LONDON — A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence lost for 250 years has been discovered in London, where it is now the only known example of its kind outside the United States.

A forest fire raging in northern Portugal for two days has injured four people, the fire service said today as the country battled a third day of intense heat, with temperatures in some districts are ...

Michael Scurr, a retired insurance broker, happened upon the founding document of the United States on a “boring, old Thursday morning” while volunteering at the National Archives, in Kew, west London...