In Taining, Fujian There are journeys that take us from one destination to another, and there are journeys that quietly return us to ourselves. My experience on the bamboo raft along Shangqing
A catastrophic fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong, and severe floods in southern Thailand have left dozens dead and thousands displaced, as emergency services scramble to respond to back-to-back disasters in Asia.
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The law is reason, free from passion – Aristotle I read with interest the interview conducted by Nilantha Ilangamuwa with Professor Deepika Udagama, which appeared in this newspaper on 23 November. It was
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Almost similar to the 29 earlier COP (Conference of the Parties) that were organized in different venues around the world each year, COP 30 at Belem in Brazil also started with high
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Spanning nine nations and covering more than 5.5 million square kilometers—roughly the size of the continental United States—the Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest. Often called the “lungs of the Earth,” it
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Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is widely viewed as the father of the American hemp industry, given his role as then-Senate majority leader in pushing across the finish line the 2018 farm bill
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by Our Special Correspondent in Bangkok A mix of cheers and boos echoed through the Impact Challenger Hall in Thailand on November 21, 2025, as Mexico’s Fátima Bosche was crowned Miss Universe
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A sweeping Financial Times investigation has revealed that tuna sold by major UK supermarkets is being sourced from fisheries where migrant crews report violence, forced labour, withheld pay and inhumane working conditions.
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For more than a decade, the CIA secretly waged an unconventional war on Afghanistan’s opium trade, using a highly classified program to airdrop billions of specially bred poppy seeds over fields in
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Hunting is considered critical to human evolution by many researchers who believe that several characteristics that distinguish humans from our closest living relatives, the apes, may have partly resulted from our adaptation to hunting,
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The Vatican declared on Tuesday that the Virgin Mary should not be referred to as the “co-redeemer” of humanity, stating that while she played a vital role in the life of Jesus,
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It seems to me indisputably true that gold is a money and it is the money that is least at risk of being devalued and/or confiscated. Here’s why I believe that’s true.
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For the past two decades, APEC, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, has been reshaping the Asia-Pacific’s approach to growth. Since the 2011 Honolulu Leaders’ Declaration, APEC has placed “green growth” at the
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka is facing an unprecedented escalation in the human-elephant conflict, with both elephant and human deaths reaching alarming levels. The year 2023 marked the highest number
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On a humid August morning in Gurugram, a quiet suburb of New Delhi, 77-year-old retired Air Force officer Biren Yadav picked up a call that would change his life. The voice on
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Article Updated with Response from Hancock Prospecting Regarding Mrs. Gina Rinehart A quiet revolution is unfolding among the world’s wealthiest families. While Wall Street braces for a $105 trillion generational handover from
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