The New Zealand singer-songwriter talks about her upcoming EP Break! and its grittier tone as marking her return to who she is after shedding a lot of baggage, especially pleasing ‘everybody else’.

German sporting goods maker Adidas ADSGn.DE on Thursday said it has put under review its business partnership with rapper and fashion designer Kanye West.

Researchers this week described one of these marriages gone wrong - a twosome that borders on the extreme, with the pair whirling around each other every 51 minutes in the fastest such orbital period known for a rare class of binary stars. As part of the drama, one star is eating its companion.

"I will go to Doha no matter what, even if I have to walk!" said Abdullah Alsulmi earlier this year.

Qatar wants the 2022 World Cup mascot of a flying white headdress to symbolise football's showcase tournament, just as the noisy vuvuzela horn did when South Africa hosted it in 2010.

Iran has charged former football star Ali Karimi in absentia for his support for protests over Mahsa Amini's death in morality police custody.

In explaining its choice, the Swedish Academy said Ernaux, 82, "consistently and from different angles, examines a life marked by strong disparities regarding gender, language and class".

Leung, who was awarded the "Asian Cineaste of the Year" prize at South Korea's Busan International Festival, is best known for his work with famed director Wong Kar-wai. 

That long-awaited promotion finally comes, and is that not a great feeling -- to finally be acknowledged for our hard work and achievement. But when the celebration is over, the first day as a boss can be really daunting.

The Jakarta Post offers outside-the-box recommendations on what to watch, read, listen to, visit and indulge in.

Oscar winner Emma Thompson on Wednesday hailed the "darkness" of acclaimed children's author Roald Dahl, as a musical screen adaptation of his classic Matilda kicked off the London Film Festival.

Leading French actresses including Juliette Binoche and Isabelle Huppert have cut locks of hair in protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, the young Iranian woman who died while in the custody of Iran's morality police. 

Depeche Mode founder and principal songwriter Martin Gore said onn Wednesday the group expects to be haunted by memories on its upcoming world tour, after the sudden death of bandmate Andrew Fletcher.

He knocked two busts off their pedestals in the museums' Chiaramonti hall, which houses more than 1,000 pieces and is one of the most important collections of Roman portrait busts.

In her new novel for young adults, Jesse Q. Sutanto again cooks up a humorous story that includes intrusive parents and overbearing but lovable relatives.

Baraye, the Persian word "For" or "Because", is composed of tweets about the protests and highlights longings people have for things lacking in sanctions-hit Iran, where many complain of hardship caused by economic mismanagement.

In a press event livestreamed from Berlin, singer Dave Gahan and guitarist and keyboardist Martin Gore said they were still working on "Memento Mori", their 15th studio album since the band originally formed in Basildon, eastern England in 1980. 

With a recherché concept that is a speakeasy bar, Eleven Jakarta has become a leisurely refuge for hardworking execs and the who's who of the capital city.

Known for their solidarity and philanthropy in times of need, the Indonesian fans of K-pop group BTS, who call themselves “ARMY”, have raised funds to help those affected by the Kanjuruhan Stadium tragedy, which occurred in Malang, East Java, on Saturday.

The former couple, once one of Hollywood's highest profile pairings, have been embroiled in a lengthy dispute over their marriage, custody of their six children and shared assets, including a French winery.

The material is composed of cigarette stubs, separated into fibres and cleaned and bleached after being gathered from the city streets where they had been discarded along with millions of others.

With demand for print media collapsing in the face of digitalization, we take a closer look at the lives of some of the people in Bandung’s once-largest print market and distribution center.

Australia listed a small wallaby and the gray snake among 15 new threatened species on Tuesday as it launched a zero-extinction plan for its unique wildlife.

From a spray-painted dress on Bella Hadid to a very muddy Kanye West and a surprise cameo by Cher, there were some viral moments at Paris Fashion Week, which concludes on Tuesday.

The biggest software upgrade in the short history of crypto has fulfilled its promise to wipe out more than 99 percent of the electricity used by the second-biggest cryptocurrency.

Less than a year after Will Smith shocked millions around the world by slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, his new film Emancipation will be released this December.

The Swedish Academy will on Thursday announce the 2022 winner of the often-criticised Nobel Literature Prize, with the award committee known for its penchant for spotlighting lesser-known writers over bestselling authors.