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Vinexpo Asia maintained strong visitor numbers this year despite the event being suspended in Hong Kong for the first time in six years, but what do the three-day trade fair’s attendance figures say about how international event attendance is changing in a post-COVID world? Vinexpo Asia 2024 took place from 28 to 30 May and attracted 1,032 producers from 35 countries. A third of exhibitors were from France, reflecting the importance of French wine in the Asian market. The Australian wine industry also drew attention with 85 wineries exhibiting to celebrate China’s lifting of retaliatory tariffs. Other major exhibitors at…

Imran Khan’s party is hopeful that Pakistan’s Supreme Court will restore its 78 seats. ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is hopeful of recapturing at least 78 reserved parliamentary seats allotted to rival parties after the February 8 general elections, Khan’s spokesman said on Tuesday. A few weeks before the national elections, Khan’s PTI was stripped of its election symbol, the cricket bat, for technical reasons and all its candidates had to contest as independents. After the elections, in which Khan-backed independents won the most seats overall, they joined the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) to demand quotas…

About 20 passengers fell ill on a United Airlines flight from Vancouver, Canada to Houston, Texas on Friday.About 25 of the 75 passengers on board reported nausea, according to Houston Fire Department Capt. Cedric Robinette, who said the Houston Fire Department examined three passengers when the plane landed at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, but none were taken to the hospital.”Several passengers who became ill from the same cruise were aboard United Airlines Flight 1528 from Vancouver to Houston on Friday night,” United Airlines said in an emailed statement to USA Today. The airline did not respond to questions about which…

BEIJING (AP) — China stepped up security Tuesday to mark 35 years since a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests, with checkpoints and lines of police vehicles set up on main roads leading to Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Hong Kong police cleared at least two people from the streets to prevent public mourning from spreading beyond mainland China.China has long erased memories of the crackdown, when it ordered the military to end months of protests and preserve Communist rule. An estimated 180,000 soldiers and paramilitary police swarmed in with tanks and armored vehicles and opened fire to stop crowds heading for student-led…

Tuesday’s headlines and transfer rumours…Daily Mail Napoli have selected two Arsenal players, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Emile Smith Rowe, who they would be happy to include in any trade if striker Victor Osimhen moves to Arsenal for a transfer fee estimated at £110 million.UEFA will allow sister clubs Manchester United and Nice (Europa League) and Manchester City and Girona (Champions League) to compete in the same European competitions next season, despite restrictions on multi-club ownership. For a more accessible video player, use Chrome browser Sky Italia reporter Gianluca Di Marzio gives an update on the potential Premier League move and what…

BLACKSBURG — His name is Judson Lincoln IV.An investment banker? A lawyer?In fact, he’s a standout athlete on Virginia Tech’s track and field team and a likely contender for a medal at this week’s NCAA outdoor championships.”Some of my friends joke that with a name like that, you must be a good athlete,” he said in an interview last week. “I’m really proud to have the name. … It’s unique. It’s not a name you hear often, so I think when you hear it, you’ll remember it.”His name was heard quite a bit at last month’s ACC Outdoor Championships, where…

ProcessMaker and Lucidchart integrationProcessMaker’s new integration with Lucidchart combines the power of visual diagramming and business process automation.DURHAM, N.C., June 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ProcessMaker, a leader in business process intelligence and automation, has partnered with Lucid Software, makers of the intelligent diagramming application Lucidchart, to combine the power of visual diagramming and business process automation to help companies accelerate process automation. The two companies have built a smooth integration between the platforms, allowing users to import business process diagrams directly from Lucidchart into ProcessMaker. Teams can now use Lucidchart’s collaborative process diagramming tools and text generation processes to…

BASCO, Philippines — A Philippine fishing vessel was traversing Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea when two Chinese Coast Guard ships fired water cannons at both sides of the boat.The incident, which took place April 30 during the Balikatan exercise with American and Philippine armed forces, is just one example of what has become a commonplace occurrence — Chinese aggression in areas the Philippines considers its territory. Although, notably, the two Asian nations are among several others asserting sovereignty over local geographic features.Still, China’s military activities in the area are bringing the U.S. ever closer to the Philippines, America’s…

Last month, a People’s Liberation Army military drill aimed at punishing Taiwan after President Lai Ching-te took office brought a fictitious Chinese invasion back into the spotlight.Analysts say China is likely to keep up pressure on Beijing-skeptical regimes, but the growing risk of failure to destabilize the regime could deter President Xi Jinping from pulling the trigger.”The separatists have recently made fanatical rhetoric which shows their betrayal of the Chinese people and their ancestors. They will be nailed to history’s pillar of shame,” Defense Minister Dong Jun said Sunday in an impassioned speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Asia’s…

Pakistan women impress coach Riccardo Fraccari with success at Women’s Softball Championship in Karachi News Desk | June 4, 2024 Karachi: World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari sees a very bright future for softball in Pakistan. According to a press release, the success of the first Inter-Provincial Women’s Softball Championship in Karachi shows that softball in Pakistan is moving in the right direction and is growing in popularity. In a video message to Pakistan Softball Federation President Asif Azeem, the WBSC President said the championship is an important step in popularizing softball across Pakistan, especially among women. “It…