Gallery Benefit 2023: Empowering art transformation with robust support for inclusive engagement

The extensive contributions reflect the region’s appreciation for the mission of the National Gallery Singapore Gallery Benefit 2023, the biennial fundraising initiative of the National Gallery Singapore aimed at advancing the museum’s mission to cultivate and stimulate a reflective, imaginative, and groundbreaking society through the medium of art, is scheduled …

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Asian markets mixed as traders eye US inflation report

Pedestrians walk past an electronic quotation board displaying share prices of the Nikkei 225 Index (R, top) and other Asian markets in Tokyo on March 5, 2020. (Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)  HONG KONG, China — Asian markets were mixed Monday ahead of key US inflation data later in the week, …

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Lebanon’s ‘liquid gold’ turns bitter

BEIRUT: The olives massively planted in southern Lebanon are ripening in time following a sun-soaked summer, awaiting to be harvested in bulk. But local farmers have resignedly hesitated at the chance that Israeli military drones, which kept loitering near the Lebanese border areas, might mistake the rustles of crops being …

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