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Mourners gathered at a cemetery in whats now western China around 2,500 years ago to inhale fumes of burning cannabis plants that wafted from small wooden containers. High levels of the psychoactive compound THC in those ignited plants, also known as marijuan…

(CNN)Cannabis has been cultivated as a crop for millennia, but there's been little historical or archeological evidence showing when humans began to use the plant for what it's best known for today: getting high. However, an excavation of a 2,500-year-old t…

On 5 June, the media projectors zeroed in on President Trump and the European leaders of NATO, who, for the anniversary of D-Day, auto-celebrated in Portsmouth peace, freedom and democracy in Europe, vowing to defend them at any time, wherever they may be thr…

Apple put a whole lot of love into Maps at WWDC. Top line features include much more detailed maps, improved road coverage and more detailed land cover and addresses. To create this, Apple drove 4 million miles in Apple Cars and sent planes into the air to …

Trump just dramatically increased trade tensions between the US and China after publicly demanding that President Xi hold talks with him at the G20 otherwise hell immediately impose tariffs on $300 billion worth of imports, which is nothing less than economic…

Chinese investments in Europe have reached dizzying heights in the last two decades but, while it poses an appealing opportunity for economic growth to some countries, it is seen as a direct threat by some of the continents wealthier states. Investments in th…

Despite sharing growing strategic interests with Russia and China, Ankara remains economically much more closely integrated with the West, if not even dependent

The economic rise of China, which lifted half a billion people out of poverty in less than two generations, is nothing short of a miracle. It is now widely understood that the countrys economic take-off is due to the scaling back of state planning in the earl…

Maldives conferred Countrys highest honour on PM Modi Prime Minister Modi was conferred with Maldives’ highest honour- ‘Order of the Distinguished Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen‘ in Male, (Maldives capital) during his two-day state visit to the island country. Th…

India will contribute to the conservation of Maldives Friday Mosque, a unique place of worship made of coral stones, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced. Mr. Modi made the announcement while addressing the Muslim-majority countrys Parliament, The Peop…