Stamp duty will increase for those buying a second home from tomorrow. Stamp Duty is a tax applied to home purchases above a certain threshold. There are separate systems in place for England ...

"Ancient Chinese seals are our cultural treasures. Chinese researchers were not able to see and use these original materials ...

A jade stamp and seal, with two characters xiang liao (a person's name), from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). [Photo provided to China Daily] Specifically, the seal refers to the original seal ...

A turquoise seal and its stamp from the pre-Qin period (before 221 BC), with two characters zhong xin ("loyalty" and "trustworthiness"). [Photo provided to China Daily] Cultural icon used to mark ...

Enter the price, location and purpose of the property you're buying and our stamp duty calculator will tell you how much tax you'll have to pay on it. This calculator has been updated to reflect the ...

In the Autumn Budget, stamp duty for buy-to-let properties and second homes increased by two percentage points. The table shows the current buy-to-let stamp duty rates in England and Northern Ireland.

Italian researchers suggest that symbols from the oldest writing system in the world may have come directly from cylinder ...

Researchers discover that ancient cylinder seals may hold the key to decoding undeciphered proto-cuneiform signs.

The newest stamps have arrived for the holiday season. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has unveiled its 2024 Christmas, ...

As promised when pre-orders started this past August, BYD has officially launched its sporty new Seal 06 GT in China and has delivered pricing even lower than initially promised. All hail the ...

Could SEAL Team 6 special operators help Taiwan fend off a Chinese invasion? That is what the elite special operations unit has been preparing for over a year, according to recent reporting from ...