Though Europe moves ever closer to unity, divisive forces still crackle and hiss close to its surface. Last week 100,000 French-speaking Walloons and Dutch-speaking Flemings fought a ...

The modern firework took shape with a few fairly simple innovations, such as enclosing the gunpowder in paper tubes. This was probably the nature of the thumb-sized toy encountered in 1267 by the ...

It is credited to have been confiscated off Guy Fawkes when he was apprehended by the Keeper of Whitehall Palace in the cellars on the night of 4th-5th November 1605. Credit: Ashmolean Museum ...

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A SHOCKING docu-drama shows Guy Fawkes was merely a minor player in a wider plot to assassinate King James I. Conspirators planned to blow up Parliament at its opening on Novem-ber 5, 1605, re ...

USB flash drives are pretty self-explanatory, aren’t they? All you have to do is plug it into your PC and it’s ready to go, whether you’re using it to transfer files, play media, or launch ...

Most USB flash drives go up to 256GB and a few now have 1TB versions. However, if you’re more concerned about getting a cheap memory stick for carrying a few files, you can probably get by with ...

The WandaVision Spin-Off Boasts an Enchanting Kathryn Hahn and a New Mystery. Hahn stars as ...

At least 95 people have been killed by severe flash floods in Spain, according to authorities on Wednesday, as emergency responders scramble to find dozens of missing people. In the worst-affected ...

Several bodies have been found after parts of southern and eastern Spain were hit by severe flash flooding on Tuesday, with some locations receiving up to 12 inches of rain in just a few hours.