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‘Looty’: How a dog stolen from China sparked a British luxury craze
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA Pekingese given to Queen Victoria in the 1860s created a frenzy among Britain’s upper classes. But...
On This Day, July 1: 1st U.S. zoo opens in Philadelphia
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 1 week agoOn July 1, 1874, the Philadelphia Zoological Society, pictured in 2010, opened to the public. It was...
Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan to become world’s leading opium producer, UN says
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoMyanmar has become the world’s biggest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan after the ruling...
China’s Hidden Century at the British Museum review: marvellous and messy, but then that’s history
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoCan you say what conflict caused the greatest loss of life in history? Not our Great War; it was the...
TIME's Top 100 Photos of 2022
Time via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoGeorge Keburia says goodbye to his wife Maya and children as they board a train to Lviv at the Odessa train station in Odessa, Ukraine, on March 5....
A Sneak Peek Inside a Legacy of World-Class Collecting
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSee The Sassoon Family's TreasuresThe Jewish Museum In recent months the saga of the Sassoon family...