In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei.

Even though the Empress Dowager Ling’s rule was problematic and short — resulting in her assassination — she laid the foundation for other, more successful female rulers across medieval East Asia.

This year’s Spring Garden Party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens will see the Emperor, Empress, and other imperial ...

Explore the beauty of Eastern calligraphy at Art Shopping 2025. Taiwanese artist Wu Pei-Chi presents his refined works, blending tradition a ...

Today’s government hopes its own such plan will succeed. By Joe Orovic Reporting from Split, Croatia In 301 A.D., the Emperor Diocletian made a bold but ultimately unsuccessful bid to address ...

Aidan O’Brien’s first domestic runner of 2025 suffered a shock reverse, with Mount Kilimanjaro having no answer to smart-looking debutant Titanium Emperor at Dundalk. Winner of a valuable conditions ...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu was called to Washington this week to answer questions about Boston’s so-called “sanctuary city” status. At a Congressional hearing, she and three other blue-city ...

After representing her county ay five Olympics, Australian diving sweetheart Melissa Wu is hanging up her togs. But in the process of tapering off, she's been working harder than ever to set up ...

Mayor Wu sat with faith leaders on Tuesday before she heads to Washington D. C. next week to testify before Congress on Boston's sanctuary city status. A news release said the meeting was about ...

The temple is China's only shrine where a subordinate is enshrined with his emperor. Marquis Wu, or Zhuge Liang (181-234), was a legendary premier and strategist of the Shu Kingdom (221-263) during ...

support for the exiled Emperor of Persia, and a dynamic religious landscape, Gaozong finds solace in the knowledge that the true power behind the throne, Empress Wu Zetian, will continue to shape ...