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.

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The wars between England and France spanned more than seven centuries. The most famous of these conflicts were the Hundred ...

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, ...

Many species of animals go through mass migrations, but there’s likely no species on Earth that has migrated to more ...

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