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Mauritius raises the roof  The hydrothermal bath journey at Lux Grand Baie © Tom Fallon The stone hammam © Tom Fallon Mauritius hasn’t been on our radar in some time; but Lux* Resorts, one of its only homegrown hospitality brands, opened an impressive new flagship property late in 2021; and the wellness offering intrigues because […]

Illustration: Xia Qing/Global Times When Joe Biden was elected in November 2020, many around the world were hoping for a change of course in the US’ reckless new Cold War. US-China relations have always been complex and difficult; yet from the early 1970s onward, the trajectory had been toward deepening economic cooperation and a nuanced […]

January 16, 2023 JAKARTA – A nation needs a commitment to do whatever it takes to maintain the status quo while keeping a strong form of government that is deeply intrinsic and interwoven to the society that legitimizes its political system. That should be the case for China and its cross-strait neighbor Taiwan. On one […]

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The EU’s green ambitions are, for its trading partners, turning into a case of the road to hell being paved with good intentions. Developing nations, especially, worry that Brussels is throwing up trade barriers in its pursuit of climate neutrality and sustainable food production. […]

Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  It’s an arms race bigger than anything Asia has ever seen – three major nuclear powers and one fast-developing one, the world’s three biggest economies and decades-old alliances all vying for an edge in some of the world’s most contested land and sea areas. In one corner are the United […]

The Group is operating 45 eco-friendly World Expo 2030 logo-wrapped vehicles in Davos, Switzerland as delegate transportation The electrified fleet includes Hyundai Santa Fe PHEV as well as Genesis GV60, Electrified GV70 and Electrified G80 and is supported by Hyundai IONIQ 5’s V2L feature The Group also is displaying the Genesis X concept at the […]

BANGKOK, 16 January 2023: The Tourism Authority of Thailand has set lofty targets for 2023, starting with a promise to generate 25 million international tourists with earnings estimated at THB1.5 trillion. It made the claims at a press conference late last week focused on “Visit Thailand Year 2023” Towards Meaningful Travel Directions, a theme crammed […]

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Workers offload a truck full of wood bought under suspicious circumstances in Burkina Faso. Patrick Tombola/laif/Keystone The environmental crisis has raised the profile of green corruption (corruption or financial crime that causes harm to the environment and biodiversity) on the global agenda. Although corruption has long undermined conservation efforts, the Basel Institute of […]

Despite US President Joe Biden’s affinity for the “rule-based international order” established after World War II, his foreign policy is hastening its demise. In fact, there’s an ever-widening gulf between his administration’s homilies on internationalism and its approach to defending it. Consider the evidence. Last October, the Biden administration announced a raft of export controls designed to curtail […]

A New York-based tech firm has created a much-needed lab-grown alternative to palm oil, that has for years been behind the deforestation of some of the world’s most diverse forests and the destruction of the habitat of multiple endangered species. US Tech firm C16 Biosciences has come up with “Palmless”, an alternative to palm oil […]