‘Mr Snake’: Meet the teacher who is France’s most tattooed man

No part of the 35-year-old’s body has been left untouched by a tattooist’s needle Palaiseau, France : By night he…

‘When is the next flood?’: Bangkok’s canal communities fear they are living on borrowed time

BANGKOK: Bang Prathun is like a miniature water world. A spiderweb of canals splays out through a rare green landscape…

ANALYSIS – Re-writing and whitewashing recent history in Bosnia

Two commissions established by Bosnian Serb government are culmination of a fifteen-year effort to undermine, deny, and misrepresent facts established…

In Pakistan’s eyes Turkey leads Islamic world

Turkey is channeling its imperial past to assert its status as the ideological and cultural leader of the Muslim world…

Homegrown Hong Kong: the wholesome story of Vitasoy

Started in 1940 as a way to fight malnutrition among Hong Kong’s growing immigrant population, Vitasoy has gone from strength…

Like the Uyghurs, Tibetans locked up in re-education camps (I)

In Tibet, pastoralists and “surplus” farmers are trained and indoctrinated in facilities similar to Xinjiang internment camps. Chinese authorities use…

Chinese billionaire Zhong Shanshan, a former labourer who struck liquid gold

Until last week, the world had known tech titan Jack Ma as China’s wealthiest person. That changed last Wednesday (Sept…

Singapore in world first for facial verification

Singapore will be the first country in the world to use facial verification in its national identity scheme. The biometric…

Malaysia’s Mr. Yesterday the wrong man for tomorrow

Anwar Ibrahim should make way for a new generation of leaders Still miffed at missing his shot at Malaysia’s premiership…

Tussle over Sabah CM’s post piles pressure on Perikatan after Anwar’s federal takeover claim

COMMENTARY, Sept 28 — The aligned Perikatan Nasional (read: Bersatu) and Barisan Nasional (read: Umno) are deadlocked over which should…

Sabah Election: The Legend of Muhyiddin Continues

Few days before polling day for Sabah election, Anwar Ibrahim launched the “Meridian Move”. Muhyiddin Yassin was challenged, as if…

GRS victory in Sabah state election: What this means for PM Muhyiddin and politics at the federal level

KOTA KINABALU: The Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition led by the Malaysian Prime Minister successfully toppled the Warisan Plus state…

Sabah head of state asks for more time to decide on chief minister post

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah head of state has asked for more time to decide on the candidate that will be…

The loss of a unifying place for the nation

Meaningful place sheds light on the importance of an array of places in people’s lives. For example, some people regard…

How Chinese fried noodles by a Muslim hawker became a hit in India’s biggest slum

Dharavi may be one of the world’s most infamous slums but it is also a surprising melting pot of cultures,…

Burying his anguish: Indonesian gravedigger lays to rest dozens of Covid-19 victims each day

JAKARTA : Indonesian gravedigger Adang Saputra’s heart breaks every time he hears the all-too-familiar prayers for the dead and the…

France’s Macron says Belarus leader Lukashenko ‘has to go’

EU refuses to recognise Lukashenko as legitimate president of ex-Soviet republic as Minsk slams foreign intervention. French President Emmanuel Macron…

Egyptian activists claim 3 killed in anti-govt protests

Protesters killed during peaceful protests in Al-Jiza, says self-exiled dissident ISTANBUL : Three people were killed by police during anti-regime…

Beatles memorabilia goes under hammer at online auction

LONDON : Fancy owning a piece of pop history? Sotheby’s is hosting an online auction this month of Beatles memorabilia…

‘Populist’ macroeconomic policy

‘Ethno-populism’ has emerged and spread in recent decades in response to the mixed consequences of neoliberal globalization. It appropriates nationalist…