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The Mediterranean’s first offshore wind farm is rising from the shallows off Italy, its turbines a symbol of hope for a Europe suffering an energy crisis exacerbated by war. The park will stretch out from the port in Taranto, a city in the south blighted by a noxious steel plant and unemployment, but which now finds itself centre stage in the country’s race to scale up green power.

The Pritzker Prize, architecture’s most prestigious award, was awarded Tuesday to Burkina Faso-born architect Diebedo Francis Kere – the first African to win the honor in its more than 40-year history.

For years, Nepali child soldier turned ultra-runner Mira Rai trained alone every morning, but now she leads other young women up and down the hills, hoping the sport can help them break cycles of poverty and discrimination.

Haider Ali dabs a brush with an iridescent glob of paint and gets to work on a pair of sparkling white trainers – his latest canvas for a carnival of colour celebrating Pakistani culture.

Unbeknownst to most people who work outside of agriculture, some of people’s favourite seasonal produce often have a portion of their harvest leftover and unwanted – including bananas, pineapples, mangos, sapodilla, guava and cashew nuts.

In 2021, at the behest of the government, Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) president Sok Touch studied and investigated the challenges facing the Tonle Sap Lake, which covers an area of 640,000ha.During the field visit, he found numerous instances of encroachment on state land and illegal fishing around the area by individuals as well as powerful conglomerates.

The new investment law has been praised by investors and businesses alike because of its robust incentives, but experts say more has to be done Not too long ago, critics pointed out that Cambodia needed to be more discerning of its foreign direct investment (FDI), following the surge in real estate and construction investments that flooded the market.

With the travel industry increasingly placing emphasis on sustainable tourism, Mark Bibby Jackson – travel writer and founder of the Travel Begins at 40 website – outlines recent developments and its importance as ‘the ultimate feel good factor’.

Art auctions saw a record year in 2021 with $17.1 billion (15.6 billion euros) in sales as the market continued its rapid growth in Asia and recovered from its coronavirus slump, experts Artprice said Monday.

Two ships from the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) have docked at Preah Sihanouk Autonomous Port to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the JMSDF’s first Peacekeeping Operation (PKO), with a military drill and visit to Ream Naval Base planned for their crews’ three-day visit.