As Bauhaus, the most influential design school of the 20th century, marks its 100th birthday, examples of its keep-it-simple elegance can still be found across the globe. The movement, based on the “form follows function” principle, revolutionised the practices of artists and artisans during 14 short years of existence before
They are members of the most elite regiment in the Indian Army, handpicked by height and heritage from a pool of thousands and bedecked in the finest regalia. The President’s Bodyguard, a 200-strong cavalry unit, have for centuries been assigned to India’s uppermost VIPs, from British viceroys to modern-day heads
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam said Thursday its version of “Sunflowers” will no longer be allowed to travel after restoration work showed it was in a “fragile” condition. The museum in the Dutch capital is one of only five in the world with a copy of Vincent van Gogh’s
SINGAPORE: A popular Singapore actor died on Wednesday after an accident during military training in New Zealand, the defence ministry said, pledging to investigate his death. Aloysius Pang, (pic) who starred in Chinese language TV shows and movies, was completing compulsory reservist training when he suffered serious injuries while repairing
JAKARTA: Jakarta’s former governor was released from prison yesterday, nearly two years after his blasphemy conviction fanned fears of religious intolerance in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama – the Indonesian capital’s first non-Muslim governor in half a century and its first ethnic Chinese leader – left a
SHANGHAI: Chinese scientists announced yesterday they had cloned five monkeys from a single animal that was genetically engineered to have a sleep disorder, saying it could aid research into human psychological problems. The claim, detailed in two reports published in a Chinese science journal, is the latest in a series
PINGTUNG (Taiwan): Taiwan’s navy showed off its latest long-range surveillance drone yesterday as the island’s out gunned armed forces push to counter China’s increasingly muscular rhetoric and military exercises. China still sees Taiwan as part of its territory to be reunified, despite the two sides being ruled separately since they
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed “great satisfaction” after receiving a letter from US President Donald Trump ahead of a second summit between the two, Pyongyang’s state media reported yesterday. Kim was handed the letter by a North Korean envoy who met Trump at the White House last
BEIJING: China said yesterday that Chinese-Australian author and democracy advocate Yang Hengjun was detained on national security grounds, becoming the latest Western citizen to face such accusations from Beijing. Yang’s detention comes at a moment of heightened tension between Western countries and an increasingly muscular Beijing, which recently detained two
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s strongman premier Hun Sen yesterday called on his country’s military to “destroy” opponents if the government comes under threat, in a tirade in which he described himself as the “the one who steers the wheel” of the army. The 66-year-old premier has in recent weeks turned up
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