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More than 10,000 came, Amanah claims after PAS thumbs nose at Saturday rally

No-bake chocolate covered cheesecake bites
This clip by YouTube channel Tasty shows you how to make these easy, bite-size delectable morsels of cheesy goodness. Read More

April 3, 2016

KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) politicians have disagreed with PAS’s claim that yesterday’s rally against the Goods and Services Tax (GST) drew poor... Read more

1MDB denies funding ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’

April 3, 2016

KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) today denied that any of its funds were used in the production of the 2013 hit movie “The Wolf of Wall Street” that starred Hollywood’s Leonardo DiCaprio. The state-owned firm, responding to media reports on the matter, said in a statement that it has neither invested nor... Read more

A boy walks past a wooden home as Malaysia’s iconic Petronas Twin Towers loom in the background in Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur. — AFP pic

A boy walks past a wooden home as Malaysia’s iconic Petronas Twin Towers loom in the background in Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur. — AFP pic Read More

27th annual GLAAD Media Awards

27th annual GLAAD Media Awards

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Caitlyn Jenner accepts the award for Outstanding Reality Series for her work in ‘I Am Cait’ during the 27th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills, California April 3, 2016. — Reuters pic

27th annual GLAAD Media Awards
Attack of the fluff: Massive pillow fights around the world

Attack of the fluff: Massive pillow fights around the world

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Massive pillow fights took place in cities around the world to celebrate the annual International Pillow Fight Day on April 2, 2016. — Reuters pic

Attack of the fluff: Massive pillow fights around the world
What’s left of the historic city of Palmyra

What’s left of the historic city of Palmyra

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Syrian army soldiers stand on the ruins of the Temple of Bel in the historic city of Palmyra, in Homs Governorate, Syria April 2, 2016. — Reuters pic

What’s left of the historic city of Palmyra
Zaha Hadid’s greatest hits

Zaha Hadid’s greatest hits

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Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-British architect whose curving, elongated structures left a mark on skylines around the world, and who was the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize, her profession’s highest honour, died in Miami on March 31, 2016. She was 65. — Picture by Alice Fiorilli/The New York Times

Zaha Hadid’s greatest hits
Highlights from Nepal Fashion Week

Highlights from Nepal Fashion Week

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A model presents a creation during Nepal Fashion Week in Kathmandu, Nepal April1, 2016. — Reuters pic

Highlights from Nepal Fashion Week
‘Reframing Modernism’ exhibition: The ties that bind

‘Reframing Modernism’ exhibition: The ties that bind

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Uncover the connections between Malaysian artist Latiff Mohidin and French-Algerian artist Jean-Michel Atlan at National Gallery Singapore’s ’Reframing Modernism’ exhibition. — Pictures courtesy of National Gallery Singa

‘Reframing Modernism’ exhibition: The ties that bind

Reuters Video: Dramatic video reveals air strikes on IS ‘chemical lab’ in Mosul

Duration: 0:58, Published 3 Apr 2016

Uncertainty reigns a day before migrants are to be returned to Turkey

April 3, 2016

LESBOS, April 3 — Less than 24 hours before Greece is due to begin returning migrants to Turkey, little sign of preparation is evident on Lesbos, the island through which hundreds of thousands of people have poured into Europe since last year. More than 5,600 migrants have been registered on Greek islands since March 20, the date on which... Read more

Reuters Video: Dramatic video reveals air strikes on IS ‘chemical lab’ in Mosul
The US military says its air strikes destroyed a high-tech university lab in the Iraqi city of Mosul, which Islamic State had reportedly been using to build bombs, chemical weapons and uranium compounds. — Reuters Read More

McLaren new boy Vandoorne shines as Button struggles

April 3, 2016

MANAMA (Bahrain), April 3 — New boy Stoffel Vandoorne confirmed his potential when he qualified 12th for the Bahrain Grand Prix today. The 24-year-old Belgian driver, who flew in from Japan on Friday to replace injured two-time champion... Read more

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Death by overwork on rise among Japan’s vulnerable workers

April 3, 2016

TOKYO, April 3 — Japan is witnessing a record number of compensation claims related to death from overwork, or “karoshi”, a phenomenon previously associated with the long-suffering “salary man” that is increasingly afflicting young and female employees. Labour demand, with 1.28 jobs per applicant, is the highest since 1991, which should... Read more

Bloomberg Video: Iceland — Where bad bankers go to jail
Kviabryggja Prison in western Iceland doesn’t need walls, razor wire, or guard towers to keep the convicts inside. This is where the world’s only bank chiefs imprisoned in connection with the 2008 financial crisis are serving their sentences, Bloomberg Markets magazine reports in its forthcoming issue. — Bloomberg Read More

Melting pot of flavours: Tasting Auckland in a day

By Kenny Mah
April 3, 2016

AUCKLAND, April 3 — Consistently rated as one of the most liveable cities in the world, Auckland has all the trappings of a cosmopolitan city but with a more laidback Kiwi vibe. Seekers of a great quality of life will inevitably rate a city’s food scene as a factor and Auckland excels in this area. In fact, you could spend a whole day... Read more

What is the preferred food sustenance of US presidential hopefuls on the campaign trail? For  Republican candidate, Ohio Governor John Kasich, it’s a pizza on the hop at Gino’s Pizzeria and Restaurant in the Queens borough of New York, in this picture delivered on April 3, 2016. — New York Times pic

What is the preferred food sustenance of US presidential hopefuls on the campaign trail? For Republican candidate, Ohio Governor John Kasich, it’s a pizza on the hop at Gino’s Pizzeria and Restaurant in the Queens borough of New York, in this picture delivered on April 3, 2016. — New York Times pic

Amid ticketing fraud, China box office up 51pc in first quarter

April 3, 2016

BEIJING, April 3 — China’s box office revenues grew 51 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, Chinese state radio said today, although a ticketing scandal has cast doubt on the real size of the country’s booming movie market. Total sales of tickets in China were 14.5 billion yuan (RM8.69 billion) in the first three months of the year,... Read more

Reuters Video: Comedian Jon Stewart helps bull escape slaughter
A bull that escaped a New York City slaughterhouse is now on his way to an animal sanctuary with help from comedian Jon Stewart, but officials say the bull will have to pay a price for admission — castration. Diane Hodges reports. — Reuters Read More

Shine a light on: Car dashboard warnings

April 3, 2016

SINGAPORE, April 3 — Dashboard lights are often regarded as a nuisance, but if there’s anything we’ve learnt from our experiences, it’s that you should never take safety for granted. Back in the good old days of motoring, you would have to be mechanically-sympathetic to know if anything was wrong with your car. Nowadays, cars are so complex... Read more

A Tesla Model 3 sedan, its first car aimed at the mass market, is displayed in Hawthorne, California, April 3, 2016. — Reuters pic

A Tesla Model 3 sedan, its first car aimed at the mass market, is displayed in Hawthorne, California, April 3, 2016. — Reuters pic Read More

James Lee’s Everest quest starts today with journey to base camp

April 3, 2016

KATHMANDU, April 3 — Malaysia's oldest mountain climber James Lee Chong Meng, 68, will begin his journey to conquer the 8,848m-high Mount Everest by stepping out for his expedition to the Everest Base Camp (EBC) in Lukla today. Lee, who leads the Lions Mount Expedition Everest (MEE) 2016, headed to the Tribhuwan domestic airport in Nepal... Read more

A man holds a child as he wears a T-shirt showing the Falkland Islands during the commemoration of the 1982 war between Britain and Argentina over the Falklands at the memorial in Buenos Aires April 3, 2016. — Reuters pic

A man holds a child as he wears a T-shirt showing the Falkland Islands during the commemoration of the 1982 war between Britain and Argentina over the Falklands at the memorial in Buenos Aires April 3, 2016. — Reuters pic

‘Dirt Rally,’ ‘Dark Souls III,’ ‘Quantum Break’ and HTC Vive to arrive this month

April 3, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3 — 2016 as a watershed year for virtual reality? The HTC Vive follows hot on the heels of Oculus’s Rift with an April 5 release, while PC and console gamers anticipate launches for Dirt Rally, Dark Souls III and Quantum Break. HTC Vive For: Windows PC Available: April 5 At US$799 (RM3,100) and representing the... Read more

Jason Statham for LG G5
LG, Aphex Twin called and he wants his ‘Come to Daddy’ video back. Read More

A simple life at an adobe home stay in Chiang Mai

By Vivian Chong
April 3, 2016

CHIANG MAI, April 3 — There was no signboard, menu or service staff. Just a wooden stall parked by a slender tree with bare branches, from which clusters of tiny pink flowers bloomed like sakura of the tropics. The lady proprietor was a one-woman show at her tiny roadside “cafe” with a view of the fields behind – she’s the cook who fried up... Read more

A woman looks at cherry blossoms in almost full bloom in Tokyo April 3, 2016. — Reuters pic

A woman looks at cherry blossoms in almost full bloom in Tokyo April 3, 2016. — Reuters pic

Penulis wanita dipenjara tiga tahun, kritik sembelihan raya korban

April 3, 2016

KAHERAH, 3 April — Ahli-ahli parlimen Mesir giat berkempen untuk meminda undang-undang menghina Islam selepas ia dianggap mudah diperalatkan. Terbaharu, seorang penulis dipenjara tiga tahun selepas didapati “menghina agama” kerana mengkritik sembelihan korban semasa Aidiladha melalui Facebook. “Kami mahu perundangan jelas menafsirkan dan... Selanjutnya

Cuaca panas yang melanda negara sekarang tidak menghalang pekerja-pekerja kontrak mengecat bangunan di Jalan Tun Razak dengan berlatarbelakang bangunan berkembar Petronas di Kuala Lumpur 1 April 2016. — Foto Bernama

Cuaca panas yang melanda negara sekarang tidak menghalang pekerja-pekerja kontrak mengecat bangunan di Jalan Tun Razak dengan berlatarbelakang bangunan berkembar Petronas di Kuala Lumpur 1 April 2016. — Foto Bernama

Frank De Felitta, author of best-selling horror novel ‘Audrey Rose,’ dies at 94

April 2, 2016

NEW YORK, April 2 — Frank De Felitta, who wrote Audrey Rose, a best-selling horror novel about reincarnation, because, he said, he suspected that his own son might be channelling a dead pianist, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 94. His death was confirmed by his son, Raymond. De Felitta was acclaimed for his scripts for television... Read more

A fan reads the programme outside the Villa Park stadium before the EPL match between Aston Villa and Chelsea April 2, 2016. — Reuters pic

A fan reads the programme outside the Villa Park stadium before the EPL match between Aston Villa and Chelsea April 2, 2016. — Reuters pic