The pempek restaurants in the Plaju neighborood were full to the gills in early March. Palembang chefs pulverized mudfish caught from the Musi River into subtle variations of the historic city’s ...

According to a study recently published on the preprint server bioRxiv, cats were one of the many assets that traveled east on the famous Silk Road, the lengthy trading network that connected Asia ...

By the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE), they powered trade along the Silk Road, linking China to Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. More than transport animals, camels symbolize endurance ...

An online rumor claimed that Donald Trump pardoned the creator of Silk Road dark web marketplace, Ross Ulbricht (Getty Images, @RealRossU/X) WASHINGTON, DC: Since Donald Trump took the oath as the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the creator of dark web marketplace Silk Road. Rating: In early March 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened sweeping tariffs on imports from ...

Asked about the Hambantota port, he said dredging is now underway to deepen the breakwater of the Hambantota port by one more metre.

The Maritime Silk Road—an extension of China’s Belt and Road Initiative—has allowed Beijing to gain operational control over critical ports worldwide. In places like the Port of Piraeus in Greece and ...

A Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesperson Tuesday rejected some media reports that China harbours military intentions by constructing Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka. “The relevant reports, which are a ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s China-backed Hambantota International Port said a car carrier from Japan had discharged 196 vehicles destined to the local market after imports were allowed after a 5-year ...