A centuries-old copy of a 500-year-old map that christened the New World as “America” has been discovered at a university in Germany.

Asia’s rapidly aging population means the region is shifting from being the biggest contributor to the global workforce to subtracting hundreds of millions of people from it, according to the ...

The town is built around two intersecting waterways, the Shihe River and the Grand Canal. The Grand Canal is a UNESCO World Heritage site and the world's longest man-made waterway, stretching over ...

A judge has laid out a case for the Philippines' claim over disputed islands, citing analysis of old maps and calling Beijing's line that extends into Southeast Asia a 'gigantic historical fraud'.