In October 2023, world leaders gathered in Beijing to mark the tenth anniversary of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the centerpiece of recent Chinese grand strategy. The BRI has received enormous attention for its eye-popping price tag and its huge and protean ambitions. Having already invested around $1 trillion, China intends to link more
PARIS — Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been throwing everything into winning the race to host the glitzy 2030 World Exhibition event as a centerpiece of his sweeping reforms to overhaul the Kingdom’s reputation as a repressive oil exporter. For anyone strolling around Paris, it’s impossible not to run into giant billboards
due to the perception that it’s becoming more expensive to live well,” observed Chandler Mount, the Affluent Consumer Research Company. getty Against a backdrop where the global luxury market will grow between 8% and 10% across all categories, the personal luxury segment’s growth is more muted, projected to advance by only 4% in 2023 at
Be sure to cast your votes in the poll below; but first, let’s check out the box art designs themselves. North America Image: Nintendo The release in North America depicts what is arguably the closest representation of what the game actually looks like on-screen. You’ve got sprites of both Mario and Donkey Kong, along with
Losing the Fear At first, Sept. 11 seemed like the worst thing that could happen, but it turned out to be just the beginning. “There were lots of hard moments,” Ms. Woroniecka said. “Obviously 2008. Barneys going bankrupt — that was 25 percent of our wholesale revenue. Covid was a big one.” It wasn’t only
Sandbox Films unveils its freshly designed Broadway office space, which sets the scene for its cinematic work. Overseen by New York-based design company Civilian, the vintage décor and eclectic mix of custom-designed furniture, sets the creative tone. Situated in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, the cinematic journey begins in a 1920s neo-Gothic skyscraper, emulating a classic film
For decades afterward, Ms. Hennix toiled mostly in obscurity. “My contention has always been that the future of music and art, sound and light, needs aesthetics to coalesce with ethics,” she told Mr. Boon in 2020 in an interview for The Brooklyn Rail. “This has certainly been a hard sell during my 50 years as
The work attributed to Titian hangs between two other paintings of Saint Sebastian in the gallery of Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami. Armando Colls hide caption toggle caption Armando Colls The work attributed to Titian hangs between two other paintings of Saint Sebastian in the gallery of Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami. Armando
Brazil has signed onto an agreement to triple renewable energy globally by 2030 and shift away from using coal, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday, joining a prospective deal backed by the European Union, U.S. and United Arab Emirates. From a report: South America’s largest country is now one of roughly 100 countries that
The work of Vinu Daniel and his studio, Wallmakers, is also influenced by the Gandhian philosophy of using natural materials for construction, with an abiding respect for site-specific conditions and efficient waste management practices. At the Triennial, Wallmakers—the winner of Royal Academy Dorfman Award 2022—has created what it calls a 3-Minute Corridor. With 18 years