Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield on Wednesday.

Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday as people lit incense to ...

Prayer and dance: hundreds of millions in Asia celebrate Year of the Snake From incense offerings and vibrant lion dances in Beijing to prayer rituals at temples in Bangkok and Taipei, hundreds of ...

The Xinhua Publishing House releases a new book titled All about Gold: A concise encyclopedia about the precious metal on Jan 9, 2025 . [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The Xinhua Publishing ...

In ancient Egypt, things were thought to be so complicated that a sheaf of papyrus manuscripts, now called The Book of the Dead, was written c. 1550 BCE, to serve as a guide. It offered spells to ...

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BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses, littering streets with rubble and killing at least ...

An employee of the ISKCON temple in Vrindavan near Uttar Pradesh's Mathura allegedly fled with temple money worth lakhs of rupees donated by devotees, as well a receipt book, officials said on ...

An ISKCON temple employee tasked with collecting money donated by devotees has fled with lakhs of rupees along with a receipt book, officials said on Saturday. "An FIR was filed by the temple's ...

"He's using a social credit score," Bannon said. "He's using it from his masters in Beijing—have taught him through the Shanghai joint venture, of how to use social credit scores." China's so ...

'An FIR was filed by the temple's Chief Finance Officer Vishwa Nam Das late on Friday night,' Superintendent of Police (City) Arvind Kumar said.