CHOOSING her words carefully throughout the interview with theSun, actress and singer Diana Danielle spoke with weighted clarity. It was befitting someone who has been working with adults since her first movie role at nine years of age.“Tec...

UTILISING a diverse array of disposable objects and scavenged materials, experimental artist Liew Sze Lin challenges the practice of traditional painting to create assemblage – a form of visual art similar to collage. On the surface, the ar...

New York, Feb 24: Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state who ran against Donald Trump for president in 2016, is to publish a suspense thriller with Canadian author Louise Penny in October, publishers Simon & Schuster and St. Martin’...

BEIJING, Feb 24: China has dramatically increased its prosecution of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang through the formal court system, handing out long prison terms for dubious charges such as “picking quarrels” and giving gifts to overseas re...

SEOUL, Feb 24: A North Korean defector wore a diving suit and fins during a daring six-hour swim around one of the world’s most fortified borders, a Seoul official said, and was caught only after apparently falling asleep.Bungling South Kor...

FEB 24: Myanmar was set for more street protests on Wednesday against military rule while Indonesia’s efforts steer a path out of the crisis with the help of other Southeast Asian countries appeared to falter with a proposed diplomatic visi...

CANBERRA, Feb 24: Australian lawmakers are expected to approve amendments to landmark legislation to force Facebook and Alphabet’s Google to pay media companies for news content, despite opposition from some minor political parties.The gove...

SHANGHAI, Feb 24: The number of deaths in China - excluding the coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan - fell slightly during the first three months of 2020, suggesting efforts to control the spread of COVID-19 reduced deaths from other causes, a n...

EVER-SO-NONCHALANT fashion brand Duduk is building its name on prevalent tie-dye motifs with its carefree days loungewear.Our modern understanding of tie-dye has often been identified as a counterculture mainstay – an enduring symbol of psy...

LOS ANGELES, Feb 23: Golfing champion Tiger Woods was hospitalized in Los Angeles on Tuesday with severe leg injuries suffered when his car veered off a road and rolled down a steep hillside, requiring rescue crews to pry him from the wreck...

“Small gestures can create a big impact.” True to these words, Krithigah Gunaprakas, popularly known as Krithigah Nair, took a small step towards a big cause.The actress, known for her fashionable hairstyles and different hair colours, rece...

BEING born with hearing-disabilities does not mean one cannot play music. Chong Kai Zen, better known by his nickname Harry, can play the piano, guitar and Er-Hu (a Chinese two-stringed instrument) and has even joined a band called Deafbeat...

MALAYSIAN sweetheart Ameera Khan, also known as Little Miss Khan has once again taken the local beauty scene by storm in a collaboration with Young & Glow – a homegrown brand founded by her mother and entrepreneur Noor Kartini in October 20...

SYDNEY, Feb 23: An Australian lawmaker who frequently peddled pandemic misinformation quit the conservative governing party Tuesday, weeks after being publicly dressed down by Prime Minister Scott Morrison.Craig Kelly, a member of Morrison’...

NEW YORK: Side effects such as pain and swelling at the shot spot, fatigue, headache, fever and chills are common for Moderna and Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine receivers, Xinhua news agency citing CNBC said in a recent health report.Peop...

JAKARTA: Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said today that Myanmar’s transition to democracy after this month’s coup should follow the wishes of its people.Her remarks came after anger from anti-coup protesters to a Reuters report t...

WASHINGTON: The US space agency Nasa yesterday released the first audio from Mars, a faint wind sound captured by the Perseverance rover.Nasa also released the first video of the landing of the rover on the Red Planet.A microphone did not w...

OUTSHINING other contestants to clinch second place in the finals of the inaugural The Harvinth Skin Fans’ show last month, Shaunvinder Singh, 22, gave a remarkable performance by playing contemporary music using traditional Indian instrume...

BEIJING: Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi (pix) said yesterday the United States and China could work together on various issues if they repaired their damaged bilateral relations, but Washington accused Beijing of trying to avert blame for...

NEW YORK: The United States yesterday crossed the staggering milestone of 500,000 Covid-19 deaths just over a year since the coronavirus pandemic claimed its first known victim in Santa Clara County, California.In a proclamation honouring t...

AT only 21 years old, Siti Nurmasyitah Mohd Yusoff, better known as Masya Masyitah, has proven herself as a contender in the international music scene. Who knew that this modest girl from Kulim, Kedah could sing in Mandarin. Two years ago,...

ART changed Chew Sue Phing’s life, for the better. It gave her self-confidence and motivated her to “explore beyond boundaries”, as she put it. “Art has helped me to be more confident and brave to try out new things. I am always on the look...

NEW YORK, Feb 21: A new documentary series premiering Sunday on the HBO network, Allen v. Farrow, paints a damning picture of Oscar-winning director Woody Allen, particularly regarding his alleged sexual abuse of young adoptive daughter Dyl...

BEIJING, Feb 22: Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Monday the United States and China could work together on issues like climate change and the coronavirus pandemic if they repaired their damaged bilateral relationship.Wang, a Chinese...

SEOUL, Feb 22: Doctors in South Korea have threatened a protest strike against legislation to strip them of licences following criminal convictions, sparking fears about possible disruption of a coronavirus vaccination effort set to begin t...