Small island off Hong Kong offers haven from stress of living
Hong Kong, ChinaReuters Something clicked instantly for Zero Chan when she first set foot on the island of Peng Chau, a short ferry ride from Hong Kong’s central business district, at a time when she was feeling burnt out and recovering from illness. “When I take the ferry back, it’s like a cleansing ritual,” the […]
Postcards: Model soldiers and secret bunkers on Taiwan’s front line with China
BEN BLANCHARD and ANN WANG, of Reuters, report from an island on what was historically the front line between Taiwan and China in a time of rising tensions…
Greenland expedition discover “world’s northernmost island”
Copenhagen, DenmarkReuters Scientists last month set foot on a tiny island off the coast of Greenland which they say is the world’s northernmost point of land and was revealed by shifting pack ice. The discovery comes as a battle is looming among Arctic nations the United States, Russia, Canada, Denmark and Norway for control of […]
Opportunity for change?: As pandemic kicks mass tourism, islands seek to mend ties with nature
NELLIE PEYTON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at how authorities on some island communities are seeing the coronavirus pandemic as a chance to reset…
STRANGESIGHTS: APRIL FOOL’S DAY ROUND-UP; OF ISLANDS AND MAPS; AND, MARRIED IN A…SUPERMARKET?
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…