A multi-decadelong government initiative to renovate the city’s old buildings and install indoor plumbing in all housing has ...

"Before dawn, we had to go out, carrying the pot and queuing at the public toilet," recalled Zhang Cuiying, who has lived there for 38 years. "Our hands went numb in winter, the smell was awful in ...

Preservation Raleigh is leading visitors to antique commodes as a fund-raiser for saving the city’s landmarks — not all beautiful buildings ...

When one has been invited to stay overnight in a home without indoor plumbing, but is provided with a chamber pot under the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I know you’re going to think this is a made-up letter, but I assure you it’s not. (But then, I’d say that even if it were, wouldn’t I?) When one has been invited to stay overnight ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I know you’re going to think this is a made-up letter, but I assure you it’s not. (But then, I’d say that even if it were, wouldn’t I?) When one has been invited to stay overnight ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I know you’re going to think this is a made-up letter, but I assure you it’s not. (But then, I’d say that even if it were, wouldn’t I?) When one has been invited to stay overnight ...

In 1775, the Scottish inventor Alexander Cumming was granted the first patent for the design of a flushing toilet. Although the Romans were known for their innovation in sanitation, which included ...

One group moved a lot and spent the most time in the garbage chamber, so Okuyama speculated that they might be transport specialists. Another cluster mostly occupied the toilet chamber, so the ...

A man attending a Gujarat High Court hearing via video conference was caught on camera seated on a toilet, triggering outrage. The incident occurred before Justice Nirzar S Desai's bench on June 20.