Behind my house are four beautiful blue spruce pine trees. They are arranged in a snug north to south row, leaning and supporting each other. They were planted by my mom in the years immediately after ...

Xiao nian is sometimes also known colloquially as the Kitchen God Festival, since a major part of the celebrations is to prepare the home and hearth to bid that deity a temporary farewell.

It takes a lot of courage to grow old. I’ve come to appreciate this after conversations with hundreds of older adults over the past eight years for nearly 200 “Navigating Aging” columns. Navigating ...

There appear to be three important ones which are common to all three large South Asian nations. The first is poverty and insufficient economic growth. The second is an inward facing nationalism ...

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At least three South Sudanese men have been killed while security forces attempted to disperse the attackers, a police spokesman told Middle East Eye. The attacks followed the alleged killing of ...

It’s right there in the name, after all. “From conflicts to climate change, we are facing interconnected crises that demand coordinated, collective action,” Mark Elsner, Head of the World ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had invited Prabowo to attend India’s Republic Day celebrations on January 26 as the chief guest, Indian media reported. New Delhi has not responded to the reports ...

Australia's south-east is bracing for severe thunderstorms, bringing damaging winds, large hailstones and heavy rain on Wednesday afternoon. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper Wagga Wagga has ...

A much improved three-bedroom house with a large kitchen extension and a dormer loft conversion is on the market for £545,000. The Penarth property in Redlands Road, listed by Shepherd Sharpe, was ...

Emergency services rushed to Native Dog Beach near Bremer Bay, south-east of Perth, at about 2:10pm on Monday, when a man in his 40s was pulled from the water. It is understood two children were ...