Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On this day in 1867, United States Secretary of State William Seward signed a deal acquiring Alaska, an agreement that was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today marks the anniversary of one of the most controversial land deals in American history: the Alaska Purchase or Seward's Folly ...

(CNN) — Wednesday marks the 150th anniversary of the US taking possession of Alaska following the 1867 purchase of the territory from Russia. The idea of an "Alaska Purchase" saw a renaissance last ...

It's a vast territory. Gracing the Arctic, much of it is frozen. It's sparsely populated. It holds vast natural resources. Its location makes it geopolitically important. In case of war, the country ...

A recent suggestion by President Donald Trump to purchase Greenland from Denmark brought mixed reactions from the public with some supportive of the proposal while others ridiculed it. It wasn’t, ...