One Wednesday in March 1535, the bishop of Panama – a man named Tomás de Berlanga – saw an island. Bishop Berlanga was bound for Peru, sent to help settle a territorial dispute between two rival ...

Several hundred Russian soldiers are said to be deployed in Venezuela, along with at least one general. Trump continues banging the war drums against Venezuela, without ever taking any real action to ...

quator, a climate-tech venture capital firm focused on Sub-Saharan Africa, has announced the initial close of its first fund with approximately $40m. Notable investors in the fund include British ...

A landmark joint venture agreed between Six Nations Rugby and SANZAAR, to create the new biennial tournament, signals a watershed moment for rugby union, years in the making. The Nations Championship ...

The Soviet Union envisioned a colossal ground-effect launch platform capable of carrying a two-part orbital spacecraft to the equator for low-cost space launches. Building on earlier ekranoplan ...

There is a mass transformation in India's fertility landscape as the dwindling fertility rate is raising alarm bells. Non-communicable diseases are increasingly recognized as a significant factor in ...

For someone who once suffered from motion sickness, Deryl Johnson found a lot of memories from his time in the Navy from 1975-79. “I joined the Navy, of all things,” he said with a chuckle. “But once ...