At the end of World War II, great swaths of Europe lay in ruins and millions had been forcibly displaced.The humanitarian disaster prompted the United Nations to agree on a comprehensive legal framework outlining states’ obligations to protect refugees. This became the 1951 Refugee Convention, which initially applied to Europeans but was subsequently amended in 1967 to apply to all those fleeing persecution. Today, 149 nations are parties to the convention and no country has ever withdrawn from it.At least, not yet.Nearly eight decades later, the world is struggling. The Syrian civil war triggered an enormous influx of refugees into…

Test your news knowledge with this week’s Fox News Digital News Quiz, featuring a WNBA suspension and a record-breaking run atop the Billboard Hot 100. Looking for another challenge?Allegations of financial hardship tied to the Obama Center project, and a musician’s political remarks were featured in last week’s News Quiz.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Smithsonian exhibit designed to commemorate America’s 250th birthday displays numerous objects linked to key points in the nation’s history, though it provides relatively little representation of Christianity or conservatism despite ample coverage for LGBT rights and racial justice movements, among other…

Three years ago, Sharon V. Salinger, a California native, history professor and retired dean of undergraduate education at University of California, Irvine, moved from a house in pricey Pasadena, California, to Paris, France. While her monthly rent for a one-bedroom flat is a stiff $2,765,…

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The news was supposed to be good, and to be fair, it was in a way. In other ways, not so. And Wall Street’s trust in Kevin Warsh’s position as the newest chair of the Federal Reserve is already cracking at the ages.Reviewing June PCE InflationThe personal consumption expenditures (PCE)…

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