[The central bank held interest rates steady on Thursday, a decision that came at a time when British policymakers and lawmakers are confronting economic challenges.

He wrote a history of the Irish Republican Army and directed a project that secretly collected oral histories of paramilitary fighters.

Extraterrestrial particles found at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean could unlock at least 30,000 years of sea ice history, a new study finds.

[The climate-friendly ride, part of a fleet assembled to shuttle delegations to the gathering in Brazil, sent a clear signal: China is making inroads in Latin America.

The R.S.F. paramilitary group, facing growing condemnation for atrocities in Darfur, said it had agreed to a cease-fire proposal, but it is not yet clear what the military will do.

The most thematically permissive fair in New York’s art schedule — where sofas compete with paintings and sculptures — brings up old questions about why we like objects.