Many people have wrongly assumed that political freedom would follow new economic freedoms in China and that its economic growth would have to be built on the same foundations as in the West. The ...

The Ming dynasty’s Jiajing emperor (r. 1521-1567) is believed to have been the first ruler to use it. Surrounded by dragons, the elevated throne is ornately decorated with gold and precious stones.

Locals had a name for it—the "Sheikh Bari Quota". This Sheikh Bari was actually a two-storey building with red boundary walls on Sher-e-Bangla Road in Khulna. Though the brothers lived in Dhaka, they ...

During the Ming Dynasty, despite a maritime embargo that temporarily halted settlements, Chinese migrants resumed cultivation in southwestern Taiwan by the late 16th century.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping spoke on the phone this morning, in an effort to smooth out simmering trade tensions.

Ming Li Hui’s detention by the immigration authorities brought the reality of President Trump’s immigration crackdown to rural Missouri, where supporters rallied for her freedom.

Dynasties aren't born overnight. They take time to germinate. In the case of the Oklahoma City Thunder, it took almost 18 years.Let's go back to 2007 and travel around 2,000 miles northwest.

Fusarium graminearum causes Fusarium head blight in cereals and stalk rot in maize, mainly affecting crops in the US, Canada, China, and parts of Europe. | World News ...

There is a list of other possible name changes of ships named after prominent women and civil rights leaders, a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly tells NPR.

Explaining the nature of the fungus and its effects, Patel said, “The individual, Yunqing Jian, is alleged to have smuggled a dangerous fungus called 'Fusarium graminearum,' which is an ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, a highly rare move that will strip the ship of the moniker of a slain gay rights activist who served as a sailor ...

Two Chinese scientists arrested for smuggling ‘potential agroterrorism weapon’ into US. Investigators say the pathogen can attack wheat, barley, maize and rice and sicken livestock and people.