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IRGR stands for Investor Relations Global Rankings, and the 2010 IRGR for Asia Pacific and China have today been announced. Many companies have featured prominently, including the following exhaustive list – which is taken from the IRGR IR Global Rankings 2010 Asia-Pacific & China Press Release at Your Story: More than 500 companies from over [...]

Following the disappearance of millions of bees – as reported in Dr. Who – Rt Hon Hilary Benn, the Environment Secretary, has announced £4.3 million to save the honey bee population of Great Britain. According to The Register, the National Bee Unit (NBU) will get £2.3 million over two years and £400,000 will go into [...]

Slumdog Millionaire has already won a Golden Globe, been nominated for several BAFTAS and is expected to do well at the Oscars. They are accolades it well deserves as the film expertly negotiates a raw story of rags to riches. Slumdog manages to entertain and leave a smile on your face even after dealing with [...]

Mumbai has seen a number of attacks on its hotels, railway stations and public areas from a team of (allegedly) twenty-five gunmen. The newspapers keep dropping the word Al-Qaeda into their articles and saying it “bears all the hallmarks” of an Al-Qaeda style attack. I would like to stop them there. Can anyone pin down [...]

The Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, has urged leaders around the world not to forget about their commitments to address climate change in spite of the deepening global financial crisis saying: “As the global financial crisis spreads and worsens, and the world economy slows down apparently, the international community must not waver in its determination to [...]

In order to get to Mecca for the Hajj, you will almost certainly have to fly from a major airport to Jeddah airport in Saudi Arabia. It is possible to make the journey by sea, but flights are much quicker, cheaper and are serviced by some of the world’s major carriers. This year’s Hajj will [...]

The Belarussian people went to the polls today in parliamentary elections billed as a choice between East & West. President Lukashenko has ruled for 14 years and was labelled “the last dictator” by Condoleeza Rice. He has steered his country away from Russian orbit after the invasion of Georgia – failing to follow Moscow’s lead [...]

Anyone who studied Russian history at A-level may well have a twitchy reaction when you mention the name “Orlando Figes”. Dark nightmares of the longest book in the world may well surface. I was one among many who tackled A Peoples Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924. It’s not his fault – it’s a history book, [...]

Hot on the heels of his ludicrously easy Gold Medal in the 100m sprint final at this year’s Beijing Olympic Games (setting a World Record in the process), Usain Bolt has done it again, in his favoured 200m sprint event – smashing Michael Johnson’s 19.32 World Record with a time of 19.30. We missed the [...]

This is what I’m talking about – being daft around the world. Different people, different cultures, dramatic landscapes and funny animals, same silly people and same bad dancing. If anyone like Stride would like to finance our further adventures (see the Rob’s Travels & Linda’s Travels categories) feel welcome to contact us. In the meantime, [...]