Lately, the news headlines about the U.S. wine industry have been rather bleak, but a new report shows that total wine dollar sales were actually up in 2023, and have risen by 43% since 2018.
One year after the disappearance of Frank Schneider, a former member of Luxembourg's State Intelligence Service (SREL) involved in the crypto scam 'OneCoin', traces of his whereabouts have emerged in Dubai and Bali.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd announced that its newly launched compact SUV, the XUV 3XO, received an impressive 50,000 bookings within the first hour of availability. The company expressed pride in the overwhelming response, highlighting that 27,000 bookings were made within the initial 10 minutes alone, showcasing significant enthusiasm for the new SUV.
The Yemeni Islamist, pan-Arab nationalist, anti-imperialist and anti-Zionist movement effectively closed down the Red Sea to the merchant fleets of Israel and its allies in late 2023 in solidarity with Gazans, with their campaign of ship seizures, missile and drone attacks causing a two-thirds drop in tonnage passing through the strategic waterway.
French President Emmanuel Macron is considering imposing a state of emergency in New Caledonia, a French territory in the Pacific, in response to a surge in violence.
TVS Motor Company Ltd has launched operations in Italy through TVS Motor Italia, offering a range of conventional and electric scooters and motorcycles. The branch is led by Giovanni Notarbartolo di Furnari, bringing extensive automotive experience. The move aligns with TVS's global ambitions, with plans to introduce products like the TVS Apache 310 Series, Ronin 250, Raider, NTorq, Jupiter 125, iQube, and X. Additionally, e-bikes from Cilo, EGO Movement, Simpel, and EBCO will be offered, showcasing TVS's confidence in the Italian market.
I have a couple of takes on Nico Papalia's new RPG Athenian Rhapsody, which launched on Steam yesterday and still has a demo. The first is that it's a brighter, glitzier version of Toby Fox's Undertale that looks like it belongs on Gameboy Advance - a retro parody created in GameMaker whose turn-based combat houses many an inventive minigame, and whose writing doesn't so much break the fourth wall as moonwalk along the parapet, showering the player in poop, anime tropes and off-colour mental health advice. Читать дальше...
BlackRock is positioning its recently launched Indian government bond ETF as a “one-stop shop” for foreigners to deploy money in local sovereign debt amid several operational layers that overseas players would otherwise have to go through to trade here, Hui Sien Koay, lead index, fixed income strategist for APAC at BlackRock