Bhutan cuts daily tourist fee by half to lure more visitors | Israel Is Stuck on the Lunatic Highway | Saudi Arabia weighs nuclear power offers from China and France in bid to sway US | Financial Times

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Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Bhutan cuts daily tourist fee by half to lure more visitors - The Straits Times    KATHMANDU - The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is to halve the US$200 (S$271) daily fee it charges tourists in an effort to boost a sector still struggling to recover a year after the end of Covid-19 restrictions. Bhutan raised its "Sustainable Development Fee" to US$200 per visitor per night, from US$65, when it ended two years of Covid-19 restrictions in September last year saying the money would go to off-set the carbon generated by visitors. The new rate of US$100 per night would come into effect from September and last for four years, the government said in a statement late on Friday. Continued here You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Israel Is Stuck on the Lunatic Highway - Time    A woman calls her husband to warn him, “They just said on the radio that some lunatic is driving against the traffic. The man replies, “Just one?! I'm on the highway right now, and I'm telling you baby, they're all lunatics!” I heard this joke recently at a protest in front of the Knesset, Israel's parliament. The speaker, a well-known comedian, continued: "So go on, Bibi, keep driving, ignore all those lunatics telling you it's the wrong way—the U.S. president is a lunatic, the Nobel prize winners are lunatics, Tech giants, bankers, doctors, scientist, army generals—we're all lunatics!" As Netanyahu continues his crazy drive towards the cliff-edge, the Israelis opposing the judicial overhaul are facing a tough decision—how far are we willing to go in order to stop him? When economic balance, national security, and physical well-being are at stake, civil resistance is no longer a theoretical concept—it is the new challenge every Israeli must face. Continued here Saudi Arabia weighs nuclear power offers from China and France in bid to sway US - FT    Saudi Arabia is considering bids to build a nuclear power station from countries including China, France and Russia as the kingdom seeks to sway the US over a sensitive security pact. The kingdom, which is the world's largest oil exporter, has long sought its own civil nuclear capability and has made US assistance with the programme a key demand in a potential deal to normalise relations with Israel. A breakthrough in relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia would be a major diplomatic victory for President Joe Biden's administration, which has described it as a priority. But Washington has baulked at Saudi Arabia's demand for there to be no restrictions on enriching its own uranium. Continued here

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