History

Aldrich Ames Spy Case Retold For nearly ten years, Aldrich Ames handed over classified information to the Soviet Union, sabotaging over 100 covert operations and directly resulting in the execution of at least 10 allied operatives. On April 28, 1994, his betrayal led to a life sentence in prison. Two months earlier, the BBC interviewed one of the spies he exposed—who, against all odds, survived. The year was 1985 when Soviet assets secretly working for the CIA began vanishing. One after

It was a British Royal Navy officer, Robert Wauchope, who devised the time ball—an innovative 19th-century invention that ultimately inspired New York City's famed New Year’s Eve ball drop tradition. As the final hours of the year approach, over a million revelers will gather in New York’s Times Square, with approximately a billion others tuning in worldwide to witness the iconic annual celebration. During the last minute of the year, all eyes are fixed on a dazzlingly bright, Waterford

During the 1970s, a handful of Greenpeace activists devised a radical plan to halt commercial whaling once and for all. A massive Soviet vessel, its harpoon gun prepared to strike, towers over a whale just beneath the bow. Blood seeps from a gaping wound as the cold waters of the Pacific Ocean turn crimson. This haunting image redefined the fight against whaling and kickstarted Greenpeace’s "mind bomb" campaign, recalls Rex Weyler, the photographer behind the iconic 1975 shot (scroll