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October 28 is among the mandatory public holidays. On such days, employment is prohibited, as is business operation, except for companies that are legally allowed to open on Sundays and official holidays. The anniversary of Greece’s defiance of fascist Italy in…
- BY SIMON MURPHY in Aberfan It might have been nearly 60 years ago, but Jeff Edwards can still picture his dead classmate. She was killed when a coal tip collapsed on a Welsh mining village, engulfing a school and houses. In…
In 2007, Brig. Gen. Paul Tibbets—the pilot who led the Enola Gay mission during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima—made a striking decision about how he wished to be remembered. Before his death, he requested that there be no funeral…
Led by Dongdong Li, Suwei Guo and Xiaoyan Chen, the study brings together previously published archaeological evidence from 24 sites. The burials span almost 6,000 years, from 7000 to 1500 BC, covering the Central Plain’s transition from small communities to early state societies. That…
The State of Pennsylvania is officially nicknamed “The Keystone State” due to its status as the middle colony of the original thirteen colonies, so it’s appropriate that the United States Navy would key in on this by naming a battlewagon…
Ninh Binh (VNA) – A group of household artefacts dating back to the Tran Dynasty (1225–1400) has been discovered during house construction at the Cua Bac 2 resettlement area in Ninh Nhat 3 residential quarter, Hoa Lu ward, Ninh Binh province, the provincial Department…
A short history of the Golden Triangle opium trade and its long entanglement with China Where the mountains of Myanmar meet those of Laos and Thailand lies the Golden Triangle, a borderland that has fed the world's illicit opium trade…
Carl von Clausewitz is one of the most celebrated, referenced, and original military strategists: his magnum opus On War is eclipsed in popularity and impact on the philosophy of war only by The Art of War. The philosophy of war…
A member of the Key Laboratory of Ancient Chinese Script, Culture Relics and Artificial Intelligence of Jilin University views a 3D-printed replica of culture relics at Jilin University in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province. Image: Xu Chang / Xinhua TASHKENT/BISHKEK…