Five tips for developing and managing your budget -- even in tough economic times
Dec 30, 2022 10:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Theres nothing quite like a new year to prompt us to take stock of our lives, our health, our goals and our finances. Many people will start 2023 by contemplating how best to budget, plan and save. This is always a good...
Digital nomad visas offer the best of two worlds
Dec 30, 2022 10:19 am UTC| Life
Imagine starting your work day with a fresh coconut juice perched by your laptop as you gaze over the ocean or a tropical rainforest. Its the sort of thing to fantasise about during long, tiresome commutes and days in a...
Hong Kong requests Japan to reverse COVID flight restrictions
Dec 29, 2022 23:34 pm UTC| Health Life Economy Business
Hong Kong authorities have asked Japan to remove restrictions on direct flights from the city following the mainlands explosion of coronavirus cases. Officials from Hong Kongs transportation department said it was...
United Airlines checking market demand before adding flights to China
Dec 28, 2022 22:45 pm UTC| Economy Business Life
United Airlines is evaluating the market demand and operating environment to determine when to resume additional flights to mainland China. China will stop requiring inbound travelers to go into quarantine beginning...
Japan retail sales boosted by tourism, up for 9th month
Dec 28, 2022 22:38 pm UTC| Economy Business Life
Japanese retail sales rose for a ninth straight month year-on-year in November as the lifting of Covid-19 border controls and the governments domestic travel subsidy helped consumer demand. But sales fell from October,...
Nagano firm, university collaborate on building soba taste rating machine
Dec 27, 2022 21:46 pm UTC| Science Economy Business Life
Yatsurugigiken Inc. and Shinshu Universitys Faculty of Agriculture, both in Nagano Prefecture, joined forces to create a machine that estimates the tastiness of soba or buckwheat noodles within seconds.. They expect...
Hyundai Motor Group EVs receive highest rating in collision tests
Dec 27, 2022 16:02 pm UTC| Business Economy Life
Hyundai Motor Groups electric vehicle (EV) models IONIQ 5, Kia EV6, and the Genesis GV60 and G80, were given the highest Top Safety Pick+ grade in the collision tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight