A creeping cynicism about elections, including the recent Bihar outcome, had begun to seriously afflict me after Assembly polls in Tripura in 2018. Covering elections over decades had caused personal ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An advisory panel to UNESCO has recommended six items from Japan be added under three categories already inscribed in the U.N. body's Intangible Cultural Heritage list, such as ...

A fragment of a cuneiform seal that’s now the first direct evidence of official communication between the kingdoms of Judah and Assyria has emerged at an archaeological site in Israel. According to ...

The rifle that federal investigators believe was used in the shooting that killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk contained ammunition inscribed with anti-fascist messaging, shedding light on the ...

WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle has definitively stated that he will never wrestle again. The Olympic Gold medalist confirmed that the physical toll of his legendary, two-decade career has made an ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

With 196 States Parties, the World Heritage Convention is one of the most universally ratified in the world - proof of its influence and popularity in every corner of the globe. For the new sites ...

'Maratha Military Landscapes', representing extraordinary fortification and military system envisioned by the Maratha rulers, was on Friday (July 11, 2025) inscribed on the coveted UNESCO World ...

The Galle Trilingual Inscription, a relic of China's Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) legendary navigator and diplomat Zheng He's voyages, jointly nominated by China and Sri Lanka, has been officially ...

NEW YORK — The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold for more than $5 million at an auction on Wednesday. Sotheby’s said the 115-pound (52-kilogram) marble slab was ...

Archaeologists have discovered an inscribed silver amulet that one theologian now says may rewrite the history of Christianity north of the Alps mountain range. The inscribed amulet was found buried ...

The tablet sold by Sotheby’s is the oldest known inscription in stone of the ancient text in Paleo-Hebrew script. Sharon Liberman Mintz, Sotheby's Judaica specialist, discusses the oldest complete ...