Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

The immediate future portends important and substantive changes for us as the nation-state declines as a platform for the ...

It would be great if reports of Bangladesh’s readiness to buy rice from India indicate a return to normal cooperation in the ...

He said that the Tibetan Government in-exile is working to draft a new map of Tibet while composing of a book on old Tibetan names in its original format to counter claims made by China.

The Central Tibetan Administration is also planning to compile a book of old names of Tibetan villages and communities ...

At least two Tibetan monastic centres damaged by quake Unknown number of clergy hurt, monasteries affected Buddhist monasteries key to Tibet's cultural identity Some Tibetan monks in the past ...

On January 7, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Tingri in China’s Tibet region ... These two earthquakes came in 1934 and 1950. The map below shows some larger earthquakes in the region from ...

A new study has predicted an increase in landslide hazards in High Mountain Asia. The study authors linked higher emissions of greenhouse gases to the potential for higher risks from landslides.

Short, heavy rainfall is typical of the Mediterranean, but nothing is typical about what has been happening there recently.

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They don’t deserve another chance.” On January 7, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Tingri County in Tibet’s Shigatse prefecture, causing significant devastation in the region. The earthquake resulted ...