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The national costumes worn by contestants this year highlighted how deeply India’s cultural influence flows across borders.

The national costumes worn by contestants this year highlighted how deeply India’s cultural influence flows across borders.

Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs, Zulkifli Hasan, has rejected a proposal to make durian Malaysia’s ...

Malaysia’s bid to make durian its national fruit has once again stoked tensions over food with neighbors—but experts offer a different perspective.

Centralization, which is prone to authoritarianism, may serve as an emergency structure in moments of collapse, but it cannot drive innovation, productivity or global competitiveness.

The SEA Games 33 Organizing Committee in Thailand has issued a formal apology to Vietnam and Laos following a technical ...

Padma Lakshmi reignited a debate stating apple pie is not originally American. The apples, crust, and spices are all imports. This dessert became an American symbol through 20th-century culture. Its ...

It’s unavoidable. If you go to a game, the ballpark grub being served is going to be as much a part of the experience as the ...

Floods and landslides brought about by torrential rain in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province have killed at least 28 people, ...