Ziv Nitzan was on a hike with her family when a rock on the ground caught her eye. But when the 3-year-old girl picked up the ...

Indunil Kodithuwakku, prefect and secretary of the dicastery respectively. It highlighted how Ramadan, the sacred time of fasting, prayer, and charity, offers an opportunity for spiritual renewal ...

S ome see Joshua Tree as just another desert landscape, but others swear it is a spiritual vortex with an energy unlike anywhere else. Its twisted, otherworldly trees and massive ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Société Générale’s chief executive has said “nothing is sacred” as he pledges to take an axe to ...

Every community has a crime that redefines its image of itself. Whether it’s the Zodiac Killer in San Francisco, the Black Dahlia murder in Los Angeles, or the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre ...

Tree planting can be the most cost-effective way of removing carbon as long as careful choices are made about which type of trees to plant and where. Governments worldwide have committed to ...

Soheila Golestani, 44, was the leading lady in The Seed of the Sacred Fig, which aims to shine a spotlight on the moral corruption and tension in Iranian society. The picture is up for the ...

The dark pink flower emerged on a nearly 3-meter-tall tree, the biggest of five clones of the sacred ume tree that stands outside the main shrine, shrine officials said March 4. “I am happy ...