Author: Isla

In winter, kanjiki snowshoeing is the way to experience the landscape on foot. One of my most distinct moments in Niigata was strapping on traditional Japanese snowshoes, sinking knee-deep in snow, shaking powder off bent trees, and eventually stomping out a small “snow house” where my guide from Yukinoya Furusawa-Tei set a table of kuromoji tea and sasadango, a roasted mochi filled with red bean. At Aoki Sake Brewery, tours include a visit to the snow cellar, where sake is aged using Niigata’s natural snowfall as refrigeration.The geisha district in Niigata Niigata Prefectural Tourism AssociationThe coast is a side of…

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Mumbai: Banijay Entertainment has acquired the global rights to Battleground, a digital-first fitness competition format created by Rusk Media, marking its strategic entry into the fast-growing fitness-entertainment segment. The move strengthens Banijay Entertainment’s portfolio of talent-driven, digital-first formats, as it continues to expand its global content slate with high-engagement properties tailored for younger audiences. Battleground combines elements of sport, reality television and audience interactivity in a format designed for global scalability. The series follows fitness creators competing across three stages of challenges, including a signature “Fight Club,” testing agility, endurance, strength, flexibility and speed. The format features four teams mentored…

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OTTAWA — In policing — particularly in national security and organized crime — we are trained to recognize a simple truth: the most serious threats rarely arrive with warning. They emerge gradually, through relationships, dependencies, and decisions that appear rational in isolation but carry strategic consequences in aggregate.What concerns me today is not a single incident or headline. It is a pattern.Consider the sequence.In September 2024, Mark Carney assumed a central role shaping Canada’s economic future as Chair of the government’s Task Force on Economic Growth. Weeks later, he met with a senior official from the People’s Bank of China.…

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(TibetanReview.net, Apr09’26) – Following visits earlier by multiple delegates from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a congratulations meeting from Chinese ambassador Zhang Maoming on Apr 7, Nepal has assured Beijing that its stance towards China, including the “one China” policy, will remain unchanged under the new administration led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah of RSP, reported the kathmandupost.com Apr 8. While the “one China” policy – which is taken to also include the stance of Tibet being part of China – is a common position among all major political parties in Nepal, governments led by the communist parties…

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Horlicks, the popular UK malted milk drink, is a staple, as is robust, creamy milk tea. Flaky egg tarts are among a broad selection of bakery items, including fluffy pineapple buns, sweet-savory pork floss buns, and simple crispy buns drizzled with sweetened condensed milk. An array of baked rice dishes round out the savory items. Take the pork chop rice, a Cantonese recipe with a fried rice base, finished with Western ingredients: a blanket of tomato sauce topped by melted cheese.Brewing milk tea for a crowd. Midcentury BeginningsLike language, cuisine develops over time. Hard edges fray and fuzz. Before you…

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Miguel Prieto Arranz, Specialty Chemicals Executive Director, CEFIC© CEFIC Miguel has built his career within CEFIC since joining in 2012, progressing through a number of roles of increasing responsibility. He has worked closely with members and Specialty Chemicals sector groups across a broad range of policy and regulatory files. His expertise lies in food, feed, and food contact materials, as well as plastics additives, coordinating CEFIC activities and sector groups in these areas. This experience has given him a strong understanding of the Specialty Chemicals landscape and the priorities of CEFIC’s membership.Miguel Prieto Arranz, Specialty Chemicals Executive Director, CEFIC, commented:…

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Activists and legal experts have condemned an Indian court’s verdict that handed down three life sentences to prominent Kashmiri separatist Aasiya Andrabi, saying the harsh sentencing of a 64-year-old woman “fits a broader pattern” of India’s policy with dissenting voices in the disputed region.Andrabi, the founder of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM), a banned all-women’s organisation, was sentenced on March 24 by a special National Investigative Agency (NIA) court in New Delhi. Two of her associates, Sofi Fehmeeda, a wheelchair-bound 36-year-old, and 61-year-old Nahida Nasreen, were also given 30 years in jail.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe three women were arrested…

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Anbio Biotechnology (NASDAQ:NNNN) reported full-year 2025 results on Tuesday, with sales rising to $8.65 million from $8.19 million in 2024. Net income surged to $6.4 million, up from $2.37 million, while earnings from continuing operations jumped to 15 cents per share from 6 cents.Gross margin expanded to 87.2% from 71.9%, driven by a higher-margin product mix and an outsourcing-led model, boosting profitability. Return on equity improved to roughly 21.1%.Pivot Away From COVID DiagnosticsAnbio, a medical technology and vitro diagnostics (IVD) company, has been actively diversifying away from COVID-19 diagnostics. In 2025, the company launched: Dry chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) – platform…

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