PETALING JAYA, Sept — Legendary Indian music maestro AR Rahman now has a street named after him in Markham city, Canada. “Honoured and grateful for this recognition from the City of Markham and the people of Canada,” he shared on Instagram three days ago. Rahman explained that his name means merciful. “The merciful is the […]
PETALING JAYA — It was an unusual discovery for a turtle conservation team at Terengganu’s Tanjong Jara resort when they found a two-headed green sea turtle hatchling at one of its project sites. The exciting news of the unique reptile was shared on the organisation, Lang Tengah Turtle Watch’s Instagram page yesterday. Captioned, “Miracle found […]
PETALING JAYA — The Accidental Malay, the debut novel of Karina Robles Bahrin, explores race, religion, and womanhood in a satirical tale. Aspiring to be the CEO of a company isn’t easy on any person. Especially when one is a woman who finds out she is actually of Malay parentage after growing up thinking she […]
PARIS — The idea of the “climate ticket” may be relatively recent, but the concept has already been adopted in several European countries beefing up transport. After Austria and Germany, Spain is about to introduce its version of the scheme. Here’s how it works. Free travel in Spain, an unlimited pass in Austria, low fares […]
NEW YORK, Sept. 2 — It is already known that painting the roof of a house white can considerably reduce the effects of heat in the home and therefore help save energy and now someone wants car roofs to be painted white. The same practice could be applied in the automotive sector. If all cars […]
Kuala Lampur, Sept. 1 — The last time Argentina played Spain in an international football match in 2018, though a friendly, did not end well for the South Americans, losing 6-1 in Madrid. The Argentinian legend Lionel Messi was not in the line-up, but if the captain was would his loyalty be divided? For Messi […]
GEORGE TOWN, Aug. 30 — The 138-year-old gravesite of Foo Teng Nyong, the third wife of Kapitan Cina Chung Keng Qwee, has been exhumed and demolished despite appeals by her descendant for the tomb to be preserved. Foo and Chung’s great grandson, Jeffery Seow, said no one informed him about the exhumation and that he […]
PARIS, Aug — Focus on Finland: Between the country’s young prime minister who isn’t afraid to hit the dance floor and numerous innovations, Finland may not make a lot of international headlines every day but it has originated a lot of unique breakfast practices. For this special report, we answer the question: what do Finns […]
PARIS, Aug — France’s record heat and drought have not spared the majestic pastures under the snow-capped Alps, where cows are struggling to find enough grass to produce milk for reblochon and other prized cheeses. “Everything’s yellow and parched, so we’ll have to bring them down from the pastures a month early,” said Theo Bargetzy, […]
