Britain defeats China in the first Opium War, opening China to Western powers for trade, Christian missions, and legalizin ...

After the war, the Taliban cleared Afghanistan of poppy and other illicit drugs. But with poppy now banned, the farmers who ...

Today is Tuesday, Dec. 24, the 359th day of 2024. There are seven days left in the year. This is Christmas Eve. Today in history: On Dec. 24, 1914, during World War I, impromptu Christmas truces began ...

“The drugs began spreading before the war and attracted the youth, because they have not had self-esteem for a long time. First of all the ... to the use of opium poppy sap to relieve the ...

More than a decade after FANG became a popular way of grouping top-performing technology stocks, there’s a new acronym in town. Barbara Kollmeyer is based in Madrid, where she leads MarketWatch ...

and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hold a news conference in Vienna in 2015 amid frustrated efforts to find a political solution to Syria’s civil war. Brendan Smialowski/Reuters A woman ...

Sharing images from her first day on set, Taapsee wrote, "Dear God ... And when the time comes, I should die fighting heroically on the field of battle. Let the war begin! #Gandhari (sic)." Check out ...

Today marks another milestone in Taapsee's illustrious career as she begins shooting for Gandhari, a project that reunites her with acclaimed writer Kanika Dhillon after the massive success of the ...

"John's work will live long in our national memory." Marsden's 1993 novel Tomorrow, When the War Began, about a hypothetical war where Australia is invaded, made him one of Australia's most ...

The district became a booming hub of production and trade for opium, heroin and methamphetamines ... the Americans and their allies began prosecuting a more conventional drug war in places ...

DENVER (KDVR) — First responders in northern Colorado will begin using “whole blood” on patients who are experiencing significant blood loss before arriving at the hospital, UCHealth and the ...

“We’re trying to get the war stopped, that horrible, horrible war that’s going on in Ukraine ... The Oreshnik, capable of carrying six warheads and evading advanced defense systems, was first used in ...