South America is a facinating continent, etched with history and culture, with many places speaking Spanish due to European ...

Just think about it. If a Spanish governor-general hadn’t been so meticulous about even the most miniscule of administrative matters, new year would still have been tomorrow. If we had the ability to ...

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Sites such as RSPB Titchwell Marsh and Snettisham on the north Norfolk coast play a crucial role on one of the major global bird migration routes.

LONDON’S fireworks ushered in 2025 with thousands of excited revellers packing the capital – but gales blew away much of the ...

The president-elect has once again expressed interest in incorporating the vast island, which belongs to the Danish Kingdom, ...

1515: Francis I succeeds Louis XII as king of France. 1660: The first entry in Samuel Pepys’ diary. On the same day, Thomas ...

There are a few TV genres that feel like a free vacation. Whether it's a cooking show based on the Amalfi Coast or a travel ...

The Spanish league says Barcelona has failed to meet Financial Fair Play rules in the latest blow to the club’s hopes of ...

This article originally ran in The Victoria Advocate on May 31, 2024. It is part of The Advocate’s 2024 Year in Review, ...

Now, a new crop of dancers is reviving — and transforming — the scene. By Ana Ionova and María Magdalena Arréllaga The more than one million Syrians who fled to Germany have celebrated the ...

Bone fragments and weapons, as well as destroyed settlements and mass graves, can tell archeologists a lot about the violence of the past. But when did humanity first embrace organized killing — and ...