People visit the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China, April 5, 2025. Mutianyu and Jiankou sections of the Great Wall are popular destinations among mountain hikers and ...

In c. 220 B.C., under Qin Shi Huang, sections of earlier fortifications were joined together to form a united defence system against invasions from the north. Construction continued up to the Ming ...

Two Japanese tourists were detained in China after a “prank” at the Great Wall sparked public outrage. Image: Tourists at the Great Wall of China. Credit: TarnishedPath / CC BY-SA 4.0 Two Japanese ...

About two decades ago, African nations launched an audacious plan: a 7,700km “Great Green Wall” to hold back the Sahara Desert’s southward march. Yet years passed and progress was stalled ...

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The Japanese public has reacted with outrage and horror over reports that two 20-something tourists from their country were detained in China after one bared his buttocks on the Great Wall of ...

Two Japanese tourists in their 20s were detained for two weeks in China, then deported, for taking photos showing exposed buttocks at the Great Wall, local media reported. The incident at the ...

Tokyo: Two Japanese tourists in their 20s were detained for two weeks in China and later deported for taking inappropriate photos at the Great Wall, according to local media reports. To advertise ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates issued a response Saturday after a post on social media appeared to show Roberto Clemente's logo had ...