10/05/2021 12:05 - In the Russian republic of Kalmykia, the encroaching desert has transformed the landscape. “Nature,” one farmer said, “is forcing us to leave.” ...
10/05/2021 12:05 - In most of China, women are being urged to have more babies, to shore up a falling birthrate. But in Xinjiang, they are being forced to have fewer. ...
10/05/2021 10:05 - The Hangzhou Safari Park in China did not admit that it was missing three of its animals for days, while a farmer wondered if the creature in the tea bushes was an oversize feline. ...
10/05/2021 10:05 - The case hit a nerve for Australians, who consider the footwear a national, if unfashionable, symbol. But the brand’s owner in the United States had mounted a legal challenge against the idea that “ugg” is a generic term. ...
10/05/2021 7:05 - The son of Italy’s last king has tapped his teen granddaughter to eventually lead the House of Savoy, pretenders to Italy’s defunct throne. “Totally illegitimate,” says a rival clan. ...