‘Accepted in both [worlds]’: Indonesia’s Chinese Muslims prepare for Eid | Religion News

‘Accepted in both [worlds]’: Indonesia’s Chinese Muslims prepare for Eid | Religion News

Jakarta, Indonesia – Millions of Muslims across Indonesia, including some of its ethnic Chinese minority, are preparing for Lebaran, as Indonesians call Eid, the festival that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. About 87 percent of Indonesia’s more than 270 million people are Muslim and while most…

Residents in North America look to the sky for a rare total solar eclipse | Space

Residents in North America look to the sky for a rare total solar eclipse | Space

A major golf tournament ground to a halt. Schools emptied of students. And thousands of people across North America turned their eyes to the sky to watch a rare celestial event. On Monday, parts of Canada, Mexico and the United States were treated to a total solar eclipse, a phenomenon…

What is a Godzilla anyway? The 70-year-old monster behind the movies | Arts and Culture News

What is a Godzilla anyway? The 70-year-old monster behind the movies | Arts and Culture News

It’s Godzilla season again with last weekend’s worldwide theatrical release of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. This is the second time Godzilla and King Kong have made a film appearance together in recent times with 2021’s Godzilla vs Kong being the first instalment. Both films were directed by Adam…

Saving Sarah: The last Jewish embroidery shop in India’s Kochi | Arts and Culture

Saving Sarah: The last Jewish embroidery shop in India’s Kochi | Arts and Culture

Kochi, India – A chance encounter when he was selling postcards to tourists in Jew Town as a 13-year-old in the early 1980s would change the course of Thaha Ibrahim’s life. Growing up in Mattancherry, a bustling hub of the spice trade in the southern Indian city of Cochin (now…

Russia mulls labelling queen of Soviet pop Pugacheva a ‘foreign agent’ | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia mulls labelling queen of Soviet pop Pugacheva a ‘foreign agent’ | Russia-Ukraine war News

Musician Alla Pugacheva, who is currently abroad, has criticised the Kremlin for its actions in Ukraine. Russian prosecutors have asked the justice ministry to consider labelling Alla Pugacheva, the queen of Soviet pop music, as a “foreign agent”, the Reuters news agency reported. If successful, the move would officially designate…

Richard Serra, known for monumental steel sculptures, dies at the age of 85 | Obituaries News

Richard Serra, known for monumental steel sculptures, dies at the age of 85 | Obituaries News

United States artist Richard Serra, known across the world for his monumental steel sculptures, has died. He was 85. The artist died from pneumonia at his home in Long Island, New York on Tuesday, his lawyer John Silberman told The New York Times. Serra’s colossal works are installed all over…

Fastest waiters in Paris compete in ‘coffee run’ street race | Arts and Culture

Fastest waiters in Paris compete in ‘coffee run’ street race | Arts and Culture

Paris, France – One of Paris’s most fashionable districts was flooded with white-shirted waiters balancing trays of coffee and croissants as the iconic Course des Cafes (“coffee race”) returned to the French capital on Sunday. The competition, which began in Paris 110 years ago, sees waiters race each other while…

‘No dancing in the streets’: Why has Cambodia banned musical vehicle horns? | Politics News

‘No dancing in the streets’: Why has Cambodia banned musical vehicle horns? | Politics News

EXPLAINER Authorities across Cambodia have been ordered to remove musical horns from vehicles and put a stop to roadside dancing. Having ruled with an iron fist for 45 years, Cambodia’s governing party leaders have a lengthy list of practices that have been banned and political opponents jailed or forced to…

After success of BTS and Parasite, South Korea woos digital nomads | Technology

After success of BTS and Parasite, South Korea woos digital nomads | Technology

Seoul, South Korea – Riding the wave of enthusiasm for all things Korean, South Korea has in recent years become one of Asia’s most popular tourist destinations. Now, the cultural juggernaut known for the K-pop band BTS, the movie Parasite and Korean BBQ and kimchi is setting its sights on…