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 ...

Nearly half of banked households (48.3%) used mobile banking as their primary method of account access, which is up from the previous survey. Over the past decade, the portion of US households that ...

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

In selecting Representative Matt Gaetz to be his attorney general, President-elect Donald J. Trump has chosen an undisguised attack dog to preside over the Department of Justice.