 16:00 on May 13 (Tuesday), which would continue until 22:00 on May 15 ...