Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown Is Visiting Beijing This Week to sign a Strategic Partnership Agreement With The World’s Second-Longest Economy in the Latest Sign of China’s Expanding Influence In the Pacific Islands Region. But the proposed pact has shaken decades -old tars Between the cook islands and newContinue Reading
Authorities say five more people have been rescued, bringing the total to 33 survivors while seven remain missing. Four bodies have been recovered as rescue teams continue to search for survivors after a tourist boat capsized in the Red Sea off Egypt’s eastern coast. Red Sea governor Amr Hanafi saidContinue Reading
65-year-old man allegedly told police he defaced Shinto shrine as a ‘prank’. Japanese police have arrested a 65-year-old American tourist for allegedly defacing a Tokyo shrine. The man, identified as Steve Hayes, is accused of using his fingernails to scratch five letters into a torii gate at the Meiji JinguContinue Reading
Switzerland and Italy redrew their shared border in the Alps last week, forced by melting glaciers that, along with vast snowfields, define large sections of the territorial boundary between the Central European neighbors. In May 2023, an agreement to change the border was drawn up between Switzerland and Italy. ThatContinue Reading
Kolkata, India – Last year, Aditya Manaksia started exporting food products to Bangladesh in an attempt to expand his business. Now, the 43-year-old Kolkata-based exporter of agro products is nervously watching the continuing political turmoil in the neighboring country that broke out in July as a protest against job quotasContinue Reading
EXPLAINER A growing number of airports are imposing restrictions on these electric suitcases over safety concerns. Rideable motorized suitcases, which emerged almost 10 years ago as something futuristically novel as well as functional, have increasingly become popular among travelers. But the rideable suitcase craze is getting pushback in some JapaneseContinue Reading
Tokyo, Japan – How much are visitors to Japan willing to pay for a bowl of noodles or a helping of sushi? With restaurant prices soaring in popular tourist areas, the question is no longer rhetorical. In Niseko, a ski resort in Hokkaido famous for its powdery snow, a bowlContinue Reading
Venice has wrapped up its pilot programme of charging a 5-euro ($5.46) entrance fee for day trippers arriving on particularly congested days, after opponents called the experiment a failure. Authorities in the famous Italian destination, including a UNESCO World Heritage Site, introduced an entrance levy in April, hoping it wouldContinue Reading
