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After the loss of her grandfather, Zhang Yashu struggled to process her grief. Then, swept up in the rush of ritual and ...

Bhubaneswar : A shocking incident highlighting the persistence of superstition has come to light from Odisha’s Dhenkanal district, where a man allegedly staged his own “death” as part of a ritual ...

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A 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb has been discovered in Mexico, with its guardians and symbols of the underworld still intact ...

Funeral trains were once among the most powerful symbols of national mourning, carrying presidents and public figures across ...

In a poignant story from Telangana’s Mahabubabad district, a couple has transformed personal loss into an enduring act of remembrance. For over two decades, Lalu and Sukkamma have been performing a ...

India, April 8 -- Self-styled godman-cum-astrologer Ashok Kharat allegedly sexually exploited women by claiming that he possessed "divine power" and would use it to cause the death of their family ...

More than 2,000 Lebanese people have been killed — hundreds in a single day last week — thousands more have been injured, and ...

Faces of Death is rebooted for the internet age with a surprisingly smart and unapologetically unpleasant new horror movie.

A new chemical and microscopic analysis of Pompeii residues documents a sacrificial rite that had only been previously described by ancient Roman writers and artists.