Virginia executed a condemned killer, Timothy Spencer, in the first case in which DNA testing was used to obtain a conviction.

Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines as he attempted to expand Spanish colonization in the region.

2024: Iraq’s parliament criminalizes same-sex relationships. On the same day, NASA engineers successfully repair and recode ...

Vasco da Gama, the celebrated European navigator credited with discovering the sea route to India, never stepped foot on the ...

Award-winning Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz's nine-hour film about the 16th-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next month.  The ...

Our new research shows that, far from being “affectionate”, the phrase fuzzy wuzzy angel is best understood in this context – ...

Portugal was an incredible sea power during the 15th and 16th centuries, and they traveled all over the world, gaining new ...

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Center for Career Exploration & Success is hosting Jeronimo Escudero from ...

Simon Park, who teaches Portuguese history and literature at Oxford University, aims to recast the early period of European exploration as a story of disasters rather than successes. His target is the ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has paid tribute to “one of the greatest icons of world coaching” following the death of legendary Portuguese scout Aurélio Pereira, the man who discovered him, at age 77.

and exploration.” If confirmed, Isaacman would succeed Bill Nelson, former President Joe Biden’s pick for NASA administrator and a former astronaut and Democratic U.S. senator from Florida.

The updates also fixed a problem with thumbnail previews not displaying correctly in File Explorer, a common frustration for users. Additionally, Windows 10 will finally accommodate daylight saving ...