Heritage

Letter From New Delhi

Manuscript mysteries: Going back in time to decode India’s rich heritage

India is embarking on one of its most ambitious efforts to conserve, digitise and catalogue ancient manuscripts.

Moana Pasifika to bow out of Super Rugby Pacific against Brumbies

Penang gazettes 50 heritage items in major cultural preservation move

Among the sites gazetted was Fort Cornwallis.

$128m Louvre jewellery heist to be turned into film

After seven months of investigation, and despite the arrests of the main suspects, the jewels stolen from the Louvre have still not been found.

Letter from Hong Kong

A Hong Kong island gears up for its most exciting time of the year. And it’s all about buns

Contestants for Cheung Chau island’s famous “bun-scrambling” competition get to climb the bamboo tower during a training session.

Oleksandr Usyk title clash at Pyramids proves there are no limits, says kickboxer Rico Verhoeven

Boxing - Oleksandr Usyk v Rico Verhoeven launch event - Khufu's Restaurant, Giza, Egypt - May 20, 2026 Rico Verhoeven poses for a photo during the launch event REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Bayeux Tapestry to be shown flat for first time in London exhibit

Workers move a fake Bayeux Tapestry box into a special conservation tent in Bayeux, northern France.

Trump-backed faith event features conservative Christians as critics decry blurring of church-state lines

Attendees participate in Rededicate 250: National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 17, 2026. REUTERS/Eric Lee

Outcry in Italy over plans to expand Rome's famed Borghese Gallery

FILE PHOTO: A visitor looks at a statue inside Galleria Borghese, in Rome, Italy, May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo

Australian miner Fortescue to pay $108 million for damage to Indigenous group's land

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