MUNICH, March 31 — Some 366 clocks cover the walls in the living room of 76-year-old Werner Stechbarth’s apartment in Munich, the haul from a life spent criss-crossing the globe. The yearly move to daylight saving time is a busy period for the pensioner, who has to manually adjust every one of his timepieces. Werner … Read more
LOS ANGELES, March 8 — At 65 years of age, Barbie shows no signs of retiring from her 250 different jobs as a plastic and fantastic doll whose small feet have left a big cultural mark on the human world. The original Mattel Barbie with her iconic blonde hair, black and white bathing suit and … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — The 500-meter stretch Jalan Alor at Bukit Bintang, among the popular tourist attractions in the federal capital, has nothing much to offer during the day. With a backdrop of shop buildings on the left and right side of the road, the place is just like any other commercial area with … Read more
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 2 — A decade ago, Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic held his first-ever solo exhibition titled “Art is Rubbish” at Hin Bus Depot which was then a newly repurposed arts and cultural space in the city. Today, Hin Bus Depot is still a popular space for art exhibitions and bustling with arts and … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 1 — A simple hangout spot for young people when it arrived on the scene 20 years ago, Facebook has since become a battle-hardened behemoth with an insatiable appetite for your attention. “I will never forget the day that I ran up to my high school’s Mac lab and signed up for … Read more
HANOI, Jan 26 — In a tiny village in northern Vietnam, Dang Thi Hoa ties up a bundle of freshly dried incense sticks ahead of Lunar New Year and watches a line of tourists waiting to pose for pictures. Three generations of Dang Thi Hoa’s family have been dyeing incense sticks scarlet red, or magenta … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 — Twenty million Malaya and British Borneo dollars. That was the cheque amount written and issued to Malaya’s first Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Tan Sri William Howard Wilcock by the late Tun HS Lee in 1959 for the establishment of the Bank Negara Tanah Melayu (Central Bank of Malaya) or … Read more
SAN JOSÉ, Jan 18 — Samsung on Wednesday released its latest Galaxy smartphones with new artificial intelligence features as the South Korean giant seeks win back its spot as the world’s biggest phone seller from Apple. “Artificial Intelligence will bring about great change in the mobile industry,” Samsung president T.M. Roh said as he kicked … Read more
PAITAN, Jan 15 — The chairman of the Kampung Rancangan Cocos’ Village Development and Security Committee (JPKK) has taken the initiative to convert her house into a temporary relief centre whenever the village is hit by floods. In fact, Dalitta Dally, 47, said her house used to be a temporary shelter for her relatives as … Read more
LONDON, Jan 14 — British supermodel Kate Moss, whose looks embodied “Cool Britannia” in the 1990s, turns 50 on Tuesday, and still fascinates the country. In September last year, the catwalk star told The Times newspaper that she was “in denial” about hitting her half century. “I’m not turning 50,” she said in an interview. … Read more
