Author: France 24

Scotland’s European badminton champion Kirsty Gilmour, who came out as gay in 2021, said she hopes to see greater acceptance of LGBTQ people in Asia.Read More

The key resource for accurate, insightful and reliable coverage of Asia’s insurance and reinsurance market.Read More

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The Kuril Islands dispute has recently been thrust back into the international spotlight. Moscow regards the islands as Russian territory based on the settlement emerging from World War II, while Tokyo continues to assert sovereignty over four islands.Read More

A Chinese container vessel has set sail for Europe through the Arctic, part of new weekly service on a route that cuts shipment times in half but which environmental groups warn could speed up the melting of polar ice.But the route is only accessible during the time of the year when the ice is melted enough to allow transits without icebreakers.Read More

A Chinese container vessel has set sail for Europe through the Arctic, part of new weekly service on a route that cuts shipment times in half but which environmental groups warn could speed up the mel…Read More

By Simon Jessop, Rebecca Delaney and Valentina ZaFor more than a century, cafes in the Italian city of Padua have welcomed customers for an early evening drink, or aperitivo, encouraging them to sit outside and socialise before dinner.As Europe bakes under its fifth heatwave of the year, the tradit…Read More

By Simon Jessop, Rebecca Delaney and Valentina Za LONDON/MILAN, Aug 16 (Reuters) – For more than a century, cafes in the Italian city of Padua have welcomed customers for an early evening drink, or aperitivo, encouraging them to sit outside and sociali…Read More

Analysis-Europe’s heatwaves expose insurance gap as business losses mountRead More

The star plays the first of 10 dates in London, after which she will “step back” from public life.Read More