More women than men have been commissioned to write new pieces for The Proms for the first time, it has been announced. The festival has exceeded its own target of commissioning an equal number of male and female composers.... It will also leave a legacy of wonderful music by women which there has not been in the past.“ We started doing that in 2018 and now more women are composing pieces and we have reached our target.... Programming is done by artistic merit, and we are rigorous about the de

BEIJING: Starbucks, which has seen sales slow in China due to COVID-19's fallout, is attempting to widen its reach in its second-biggest market globally by distributing its coffees through the country's dominant food delivery firm, Meituan. The U.S. coffee chain said on Tuesday it has entered into a partnership with Meituan that will allow its Chinese customers to order coffee delivery and make reservations at its stores via the super-app's platforms. The move comes as competition in the Chinese