A personal reflection on Moon Over Wuyi, exploring how art transcends language and opens a window into Zhu Xi's philosophy, Chinese intellectual heritage and the enduring relationship between knowledge, nature and human
Recent research has confirmed the existence of enormous mountains buried deep beneath the Earth’s surface—structures far taller than Mount Everest. These mountains, located within Earth’s mantle, are around 1,000 kilometers tall, over
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A fresh dispute has erupted over the origins of the ancient bronze statue known as Victorious Youth, currently housed at the Getty Villa Museum in Los Angeles, with Italian cultural authorities now
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The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, one of the world’s most popular cultural destinations, has made the unconventional decision to reduce the number of visitors it welcomes each year. Emilie Gordenker, the
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Once revered as the lifeblood of mainland Southeast Asia, the Mekong River is now battling for survival. Stretching across six countries and supporting tens of millions of people, the river’s flow has
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Harold Wilson, one of Britain’s most left-wing prime ministers, is shown to have had a close relationship with MI5 during his time in office, according to newly declassified files from the National
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An Extraordinary Individual The cultural affinity shared between India and Sri Lanka is a bond which cannot be fathomed from the normal measurements of geopolitics. It echoes the deepest spiritual heritages derived from
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Throughout the history of mankind, fires have had a dramatic effect on the course of world events, prompting reforms, laws on urban planning, and setting in place new environmental policies. As wildfires scorch Southern
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The curious episode of Donald Trump’s fascination with Greenland is more than just an odd historical footnote. It reveals a complex and often unspoken chapter in the
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Donald Trump’s threat to seize the Panama Canal and the Houthis’ disruption of commercial shipping via the Suez to the tune of $7 billion in 2024 reminded the world of the significance
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Lebanon’s rich cultural heritage has been devastated by Israel’s airstrikes during its ongoing conflict with Hizbollah, leaving experts and cultural preservation groups alarmed at the scale of destruction. According to a report
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The following excerpts are adapted from the author’s book The Kings of Algiers: How Two Jewish Families Shaped the Mediterranean World During the Napoleonic Wars and Beyond, published by Princeton University Press.
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Numeracy or numerosity, the ability to think about and use numbers, varies among human cultures and within populations, much like intelligence does. Many known languages, for example, have no words for numerals
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The following excerpts are adapted from the author’s book Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery, published by the University of Chicago Press. We are living in a moment in which
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Shalom Nagar, the Israeli prison guard who oversaw the execution of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, has passed away at the age of 86. His death marks the end of an era,
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According to The Times (UK), tensions in the illustrious Mewar dynasty of Rajasthan reached a boiling point during the ceremonial anointing of Vishvaraj Singh Mewar as the 77th Maharana on Monday. The Paghdi Dastoor,
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