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Tainan: The 400-year-old cradle of Taiwanese culture
BBC News· 20 hours agoIn 1624, a ragged fleet of ships owned by the Dutch East India Company arrived at a forested island off the coast of China. The Dutch ...
Chinese man arrested over vandalism of controversial Japanese shrine
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 21 hours agoFounded in 1869 by Emperor Meiji, the war shrine honours the deaths of 2.5 million Japanese soldiers...
Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows has made memories for many in Belleville
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoIt’s origins are in ancient Rome, and it grew to include a restaurant, hotel, an assisted living...
Rashida Jones on a Magical, Deer-Filled Day Trip From Kyoto
Conde Nast Traveler via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoWe had a quiet moment of reflection together, as a family, below these massive idols, and it all...
Chinese man arrested after Japanese shrine vandalised
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoThe shrine honours Japan's war dead but also convicted World War Two criminals [Getty Images] A...
Chinese man arrested, two others sought for vandalising Japan war shrine
Digital Journal· 1 day agoA Chinese man was arrested and two others placed on a wanted list for allegedly defacing a Japanese...
‘Brutal’ weather nixes Boise concert, moves another indoors. Others endure ‘dangerous’ heat
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoA Grove Plaza-sized walk-in cooler would be nice.) But before the show Wednesday, Alive After Five...
Catholics of all ages join in National Eucharistic processions in St. Louis
Catholic News Agency· 1 day agoSummer heat and the Missouri River’s rising floodwaters did little to deter thousands of people,...
Tehran police close Turkish Airlines office after its employees defy Iran's headscarf law
Financial Post· 2 days agoPolice in Iran shut down the Turkish Airlines office in the capital of Tehran, Iranian media...
The Camino, a Catholic pilgrimage, increasingly draws the spiritual but not religious
Toronto Star· 2 days agoSanborn, a rebel and adventurer by nature (she dropped out of college to meditate in India for a...