LVMH, the world’s biggest luxury goods vendor, smashed its earnings records last quarter, it reported on Thursday, sending its share price soaring. The group, which is controlled by billionaire Bernard Arnault, reported global sales for the first quarter of the year of €21 billion (US$23 billion). The rise of 17% compared with the same period […]Continue Reading
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida leaves the scene unharmed after what appears to be a smoke bomb is thrown.Continue Reading
A century before Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress, Winnifred Eaton,the daughter of a Chinese mother and a white English father, was working behind the scenes in Hollywood. Winnifred Eaton, often credited in Hollywood as Winifred Reeve, was born in Montréal in 1875. She wrote and adapted […]Continue Reading
I’m writing this post in Georgia – not the US state known for peaches but the country known for wine and wine grapes. This Georgia is nestled in the Caucasus mountains with the Black Sea to its west, Russia to the north, Turkey and Armenia to the south and Azerbaijan to the east and southeast. […]Continue Reading
The global order has experienced notable shifts in the past century, and the conclusion of the Cold War ushered in a unipolar world. But the new millennium, and the emergence of multipolarity, has presented significant obstacles to collaboration. One response to these challenges has been the growing popularity of “minilateralism,” an international relations concept that involves small groups […]Continue Reading
SYDNEY: Following his arrest the day before, the second person ever accused of breaking Australia’s’s laws against foreign interference appeared in a local court on Saturday( Apr 15 ). Witnesses for Reuters claim that Alexander Csergo, 55, requested a postponement of the case until Monday when he appeared via videoContinue Reading
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated from a port in Wakayama after a blast was heard, but he was unharmed in the incident, local media reported Saturday (Apr 15). Several reports, including by Kyodo news agency, said an apparent “smoke bomb” had been thrown but there were no immediateContinue Reading
Hiroshi Moriyama, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s election strategy chairman, told NHK: “That something like this happened in the middle of an election campaign that constitutes the foundation of democracy is regrettable. It’s an unforgivable atrocity.” Security at local campaign events in Japan can be relatively relaxed, in a countryContinue Reading
A series of bomb and shooting attacks took place on Friday night, the final day of the holy month of Ramadan, in three southern border provinces, but no casualties were reported.Continue Reading
In Cambodia, the public school system looks to make up for Covid learning losses, and communities who have lived on the river for generations make the difficult choice to return to the land. Meanwhile, Thailand’s difficulties with cannabis laws demonstrate that countries should look elsewhere when drafting their own regulations
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