A look back: how bureaucrats halted China
The American historian Edward Dreyer writes that China’s great naval expeditions ended at the initiative of Confucian officials wh…
Kennedy’s diet shake-up: the food pyramid turned upside down?
New US recommendations place fruit and vegetables on an equal footing with meat, dairy and fats, aiming to reshape both public gui…
Chuck Norris, actor and martial arts master, dies
The family announced on Instagram that he passed away suddenly, surrounded by his loved ones. He had just celebrated his 86th birt…
Fewer church members do not mean fewer Christians
Every year Germany’s Catholic Church and Protestant churches publish new figures showing membership losses. The numbers make headl…
