India is actively pursuing a decolonisation agenda, moving beyond English's historical dominance. This initiative, championed ...

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Ancient DNA is rewriting the origin story of the cat curled on the sofa. Long before the familiar house cat padded into ...

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The origins of domestic cats — centuries before they conquered the world’s sofas and internet memes — have long been murky. Now, ancient DNA<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

The Battle of Ipsus reshaped the empire of Alexander the Great, as rival successors clashed in a fight that ended hopes of ...

Just a month after she became the prime minister, Sanae Takaichi declared that Japan would help Taiwan if China attacked it, reopening old wounds between the two countries ...

Recent genetic analysis challenges long-held belief about the origins of domestic cats from the Levant and their arrival in ...

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Your cat is not just acting royal, it actually is. New DNA proof shows today’s cats are direct descendants of Pharaonic Egypt ...

Two genetic analyses suggest that our feline friends reached China around 1,400 years ago via the Silk Road, and that they ...