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Style 1 Feb 2025 | 07:00 AM

'Same basic blazer and white shirt every day': Remembering David Lynch's style

A conjurer of cinematic dreamscapes that bordered on nightmare, a creator of images that burned themselves onto the back of one’s eyelids, director (and actor, musician and artist) David Lynch cut an indelible figure himself.

Focus 2 Dec 2024 | 11:00 PM

As Fiat stalls, Turin struggles

THE Italian city of Turin, home to Europe’s oldest car factory, typifies the industrial decay that parts of the continent face as its automakers struggle with the cost of electrification, low demand and competition from China.

Insight 4 Dec 2024 | 11:00 PM

How the ECB can safely store its crisis toolkit

Next week’s European Central Bank (ECB) meeting is more important than it might first appear.

Aseanplus News 3 Aug 2024 | 04:56 AM

Hong Kong slams ‘misleading’ Forbes article calling city’s economy ‘risky’

Authorities reject ‘unfounded’ article which cites report by ’anti-China’ Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation

Focus 20 July 2024 | 11:00 PM

Culpability in birth certificate mess in the Philippines

Individuals, or more likely syndicates, are using the country’s late registration of birth system to enable unwanted foreigners, most of them Chinese, to obtain valid Philippine identification documents.

Arts 28 July 2024 | 07:15 AM

Pangrok Sulap's 10m woodcut takes storytelling to epic lengths at this KL exhibition

The 'Not Just In Black And White' exhibition, featuring the collection of Malaysian art collector Steve Wong, provides an insightful glimpse into both local and regional art scenes

Nation 23 Dec 2023 | 11:00 PM

‘We’ll wipe out graft, no one is above the law’

PUTRAJAYA: The fight against corruption remains a priority in the administration of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who reiterated that no one, including notable figures, can escape the law when it comes to graft.

Smartphones 30 Oct 2023 | 06:30 AM

Opinion: Schools need to ban cellphones

Ask any parent about the time their kids spend on mobile devices, and you’ll likely hear the same refrain: It’s too much.

Insight 15 Aug 2023 | 11:00 PM

CEOs must lean in despite noisy AI takeoff

CEOs are expected to keep up with the latest trends, from understanding China to navigating the political landscape. Now, they must also become experts in AI.

Singapore 15 June 2023 | 03:16 AM

17 weeks’ jail for woman who let father take rap for her in traffic accident

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The woman who let her father take the rap for an accident that she caused has been sentenced to 17 weeks’ jail, after her lie was exposed by his own in-car camera.

#Abidinideas 15 June 2023 | 11:00 PM

Pointers on historical sovereignty

Our politicians would do well to be more aware of history to keep us on a straight path.

Focus 15 July 2023 | 11:00 PM

‘We never use torture or nuclear weapons unless we need to...’

No terrain is more difficult to defend than the moral high ground. As a rule, however, America has done a decent job of it.

Arts 20 Mar 2023 | 02:48 AM

Malaysian artists with autism set for exhibition adventure in Italy

A group of neurodiverse artists will exhibit paintings in Turin, Italy later this month, after shining at the Anak Syurga preview show in Kuala Lumpur

Energy 3 Apr 2023 | 11:00 PM

Powering Indonesia’s transition away from fossil fuels

IN February, alongside several Indonesian government counterparts and our international partners, I had the honour of participating in the launch of Indonesia’s Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) secretariat.

World 2 Mar 2023 | 09:42 PM

UK's ethnic minorities more likely to die from COVID-19: The Guardian

LONDON, March 2 (Xinhua) -- In a recent opinion piece carried by The Guardian, Safiah Ngah lamented the fact that people from ethnic minorities were more likely to die from COVID-19 but Britain has been slow in dealing with structural racism.

Aseanplus News 29 Oct 2022 | 12:36 PM

Singapore to tighten laws to deal with new psychoactive drugs

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Laws to tackle the menace of new psychoactive substances (NPS) will be tightened in the coming months, reflecting Singapore’s uncompromising stance against drug trafficking.

Internet 8 Nov 2022 | 06:00 AM

‘I was a slave’: Up to 100,000 held captive by cybercriminals in Cambodia

The hustle started like it often does, with a post on Facebook promising job seekers generously paid customer service positions in Cambodia, no experience necessary.

Aseanplus News 31 July 2022 | 06:26 AM

UN human rights watchdog urges Hong Kong to take ‘concrete steps’ to repeal national security law; govt slams ‘unfair’ criticism

A UN watchdog has urged Hong Kong to “take concrete steps” to repeal the Beijing-decreed national security law as it is threatening civil rights protected by an international covenant, a criticism the government described as “unfair and unfounded”.

China 7 Aug 2022 | 08:10 AM

With Taiwan drills, Xi tries to salvage Pelosi crisis

BEIJING, Aug 7 (Reuters): Chinese President Xi Jinping may not have been able to stop Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, but he ordered his country's military to rehearse a much more aggressive step: a blockade crucial to taking the island by force, security experts say.

World 2 Mar 2022 | 03:25 PM

Prosecutors to seek immunity for Ghislaine Maxwell juror who did not disclose abuse

NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors are offering immunity to a juror in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial, whose failure to reveal he had been sexually abused as a child has thrown the British socialite's conviction into doubt.

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