The name America likely comes from Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, the first person to realize the entire continent was its own landmass rather than a part of Asia. Others are more gloriously ...

THE issue of this map occurs at an opportune moment. Public attention has been much directed lately to the once fertile strip of country that lies between the deserts of Arabia on the one hand ...

Other countries in South-East Asia will follow Thailand’s lead in 2022, up to a point. They will open only popular tourist hotspots to visitors and, even then, only to some nationalities.

The consortium involved 90 scientists from 11 countries including China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and the US. Peter Underhill, a geneticist ...