Silicon Valley inventor of ‘cut, copy and paste’ dies
San Francisco (AFP) - Silicon Valley on Wednesday was mourning a pioneering computer scientist whose accomplishments included inventing the widely relied on "cut, copy and paste" command.Bronx-born Lawrence "Larry" Tesler died this week at age 74, according to Xerox,...
Veteran writer KS Maniam mourned by literary community
Tributes are pouring in for veteran writer KS Maniam who passed yesterday aged 78 at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre.Born as Subramaniam Krishnan in Bedong, Kedah in 1942, he succumbed to cancer of the bile duct.His novels included The Return (1981), In A Far...
Afghan artist brushes aside disability to open arts centre
Kabul (AFP) - Unable to use her hands, arms, or legs, Afghan artist Robaba Mohammadi has defied unlikely odds in a country that routinely discriminates against women and disabled people.Denied access to school, as a child she taught herself to paint by holding a brush...
Actor Ashraf Sinclair dead at 40
Popular actor Ashraf Sinclair has passed away, aged 40 in Jakarta, Indonesia.The sad news was confirmed by Doddy, who is the manager of Bunga Citra Lestari, the Indonesian singer to whom Ashraf was married.He told Kompasthat Ashraf had suffered a heart attack.Ashraf,...
Kobe Bryant and daughter buried in private ceremony
Los Angeles (AFP) - Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna were buried last week near their family home in Newport Beach, California, in a private ceremony, according to death certificates.A death certificate for the basketball legend, who was killed in a helicopter...
One unreliable witness put two men behind bars for 25 years. Now they’re ‘finally, finally’ free.
Two men serving life sentences for a crime they say they didn’t commit stepped out a back door and into the cold behind New Jersey State Prison on Wednesday.“Finally, finally!” Kevin Baker shouted as he embraced his attorney.“Yes sir, yes sir!” Sean Washington...
Artist: I did not consent to allow NAG to remove artwork
Updated with Anwar Ibrahim's comment on the matterVisual artist Ahmad Fuad Osman has denied giving consent for the National Art Gallery (NAG) to alter an ongoing exhibition of his work.This comes after the government artspace removed four pieces from his solo show...
CHINA VOICES | The drivers Wuhan is counting on
As most people stay inside, delivery drivers are on the front lines of the battle against coronavirus in Wuhan. This week, TechNode’s translation column brings you a gripping article profiling the volunteers of Wuhan, translated in full by courtesy of GQ Reports. The...
Bong Joon-ho: South Korea’s boundary-pushing satirist
Seoul (AFP) - South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho has been on quite a wild ride this awards season. That trip reached its climax Sunday when he made history with "Parasite," the first non-English-language film ever to win a best picture Oscar. The film, a vicious...
Living with the Hong Kong protests: the bruises will heal, but will the memories?
Central has a lot of pigeons, or as I call them, flying rats. These filthy creatures not only drop their faeces everywhere on the street, but also walk around on Jubilee and Douglas looking like they own the place.I usually curse if one takes off next to me, but that...
He lost leg in Afghanistan and attempted suicide twice, then became Miami Marathon champ
MIAMI — Alfredo De Los Santos was at his lowest point when Achilles International suggested he attempt a marathon. He had just lost his right leg in Afghanistan about eight months earlier. He tried to commit suicide twice since being hospitalized at Walter Reed...
Thai city holds vigil for 29 victims of ‘unprecedented’ mass shooting
Nakhon Ratchasima (Thailand) (AFP) - Holding candles and writing condolences as monks chanted prayers, hundreds of Thais held an evening vigil Sunday for the 29 victims of an "unprecedented" mass shooting carried out by a soldier.Sharpshooters killed the gunman on...
In China’s locked-down coronavirus city, grocery delivery is a lifeline
CORONAVIRUS | Reluctant to go outside for fear of catching the new coronavirus sweeping the Chinese city of Wuhan, Edward Wang found a lifeline: grocery delivery services provided by local retailers.But with hundreds of thousands of other people in Wuhan also stuck...
75 years after Auschwitz was liberated, she returned with her family for one last ritual
PHILADELPHIA — In the breath between before and after, Anita Lewinski saw this was the end, and searched for her small goodbye. Their train had stopped at the gate of death.It was October 1944. They were Jews.The rail car had a window, by chance. Outside, the vast...
Record-breaking US astronaut set to return to Earth
Almaty (Kazakhstan) (AFP) - US astronaut Christina Koch is set to return to Earth Thursday having shattered the spaceflight record for female astronauts by spending almost a year aboard the International Space Station.Koch of NASA is expected to touch down in the...
The Beauty of Abstract Art
Written by Fabian Subash My name is Fabian Subash Anthonysamy. I am 37 years old. I am from Kuala Lumpur. I am a fine artist and an upcoming one. I graduated in Visual and Digital Arts (Fine Arts) at Limkokwing University. I have done 10...
Gold Rain and Hailstones kicks off ICT 30th anniversary
The Instant Café Theatre Company turns 30 this year. To begin the year, ICT is in the process of restaging Gold Rain and Hailstones as the opening of a programme of Malaysian writers, voices and stories. Gold Rain and Hailstones by Jit Murad is a seminal...
BookXcess launches the first BookXcess out of Kuala Lumpur at Gurney Paragon Mall, Penang
Featuring the longest bookshelf in Malaysia at 70 metres in length and a two-storey bookshelf measuring 10 metres high, the BookXcess team brings you a uniquely diverse selection of sought-after titles. Book lovers can expect a variety of books from art...
Preserving our environment with “Grub Cycle”
A Social Enterprise that aims to place the lost value back onto food as something that should be eaten and not thrown away.
To bring truth is to bring peace
Her goal in being a reporter is to promote peace by telling the truth.
Freedom from self-censorship
Hi there, My name is Annabelle, and this March marks my first year as a journalist. I work at one of the few independent newsrooms in Malaysia, a country ranked 144 out of 180 for press freedom last year (North Korea polled 180), where "mainstream media" is made up of...
Pressing for Freedom: Letters from the Field
There is no need to be alarmist, but we are in trouble. We are in trouble because press freedom in Southeast Asia is on the decline. A political commentator was shot dead in broad daylight in Cambodia. Nations are ruled by strongmen who openly declared journalists as...
I’m very clumsy, I fell into stand-up comedy
The 23-year-old bundle of enthusiasm, who brims with charm, said even her foray into stand-up comedy was an accident.
Medic grad finds her calling at the Syrian refugee frontlines
26-year-old Nadirah Babji pays her way to serve vulnerable communities around the world.