While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one paper published in October claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang ...

China is holding live-fire drills off Fujian province near Taiwan, following a large air-and-sea drill in response to Taiwan's rejection of Beijing's sovereignty claims. The Maritime Safety ...

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