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

In the dusty city states of ancient Mesopotamia, long before the advent of written language, mysterious symbols etched into ...

On ancient cylinders, 6000 years old, researchers believed that they found a link between these ancient seals used in very ...

Cylinder seals and proto-cuneiform acted as the accounting system for ancient Mesopotamia in one of the earliest invented ...

Taro Kono announced on Oct. 2 that the “hanko” stamp seal requirement will be removed from much of the country’s administrative procedures, following the results of a recent survey by his ...

LendInvest has completed a £285m securitisation of prime buy-to-let and residential mortgages. The platform lender says its ...

The joint venture, based in Stockholm, Sweden, was established in early 2024 with Poland-headquartered technology provider ...

A Real ID will be required for all travelers over the age of 18 who plan to fly around the country in 2025 and beyond.

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 ...

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.