In 2017, when Carol Douglas got the news she would be going to art school aged 66, she couldn’t have been happier. “I felt I had been given the biggest gift on the planet,” she says. Throughout her adult life, Douglas had regretted giving up art at school when she was 16. “Art is for […]
Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has characterized the October 6 bomb attack on a convoy near Karachi airport as a deliberate conspiracy to disrupt diplomatic relations between Pakistan and China. The assault led to the deaths of three individuals, including two Chinese engineers, and injured 16 more, reported Geo News. The assault was claimed by […]
We give in to the temptation of Ohsho’s “Extremely Immoral” gyoza. Our reporter Yuichiro Wasai’s wife let out a wail as she moved as far away in the room as she could from him. Her lamentations were so loud that he was afraid she’d wake their baby, who was sleeping in the other room, but […]
Hong Kong/Taipei CNN — Taiwan has condemned the latest round of Chinese military drills around the self-governing island as an “unreasonable provocation” after Beijing deployed warships and fighter jets in what it described as a “stern warning” to “separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces.” The Chinese military’s Eastern Theater Command said Monday that the drills, […]
Follow our live coverage of the trial. SINGAPORE — After he found out that former Sengkang GRC MP Raeesah Khan had lied in Parliament, Workers’ Party (WP) chief and Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh told a parliamentary committee investigating the matter that he had asked her to clarify the untruth to the House. In […]
With Jeanie Buss on Above the Rim, the players who built the Lakers brand were of course going to be discussed. What is surprising, though, is Dwight Howard bringing up his natural nemesis in a good light. Truces and goodwill were thrown out in the past month as Howard and Shaquille O’Neal feuded. They exchanged barbs on […]
CNN — Controversy bubbled for a Canadian drink company after its founders drew the ire of a Marvel superhero on an episode of a “Shark Tank”-style reality series. On a recent episode of CBC’s “Dragons’ Den,” actor Simu Liu appeared as a guest star and prospective investor. The owners of a Quebec-based bubble tea brand […]
Actor Simu Liu blasted a pair of Quebec entrepreneurs last week who went on Canada’s version of “Shark Tank” to pitch a drink they say has “transformed” boba tea. Sébastien Fiset and Jess Frenette, founders of a bottled popping boba and alcoholic bubble tea brand called Bobba, were seeking $1 million in exchange for 18% […]
After US trade restrictions stopped Nvidia from exporting its advanced AI chips to China, the company responded by developing the H20 GPU, a modified version which complies with the regulations by offering lower performance levels while still meeting the AI processing demands of Chinese firms. Although there is a thriving black market for Nvidia’s high-end […]
SINGAPORE – If you have been on TikTok recently, you would have stumbled upon a viral trend – “underconsumption core”. Hearing that underconsumption is trending, you might be concerned about a slowdown in economic activity and a recession. But fret not, this latest trend does not warrant alarm bells. Instead, it has TikTok awash with […]
Donald Trump suggested deploying the National Guard or military to respond to what he termed the “enemy from within” on Election Day, saying in an interview that aired Sunday that he was concerned about the prospect of chaos wrought by “radical left lunatics.” “I think the bigger problem are the people from within. We have […]
Good day. Here are the top stories of The Manila Times for Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. Today’s podcast is brought to you by Wilcon Depot, the Philippines’ leading home improvement and construction supplies retailer — your trusted building partner. READ: ‘Russia, China blocked Asia leaders’ statement’ WASHINGTON — Russia and China blocked a proposed consensus […]
The BBC director-general will warn that the retreat of its World Service because of funding cuts has helped Russia and China broadcast “unchallenged propaganda”. In a speech at the Future Resilience Forum, a non-partisan meeting in London attended by international political figures, Tim Davie will discuss the global importance of the BBC World Service, which […]
MANILA, Philippines — After announcing the supposed return of Seunghan to K-pop boy group RIIZE, SM Entertainment reversed course on Sunday, October 13, and said that the artist will be leaving. “We ruminated carefully on each and every one of the opinions and responses sent in by fans, and we realized that our decision had […]
“Paris has the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben chimes each London hour,” sings performer Al Simmons. “China’s famous for its wall, India, The Taj Mahal. The CN Tower may be tall, but Mr. P.G. tops them all,” he continues, introducing the key character in his song Mr. PG, recorded in 1997. The track goes on to detail […]
The 2024 presidential contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is more than just two ideologies competing over what should happen. It’s two groups of voters that look out at the country and don’t even agree on what’s happening right now. Views about hurricane relief are just one example of many. To most of former […]
Dipping noodles are all the rage with visitors to Japan. Ramen restaurants in Japan have long been drawing tourists from overseas, but these days, foreign visitors have gotten wind of a ramen-adjacent dish that was previously overlooked by people outside of the country. Known as tsukemen, this dish differs to traditional ramen as the noodles […]
In the 18th and 19th centuries, two spiritual “great awakenings” shook up much of our young nation. Ministers stopped reading their sermons — and started preaching directly to the masses via what we now call revivals. Princeton University historian Sean Wilentz notes that in the aftermath of our revolution, as few as 1 in 10 […]
Only once in U.S. history has a former president who lost reelection after his first term managed to become president again. The last time it happened was in 1892 when Grover Cleveland became the first — and, so far, only — president elected for two non-consecutive terms. But Cleveland might soon have company. Former President […]
MANILA, Philippines – Family conflicts are a familiar narrative in the Philippines, often centered around inheritance disputes. Whether it’s your own experience or that of someone you know, many families find themselves embroiled in battles over land and assets. In Filipino telenovelas, we see family members competing for control of the family business. For political […]
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), comprising ten members—Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, Pakistan, Iran, and Belarus—is the most significant institution, encompassing a wide swathe of territory and population in Eurasia. It is the world’s largest regional organisation, covering 80 per cent of Eurasia, 42 per cent of the global population, and 32 per […]
MANILA, Philippines — Permits to carry firearms in Metro Manila will be suspended for five days starting Monday, October 14, due to security measures related to an Asia- Pacific meet, the Manila Police District said. “In view of the Philippine hosting of the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) from October 14 to […]
Hyderabad: Meinhardt company has served legal notices to BRS social media convenor Manne Krishank, demanding him to cease and desist from making frivolous, malicious, and defamatory statements, and to withdraw those statements from social media. The notice instructed Krishank to retract the defamatory, unfounded, and baseless allegations made against the company on social media, in […]
Let’s head to Hokkaido’s Washo Market for the original kattedon experience. There are a lot of dishes in Japanese cuisine that end in “-don,” which is short for donburi, meaning “rice bowl.” For example, gyu means “beef,” and so gyudon is a beef bowl (of the sort served up at Yoshinoya), and katsudon, from katsu/cutlet, […]
It’s been a momentous week in the world. At the beginning of this week, Israel marked the one year of its war in Gaza against Hamas, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying, “We are changing the security reality in our region; for the sake of our children, for the sake of our future, to ensure […]
IT is the world’s largest fashion retailer, which has been endorsed by Khloe Kardashian and Katy Perry. Chinese online juggernaut Shein launched 12 years ago, yet it is tipped for a historic and controversial £50billion float on the London Stock Exchange as early as this autumn — the biggest in more than a decade. 11 […]
Japan’s startup sector, despite being one of the biggest in the world, has lagged behind other regions like the U.S., China, and the U.K., in terms of the number of unicorns and the scale of venture capital investment. For years, an aging population, overall economic deflation, and salarymen’s inclination to work at traditional, big corporations […]
Photography by Beimeng Fu for Rest of World This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. At 5 am, the air around Ijen volcano in eastern Java, Indonesia, is thick with bright yellow smoke. Undeterred, young Chinese tourists don gas masks and flock to the rim of […]
