From financing expeditions in the New World to founding hospitals and schools, these women were incredibly influential—and granted more power than their counterparts back home.

When European explorers first began sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, they were searching for new routes to China and the ...

Flags signaled other units in battle, but were also a tangible manifestation of the beliefs and spirit of a group of people. As such, flags were protected to the point of injury or death. Men in ...

Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer and navigator who sailed under the flags of Spain and Portugal. He led the first expedition to circumnavigate the earth, although he passed away before ...

Spain offers a Mediterranean climate and quality health care, making it a popular retirement destination among expats. Retirees relocating to Spain should consider learning Spanish. When choosing ...

The lucrative avocado business is fueling environmental destruction and gang warfare in Mexico. But an Indigenous militia is ...

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

Spain is sending 5,000 more soldiers and 5,000 more police to the eastern region of Valencia after deadly floods this week that killed more than 200 people, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced ...

The International Ship Registry of the Bahamas provided a flag to the notorious single-hulled oil tanker Prestige. In spite of this individual embarrassment, international regulators consider the ...

A week on, recriminations fly over who was to blame for Spain's worst natural disaster in living memory. Teams are searching for missing people in vehicles in an inundated shopping centre car park.

The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock's most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per share from continuing operations ...