In the coastal town of Nanaimo, Canada, police are issuing tickets at an astonishing rate. The tickets are not recognizing the wrongdoing of rule breakers, however. Instead, “Positivity Tickets” are ...

These symbols, be they physical things schoolchildren visit on field trips or rituals like the decorating of the graves of the war dead, helped us see past our divisions and were never owned by one ...

Walk into a perfume store, and you’re overwhelmed with the scent and shine. Glowing bottles, long, dramatic names, and a vast array of scents that just want to become your next go-to. Perfume’s been a ...

We usually associate rituals with religious and royal occasions. In the last two decades, rituals and symbols have become increasingly linked to politics, with elections, conferences, informal ...

Vatican City | Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history’s first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural Mass in Saint Peter’s Square before tens of thousands of people, ...

VATICAN CITY – It's a ritual as rich in tradition and symbolism as the Catholic Church can muster: secret oaths, hypnotic Gregorian chants, scarlet-decked cardinals filing through the Sistine Chapel — ...

VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV is officially opening his pontificate in a ceremony Sunday that blends ancient ritual, evocative symbols and a nod to modern-day celebrity, all in front of the presidents, ...

On Memorial Day the president will place a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and almost no one will notice. This is true not just because this president fashions himself an iconoclast, but ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...