Belts: those trusty bands of leather or fabric designed to keep our pants from defying gravity. However, somewhere between their functional inception and today, they’ve evolved from mere waist-huggers ...

In the Chinese government’s own words, the Belt and Road Initiative exists as a means to develop a modern-day “Silk Road,” with China at the center of global commerce. American policymakers ...

Through the centuries, the concho belt has emerged from the twinning influences of Mexican and emerging Navajo silversmithing to become one of the most iconic elements of specifically modern ...

"Financial markets are not ready for what is ahead—buckle up." "This is just a taste of what we can expect for the next four years," crypto trader and YouTuber Ran Neuner posted to X, adding ...

If you own a home — whether a house, a condo, or a trailer — you’ve probably noticed an increase in the cost of property insurance. Well, “increase” is an understatement. Since January ...

Forty years ago Wednesday, New Yorkers became the first car occupants in the U.S. to face penalties for not buckling up, so large numbers started fastening their seat belts. Through some starts ...

Zhanjiang in Guangdong province is accelerating the construction of a modern coastal economic belt and a provincial subcenter city with high standards. Yu Gang, Party secretary of Zhanjiang ...

Modern Love is a weekly column, a book, a podcast and a television show about relationships, feelings, betrayals and revelations. Modern Love is a weekly column, a book, a podcast and a television ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the 20th century, which year marked Peak Fiction? It would be hard to argue against the glorious harvest ...

Over the past year, Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, made a total of 56 public appearances across the world. For each of these outings - from 'quasi royal tours' and private lunches, to gala ...

Cairo Modern, a new exhibition at the Center for Architecture in New York, features 20 demolished, extant, and proposed projects in Cairo dating from the 1930s to the 1970s and also shines a light ...

As announced last week, the program continues to gain attention for its role in diversifying the narrative of modern architecture. The program showcases Getty's dedication to preserving endangered ...