From ancient conquests of land, agricultural products, and trade routes to modern geopolitical struggles for natural gas, oil, and minerals, the control over resources has shaped global politics and ...

"China has entered an 'Age of Sarcasm’. Anywhere outside of state-sponsored parties, entertainment shows, or the comedies and ...

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Geoff Pontes and J.J. Cooper take an in-depth look at the top prospects from around the AL West. LeTrey McCollum became the first Gaucho in 28 years to hit for the cycle after launching a game ...

Russia has revoked the accreditation of two British diplomats over alleged intelligence activities, the Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Monday, the latest in a series of tit-for-tat ...

Such a deal could be detrimental to the world, as it indicates [US President Donald] Trump's final blow to the liberal international order, a return to the power politics of the 18th and 19th ...

Qing Ming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, falls on April 4 this year. On this day, the Chinese will clean up and decorate the gravesites of their ancestors, make food offerings and also burn paper ...

But it isn't a trend that's unique to North America, as globally diversified British American Tobacco has been dealing with ongoing volume declines as well. Image source: Getty Images. The numbers ...

Both Altria and British American Tobacco are largely cigarette makers. Cigarette volumes have been in decline for years. British American Tobacco's rate of volume decline is better than Altria's.

This pair of Qing dynasty tigers (dating circa 1850) are carved in a style characteristic of later Chinese statuary: minimal surface decoration, low-relief carvings of abstracted forms such as ...

Here's how the Nordstroms built their empire from a single shoe store in Seattle to one of the biggest names in fashion retail. Nordstrom was founded as a shoe store by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F.