By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi and Simon Jessop
ZURICH/LONDON (Reuters) - As stock markets roar back from the coronavirus-led rout, advisers to the world's wealthy are urging them to hold more gold, questioning the strength of the rally and the long-term impact of global central banks' cash splurge.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic,...
I had not been to Shan State since a childhood visit long ago. Distant memories of the trip created a blur between what I had experienced and the beautiful scenes I saw during the trip. Even the notion of being there was hard to recall. Maybe because I was...
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In 2010, the three best players on the ATP Tour were Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. A decade later, they retain the top three rankings. Still, eventually new names will rise to the top.
Dominic Thiem, Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev combined for dozens...
Vanessa Friedman (The New York Times)
Forget the power shoulder. These days, it’s all about the power coat. At least when it comes to Jane Fonda — and, perhaps, to those who would follow her example.
We are speaking, of course, of the five-alarm, bright red coat the actress and activist...
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John Clarke
(The New York Times)
Hundreds of sailors were about to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Then one uninvited guest showed up: Smoke from nearby bushfires.
An eerie layer of haze that cut visibility in Sydney Harbor to 0.1 nautical miles forced the cancellation...
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“Parasite,” the scathing comedy-thriller from Bong Joon Ho, has steadily been making history.
Last year, it became the first South Korean movie to win the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Last month, it was nominated for six Oscars, including best picture, best international feature (formerly...
This season can generally be called the tourism season. However, people are traveling all the time these days as the country is full of seasonal festivals from concerts and arts festivals in the plains areas to traditional festivals in the mountain ranges to festivals related to historic pagodas. There...
Vanessa Friedman (The New York Times)
MILAN – In a move that could reshape the fashion world, Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli, the creative director and chief executive of the Prada Group, the thinking woman’s brand and one of the gravitational poles of the Italian industry, announced on February 23...
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Ben Rothenberg(The New York Times)
BRISBANE, Australia
With the start of the Australian Open less than two weeks away, the wildfires ravaging the country’s southeast have forced the relocation of a second-tier men’s tennis tournament and stirred concern that the first Grand Slam tournament of the year could also be...
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Lauren Sloss (The New York Times)
The first glimpse of Laguna Bacalar felt like a mirage, a flash of luminous turquoise through a haze of trees. Twenty-six miles long and just over a mile wide, the “Lake of Seven Colors” snakes through the jungle, carrying tales of Mayan origins...
