I n 1884, the first correlation between beriberi and a dietary factor was made by Takaki Kanehiro, a Japanese Naval doctor.

The letter is formally addressed to Brussels, but it is aimed squarely at Jerusalem. Veldkamp gives Hamas a single vague line — calling for the release of hostages — and then devotes his legal outrage ...

Part one WE recently commemorated the “Araw ng Kagitingan” (Day of Valor) on April 9. Previously called the “Fall of Bataan,” ...

From Sunda Kelapa to Batavia to modern-day Jakarta, explore how Indonesia’s capital has evolved through the centuries — in ...

The crew of the HMS Bounty mutinied against Captain William Bligh and set him adrift in the middle of the Pacific in a ...

Including: Sunderland unemployed activist acquitted after police fit-up, Dutch East Indies continued, Japan continued, ...

The memoir follows twin sisters Ath and Kath as they navigate deportation, war, and survival. Ath was Martha’s nickname. It’s ...

Hot on the heels of the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end, best-selling author Phil Craig’s new book offers a powerful and original retelling of how the war’s closing chapters reshaped the future ...

Lastly, former members of the Royal Dutch East Indies Army (KNIL) proclaimed the Republic of the South Moluccas in 1950. Although largely defeated by Indonesian forces in the same year, armed ...

Last time round Africa and Europe both got two qualifying slots, as did Asia, with the Americas and East Asia Pacific each ... Pakistan, the West Indies, New Zealand, South Africa, England and ...

The Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon ... In 1642, the Council of the Indies dispatched another explorer and merchant, Abel Janzoon Tasman on a voyage of exploration to little-charted areas east of the ...