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The UN Security Council unanimously nominated António Guterres, former Portuguese Prime Minister and UN High Commissioner for Refugees, to succeed Ban Ki-moon as Secretary-General on October 6, 2016. He received 13 votes in support with two abstentions.

Theresa May emerged as frontrunner to become Britain's second female Prime Minister after winning 199 votes in the Conservative leadership race following David Cameron's post-Brexit resignation. Andrea Leadsom was her only remaining opponent.

ESA's Rosetta mission detected glycine, an amino acid essential for life, on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. "This is the first unambiguous detection of glycine at a comet," reported Principal Investigator Kathrin Altwegg in May 2016.

Video interview with Alberto Portugheis, founder of HUFUD, discussing demilitarization and the need for an economy of peace. Full transcript available.

Portuguese business daily Diário Económico ceased print publication on March 18, 2016, after 27 years. Director Gonçalo Faria de Carvalho announced the "suspension of the paper edition" amid severe financial difficulties at parent company Ongoing.

The PSD-CDS right-wing coalition won Portugal's October 2015 elections with a 4.5% margin over the Socialists, but faced a left-wing parliamentary majority. Via News interviewed voters in Lisbon about their choices amid concerns over the incoming government's stability.

Portugal's parliamentary elections on October 4, 2015 were expected to return Prime Minister Passos Coelho's conservative coalition to power, with polls showing a 5% lead over the Socialist Party despite over 30% projected abstention.