The Forbidden City: Inside China’s largest imperial palace complex, a hidden empire within a city for 500 years | World News

[ad_1] At the centre of Beijing sits a place that once functioned as a city within a city. From above, the Forbidden City appears orderly and measured, enclosed by walls and surrounded by water. On the ground, however, it reveals something more complicated: a carefully managed world designed to organise power, family life, ritual, and […]

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A woman leads Japan, yet she’s still forbidden from entering sumo’s sacred ring | World News

[ad_1] Sumo rikishi during the opening ceremony ahead of the Grand Sumo Tournament on the dohyo, the sacred sumo wrestling ring, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Japan has a woman in its most powerful political office for the first time. Sanae Takaichi now leads the government, attends […]

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