Rika spends most of her days toiling in a frozen-foods warehouse, but her new gig is in a museum, where she has been hired to make conversation, in Latin, with an ancient Roman statue of the goddess ...

The 20th-century art historian Kenneth Clark made a distinction between the “naked,” meaning unclothed and ashamed, and the “nude,” meaning the body in its most beautiful form. Most people today use ...

Every Lunar New Year for the past 14 years, a Southern California Buddhist temple has displayed what it calls the “10,000 ...

Colton Rohde picks up trash along the shoreline of Monona Bay on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 in Madison, Wis. Rohde has been picking up trash around the bay for six years, starting during the pandemic ...

Colton Rohde picks up trash along the shoreline of Monona Bay on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 in Madison, Wis. Rohde has been picking up trash around the bay for six years, starting during the pandemic ...

Pakistan's defense minister said his country has run out of "patience" and considers that there is now an "open war" with ...

I returned to India after six years, travelling between 24th December 2025 and 4th January 2026. It was a short ten-day trip, but one I used deliberately, not as a tourist insulated by hotels ...

An American was killed in Thailand in what authorities describe as a violent love triangle involving his ex-girlfriend, her ...

The artist’s gaudy figures – a doe-eyed Betty Boop here; a labial Buddha there – at A. Squire, London are both knowing and dumb ...

Embark on a captivating journey as we trace the roots of traditional Kung Fu, weaving through the mystical landscapes of a misty forest and a shallow river. Discover the ancient art of using the ...

Traditional wooden architecture and landscaped gardens surround Linh Ung Pagoda in Da Nang, Vietnam. The temple complex ...

Thai police, disguised as lion dancers, arrest a man accused of stealing Buddhist artefacts during Lunar New Year festivities in Sai Noi district.