There’s nothing more annoying than the persistent buzz of a fly indoors, not to mention the fact that some flies can transmit ...

The US president might learn that starting wars is much easier than ending them, writes the BBC's international editor.

Florence Nightingale never set foot in India. Yet from a sickbed in London, armed with mortality data and an unstoppable pen, she rewrote the country's sanitary code, slashed soldier death rates from ...

As the nation prepares to celebrate 'America 250' this July, revisit Revolutionary-era Mohawk Valley Battlefields, beginning with Battle of Fort Bull.

The Lees — and their hounds — were renowned for outfitting jaguar hunts south of the border. I was just wrapping up my trip ...

In December 2024, the Commissioner for Environment in Ogun state, Mr Ola Oresanya described the state as one of the cleanest states in Nigeria. Oresanya ...

A Grim Reality in 1859 In the year 1859, a staggering sixty-nine out of every thousand British soldiers stationed in India succumbed to illness—not due to combat, but from cholera, dysentery, and ...

In the early 20th century, Detroit’s Black medical professionals created a network of health care institutions in response to racial discrimination and exclusion.

Captain James Cook is widely renowned as an explorer, pioneering navigator and preventer of scurvy. Glyn Williams investigates the standards he set in maritime exploration. The three major voyages of ...

Most of us would've passed out, no doubt.

Armed with curiosity, humour and a gift for understatement, Newby turned failure, misadventure and self-mockery into a new kind of travel writing ...

Experts warn that the risks will extend beyond immediate injuries, displacement, and deaths, based on scientific prediction and evidence from previous disasters. Floodwaters are likely to seep into ...