The socio-political differences between India’s north and south may have reduced with decades of assimilation but Hindu ...

Notes: In this essay, James Kences recounts the explorations of the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485 to 1528), ...

Pope Francis' tour spread compassion and fraternity in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Singapore ...

India gears up for a world-class entertainment hub with South Asia's first theme park. New cruise routes from Surat to Goa and Dwarka Mandir are set to boost tourism. Listen to Story India to open ...

People in Myanmar’s earthquake-stricken areas braced for thunderstorms late Sunday, after heavy rains and winds the previous ...

This is not just a Johannesburg problem – many of our rivers are in crisis. A WWF study found that 60% of South Africa’s river ecosystems are under severe threat, mainly due to pollution and ...

Because of its small size, South Padre Island is often grouped with other towns along the Gulf Coast of Texas, such as Port Isabel and Brownsville, both of which make great daytrips. The town of ...

A powerful earthquake rocked South-East Asia yesterday, killing several people, bringing down a skyscraper under construction in Bangkok and toppling buildings in neighbouring Myanmar, where the ...

A ridge of high pressure extends across the state from the west, and this will be replaced by a series of cold fronts brushing the south during the weekend and early new week, together with their ...

He served as Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian Embassy, Beijing, from 2012 to 2016. From 2007 to 2009, he served as Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs on North Asia, South Asia, ...

Earthquakes are relatively common in Myanmar, where six strong quakes of 7.0 magnitude or more struck between 1930 and 1956 near the Sagaing Fault, which runs north to south through the centre of ...

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