Tag: show

Tokyo Game Show back with a bang

TOKYO, Sept 22, 2023 (AFP) – The Tokyo Game Show is back in full swing after the pandemic, one of the sector’s biggest trade fairs with 200,000 visitors expected over four days. AFP looks at the main trends at this year’s event, which throws its doors open to the public this weekend in a huge convention centre in Chiba, outside Tokyo. – Mobiles to PCs – Mobile games account for 60 percent of sales in […]

Merkel’s record mixed as she takes wheel at last IAA show

by Sophie MAKRIS Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – No German leader’s diary would be complete without a visit to the venerable IAA motor show, which welcomes Angela Merkel on Tuesday for the last time in her chancellorship. But the biennial celebration of all things auto-related is mired in controversy this year as Germany struggles to adapt its flagship industry to the electric and digital revolution. Merkel, who is quitting politics after an election on […]

Daily News Updates live from Canada with Thomas Likness

Eagle News — With a voice that can be heard around the world, Thomas Likness has become the voice of Canada through Net25. As a regular contributing reporter on EBC International, Thomas always gives a full and in-depth reporting for Canucks all over Canada. And now, starting Monday, April 13, you can get your exclusive Canadian news every day on Net 25. Catch Daily News Updates live from Canada with Thomas Likness. Everyday 7am on […]

France’s Macron opens Paris Air Show

LA BORGUET, France (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron landed at Le Bourget in an A400M military plane on Monday (June 19) for the official opening of the 52nd Paris AirShow. He attended demonstration flights by fighter jets and helicopters with French Defence Minister, Sylvie Goulard, and Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. The June 19-25 gathering takes place against the backdrop of surprisingly strong airline traffic driven by economic growth, but a steep drop […]

An explosion of color at New York City’s Orchid Show

NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — Bright pinks, golden yellows, vivid purples – a burst of colorful flowers brightens New York City’s concrete jungle. The New York Botanical Garden previewed its 15th Annual Orchid Show Thursday (February 16). This year’s theme is “Thailand” and thousands of colorful orchids are on display. The exhibition allows visitors to walk through a lush, wondrous, orchid-draped Thai garden anchored with examples of traditional Thai architecture. “Throughout the exhibition there […]

Vintage aircraft perfom aerial show in Kenya

  NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters) — Aviators flying vintage planes the length of Africa were in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Sunday (November 27), a day after one aircraft had to make a forced landing that wrecked the plane although the crew escaped without injury. The Vintage Air Rally includes biplanes built in the 1920s and 1930s which have flown from Europe, past Egypt’s pyramids and through Sudan and Ethiopia, where they were briefly detained because […]