NEW YORK, April 5 — At its peak in the early 2000s, Photobucket was the world’s top image-hosting site. The media backbone for once-hot services like Myspace and Friendster, it boasted 70 million users and accounted for nearly half of the US online photo market. Today only 2 million people still use Photobucket, according to … Read more
PARIS, March 30 ― France is scrambling to make sure that that virus-carrying tiger mosquitos, a growing menace in Europe, don’t spoil the Paris Olympics for athletes and fans, with millions of visitors due in the French capital for the summer Games. The Asian tiger mosquito has made its home in much of northern Europe, … Read more
PARIS, March 25 — Visitors to central Paris were treated on Sunday to the sight of hundreds of aproned waiters surging through the mediaeval streets, in a one-of-a-kind race designed to show off the profession months ahead of the Olympic Games. Men’s winner Samy Lamrous and top waitress Pauline Van Wymeersch walked the two-kilometre (1.2-mile) … Read more
MARCH 21 — Malaysia and Singapore have been locked in a culinary showdown over nasi lemak, each claiming their version reigns supreme. But beneath this entertaining gastronomic rivalry a bigger battle rumbles away: one over water. Singapore’s water scarcity issues force it to rely on imported water for a large part of its day-to-day supply. … Read more
OBIHIRO, Feb 11 — Speed isn’t everything at one racecourse in Japan, where the unpredictable stop-and-start drama of the world’s slowest horse race has drawn new fans eager to bet on their sturdy favourite. A fanfare plays, the gates flip open and they’re off — but at a plod rather than a gallop, pulling heavy … Read more
PARIS, Feb 6 ― Tourists in the narrow streets of Paris’s historic centre next month may find themselves dodging swarms of servers with trays of coffee and croissants, as a long-defunct waitering contest is revived. First born in 1914, the “course des garcons de cafe” (cafe waiters’ race) is being held on March 24 for … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 — Muhammad Faisal Abdul Aziz was voted in as the new chairman of the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) today with a one-vote majority, the electoral watchdog’s steering committee announced today. Faisal, who is also the president of Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (Abim), secured 23 votes while his only … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 — Muhammad Faisal Abdul Aziz was voted in as the new chairman of the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) today with a one-vote majority, the electoral watchdog’s steering committee announced today. Faisal, who was the president of Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (Abim), secured 23 votes while his only rival … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — Eight years after its formation, Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu still believes in positioning his Parti Amanah Negara as an alternative for voters who are looking for an Islamist movement — but one that eschews racial and religious extremes. Keen to present his party as different from the more vocal fringes … Read more
THE HAGUE, Nov 29 — The Dutch version of a new book about the British Royal Family has been withdrawn amid reports it accidentally revealed which royal commented about the skin colour of Harry and Meghan’s baby. Publisher Xander said in a statement it was “temporarily withdrawing the book Eindstrijd by Omid Scobie from sale.” … Read more
