Enlarge / Entrance of Hernan Cortes into Mexico In the wake of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521, waves of epidemics slammed Mexico. By 1576, the population, which had been more than 20 million before the Spanish arrived, had crashed to two million. One brutal outbreak in 1545 was estimated to have…

Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville said manager Jose Mourinho would happily swap out-of-favour playmaker Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez. United are reportedly in pole position to sign soon-to-be free agent Sanchez from Arsenal in January following speculation that runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City pulled out of the running on Monday. Mkhitaryan…

Die Ostbeauftragte der Bundesregierung, Iris Gleicke (SPD), hält einen Schüleraustausch zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschland für unnötig. Damit wies sie eine Idee des neuen Präsidenten der Kultusministerkonferenz, Helmut Holter (Linke), zurück. Der derzeitige Bildungsminister von Thüringen habe dies « sicherlich gut gemeint », der Vorschlag sei aber « nicht mehr zeitgemäß », sagte Gleicke der Berliner Zeitung. Sie habe so…

Smiling broadly in family snaps, these are the first pictures of the 13 children found bound with chains and padlocks inside their home. David Allen Turpin and wife Louise Anna proudly posted pictures of their brood on their joint Facebook page. The treasured snaps show the family on what appears to be the couple’s wedding…

Barriers to Chinese overseas investment have risen over the past year, owing in part to the Trump administration’s « America First » agenda. The U.S. initiated an anti-dumping investigation against aluminium producers in China just last year. And even though China’s leaders have proclaimed support for economic « openness » on the global stage, the country has rules in…

Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee…

Toss Pakistan chose to bat v New ZealandnLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Haris Sohail hits it straight AFPPakistan’s familiar problems at the top showed no signs of abating, but their blushes were spared by fifties from Fakhar Zaman and Haris Sohail, and a late onslaught from Mohammad Hafeez. A 105-run partnership between Mohammad Hafeez and skipper…

The 62-year-old presenter (pictured with his wife Frances) was previously diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2014 and it was later revealed that it had spread to his liver and lymph nodes BBC News at Six viewers praised George Alagiah while he presented the show this evening – just hours after revealing his bowel cancer had…