Europeans began sending ships to distant Asian ports for things like spices, tea, silk, cotton, diamonds, pearls and ivory. These traders developed a language so that they could understand each other.

The Hague—While the Philippines and the Netherlands are a year short of ... It is not well-known that at one point in the 16th century, our two countries shared one king—Philip II. Philip was not just ...

By the 16th century, these became known in English as “Cabinets of ... who was Charles I of Spain, best remembered in the Philippines for the brandy that bears his name “Carlos I” or “Carlos Primero.” ...

What is similar between Asian green mussels, iguanas and lionfish? They are all invasive species in Florida you can eat. Here ...

The Archdiocese of Manila began on Sunday the daily recitation of an “obligatory prayer” for national healing following the ...

Released on Thursday, Shadows takes place in 16th-century feudal Japan ... In 2020, a labor attache from the Philippines in Taipei sent a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanding that a ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service encourages eating some invasive species to help protect native wildlife. Although not illegal, eating Burmese pythons is not recommended due to high levels of ...

Florida is unfortunately home to a lot of uninvited guests — especially invasive animals. But there might be another way to control their rapidly increasing populations. The U.S. Fish and ...

Among these are a 16th-century ceramic waterspout decorated with Ottoman flowers from the Dome of the Rock (Sam Fogg, around €500,000); a Northern Song pottery jar filled to bursting with bronze ...