A style compass pointing east-west: Fashion's obsession with elongated bags
The latest bag trend is all about width, with elongated east-west shapes – playfully nicknamed "sausage" bags – taking over wardrobes.
Struggling to keep the lights on
IT is pre-dawn in the historic Podil district of the Ukraine capital, Kyiv, and warm light from the Spelta bakery-bistro's window pierces the darkness outside.
Tokyo hardens for a hotter future
INSTEAD of revising from textbooks, a group of Tokyo teenagers are ankle-deep in tidal mud, hauling plastic waste from the shallows of the city's waterfront.
A 500,000-year headstart on ingenuity
EARLY hominins in Europe were creating tools from raw materials hundreds of thousands of years before Homo sapiens arrived there, two new studies indicate, pushing back the established time for such activity.
Between patriotism and fear
A DRONE whirred through a shopping centre in the Russian city of Voronezh as Shaman, an operator for the Russian army, showed shoppers one of the devices that have dominated the battlefield in Ukraine.
'Down Cemetery Road' review: Shots in the dark
Conspiracy thriller veers effortlessly from LOL funny to deadly serious with sometimes mixed, frequently riveting results.
Island of free trade in a world of tariffs
WITH tariffs rising around the world and US President Donald Trump vowing an end to decades of globalisation, China's leadership is trumpeting a tropical island as proof that it is moving in the opposite direction.
Oil grab shatters an American taboo
US President George W. Bush said he was invading Iraq to keep America safe. But critics saw a hidden motive: oil.
Surviving in Goma’s shadow
MORE than a year after M23 militants stormed into Goma, the rebel group still controls the main city in eastern Congo and is tightening its grip.
Beyond corporate life, silversmith Jessie Koh finds her true calling in fashion
After two decades leading retail teams, Malaysian Jessie Koh traded spreadsheets for silver, building handcrafted jewellery brands rooted in Peranakan heritage.
