Satellite images reveal a Y-shaped formation in China’s Taklamakan Desert where the Hotan River carries precious jade.

China's annual "two sessions" have drawn elevated global attention this year, as lawmakers prepare not only to set the agenda for the coming ...

Events in China cast a shadow not only over Asia but also over much of the world and what is happening in China needs better explanation and understanding ...

During the holy month of Ramadan, the spice markets of Old Damascus regain their distinctive charm, turning into lively spaces where ...

A 2025 satellite photo shows a giant "Y" in the middle of the Taklamakan Desert, where a verdant river and a lengthy "red-white mountain" meet. The intersecting features are also home to an ...

Perhaps the Changsha kiln’s unique cultural contribution was firing poetry onto ceramics. Among Liu’s collection are ewers inscribed with various ancient poems that have been preserved under the glaze ...

The Arctic's geopolitics is reaching a critical stage, with Greenland becoming a strategic pivot. Canada-Greenland cooperation on critical minerals—like rare earths, lithium, cobalt, and ...

That’s exactly what happens when most Coloradans learn about Bent’s Old Fort near La Junta. While everyone’s busy fighting for parking spots at Mesa Verde or standing in line at Garden of the Gods, ...

Most people think of the internet as apps, websites, and social media, but nearly all global data actually travels through physical infrastructure such as undersea fiber optic cables, terrestrial ...

For centuries the Arctic was a frozen barrier that ships could not cross, forcing global trade between Asia and Europe through southern routes like the Suez Canal. That assumption is beginning to ...

Researchers have discovered 30 inscriptions written in Indian languages, which provide new evidence that visitors from India spent time in Egypt between the first and third centuries C.E.