The move is likely to make it harder for Southern, which provides water to nearly 5m people in the South East of England, to raise billions of pounds in vital funding required to pay for the upkeep of ...

A basket of rose garlands on the bank of the Ganges. Devotees, who make annual pilgrimages to the shrines and temples of ...

In the Mekong Delta, farmers and locals still gather the flowers on wooden boats. Now, the ritual’s also become a photo op.

In the Nile Delta, farming the redolent vine is both a tradition and a vital way to make a living.

The resilient species — which regrow after wildfires — are said to capture the spirit of a nation reborn.

“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...

First cultivated in Iran and likely grown in the region since ancient times, the damask rose is named for the Syrian ... West ...

Icons of beauty, providers of sustenance, even symbols of divinity — blossoming plants have assumed a deep significance to ...

Once a mainstay of Indigenous diets, the South American crop is having a resurgence in popularity, in part because of its ...

His bluster and unpredictability, combined with strategic discipline, could permanently tilt the rivalry with China in ...

Good morning, this is Ashutosh Joshi, an equities reporter in Mumbai. A pall of gloom continues to hang over India’s stock ...

From trade connectivity to cultural mutual learning, from shared interests to resonating values, the construction of the China-LAC community with a shared future continues to achieve new milestones, ...