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Edward Gray sweet factory in central England evokes a bygone age where brass cauldrons steam with molten sugar and workers wrestle with huge chunks of gooey treacle, but its handmade produce now enjoys a global demand.

The Lunar New Year holiday – known to many as “Chinese New Year” and in Vietnam as “Tet”– is widely celebrated throughout much of East and Southeast Asia, with cultural practices for the occasion that are often distinct to each nation or ethnicity

Informal workers have largely fed and clothed Cambodians for years but they continue to suffer with little benefits and social protection Just before the entrance to the towering Dangkor landfill, Phnom Penh’s largest dump site, lies a cluster of makeshift wooden huts with tin roofs glistening in the sun.

The Australian International School Phnom Penh (AISPP) has launched the Career-related Programme (CP), the fourth International Baccalaureate (IB) programme, in partnership with world-leading universities. AISPP recognises that every child is an individual and that no single programme or pathway will ever fit all students.

Thousands of mansions in a remote corner of India once housed some of the nation’s wealthiest bankers and traders but a century later most of them lie abandoned, their desolate remains a mute testament to lost riches.

Children's Kitchen provides free breakfast and lunch to poor and homeless children, some of whom work as scavengers, street vendors or beggars rather than attending school.

Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday becomes the first British monarch to reign for 70 years, heralding the start of her Platinum Jubilee year despite her retreat from public view. But the landmark date this weekend will see little fanfare, as the 95-year-old monarch traditionally spends the anniversary of the death of her father in private.

The Lunar New Year holiday – known to many as “Chinese New Year” and in Vietnam as “Tet”– is widely celebrated throughout much of East and Southeast Asia, with cultural practices for the occasion that are often distinct to each nation or ethnicity – though many of them do reflect a certain degree of Chinese cultural influence, according to that country’s particular history or demographics.

Cambodia hosted the 40th ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2022 last month, which was held with a focus on regenerating the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) tourism industry after the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A leggy blonde sashays with the grace of a Hollywood star then drops into the splits, mesmerising an enthusiastic Johannesburg audience not used to watching major shows by international drag queens. Brooke Lynn Hytes, AKA Brock Hayhoe, two-time finalist on “RuPaul’s Drag Race”, headlined the sold-out event on Saturday night.