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Environment

How many ants are on Earth? 20 quadrillion, study says

Determining the global population of ants is important for measuring the consequences of changes to their habitat -- including those caused by climate change.

3 years ago
Entertainment

Poet Amanda Gorman, K-pop's Blackpink push global goals at UN

South Korean pop band Blackpink and American poet Amanda Gorman took to the United Nations stage on Monday to urge action on climate change and other global goals that include achieving gender equality and ending hunger and poverty. ...

3 years ago
Art & Culture

Brad Pitt unveils his sculptures at a first art show

In the actor's first-ever public art exhibition, Brad Pitt has unveiled his sculptures in a lakeside art museum in Finland, the gallery said on Monday. ...

3 years ago

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Entertainment

‘Grand Theft Auto’ maker says game code stolen

Rockstar Games said on Monday that data from the next installment in its blockbuster Grand Theft Auto franchise was stolen, as glimpses of play spread on social media.

3 years ago
People

Indonesian teen receives MURI certificate for NFT platform donations

Rainier Wardhana Hardjanto is the first teenager to launch donations on an NFT platform for disabled communities. 

3 years ago
Science & Tech

Hackers breach website known for anti-trans campaigns

Internet forum Kiwi Farms was working to get back online Monday after a breach by hackers, in the wake of being blocked by internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare due to potentially dangerous rhetoric.

3 years ago
People premium

Munir remains an inspiration for today’s young activists

Eighteen years after Munir's death, his legacy and bravery continue to inspire Indonesia’s new generation of activists. 

3 years ago
Art & Culture

South Korea’s Busan National Gugak Center charms with traditional performances

The traveling South Korean band of performers showcased their country’s traditional dances and songs in front of Indonesian and Korean audiences.

3 years ago
Entertainment premium

NOAH DekadeXperience: The pop-rock outfit thanks the past and eyes the future

NOAH’s concert was the decennial celebration of the band's current identity, and also served as a demonstration of tireless showmanship.

3 years ago
Entertainment

Oscars Academy makes amends over 1973 Native American protest

Almost five decades after she refused an Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando over the treatment of Native Americans by the United States film industry, Sacheen Littlefeather was honored Saturday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

3 years ago
Art & Culture

Qatar-based sound artist says it’s time to slow down and listen

Birdsong, insects chirping, the sound of wind brushing through tall grass or over sand dunes—all these form part of what Qatar-based sound artist Guillaume Rousere calls his "sound art". 

3 years ago
Community

Practice Wing Chun with Traditional Ip Man Wing Chun Indonesia

The film series Ip Man helped popularize Wing Chun, a Southern Chinese martial art said to be inspired by the movements of the crane and snake. Now Indonesians get the chance to learn it.

3 years ago
Entertainment

Take-Two's Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay leaked online

Dozens of authentic, pre-release videos from GTA VI - of robberies, gunplay and open-world driving - were posted on an online message board over the weekend, media reports said. 

3 years ago
Art & Culture

Gaza farmer unearths Byzantine-era mosaic

A giant refugee girl puppet, known as "Little Amal," walked around New York City's Times Square on Friday, raising awareness of the plight of displaced children seeking safety across borders.

3 years ago
Entertainment

Spielberg's 'The Fabelmans' wins Toronto festival top prize

Steven Spielberg's deeply personal new movie The Fabelmans secured its position as an early Oscars frontrunner by winning the top prize at the Toronto International Film festival.

3 years ago
Art & Culture

Kelompok Seni Gotong Royong reevaluates Balinese art collectives

During a crisis, human ingenuity comes to the fore. Kelompok Seni Gotong Royong, a new Balinese art collective adopting cultural philosophies began in 2020 in response to the global economic downturn resulting from the pandemic. Its initial objective was to feed the families of the group’s members. This vision has evolved into community art and cultural education and sharing with those in need. 

3 years ago
Entertainment

Korean cinematic rise years in the making, says 'Squid Game' star

Lee spoke to AFP just days after making history as the first foreign-language performer to win the Emmy for best actor in a drama with "Squid Game" -- the most-watched Netflix show of all time.

3 years ago
Culture

'French Spiderman' climbs Paris skyscraper to mark turning 60

Alain Robert, the free climber dubbed the "French Spiderman", scaled a 48-story skyscraper in Paris on Saturday, fulfilling a goal he had set for himself once he reached the age of 60.

3 years ago
Entertainment

Chrissy Teigen reveals 2020 ‘miscarriage’ in fact was life-saving abortion

Model and television-personality Chrissy Teigen, who is married to singer John Legend, has revealed that she had an abortion in 2020 to save her life when it became clear her son would not live, not a miscarriage as the couple said.

3 years ago
Health

Bangladeshi mystic fights demons with psychiatry

Evil spirits bedevil the families that seek blessings from an elderly Bangladeshi mystic -- but he knows his prayers alone are not enough to soothe their troubled minds. 

3 years ago
Environment

Sinking villages look to nature to help Indonesia restore mangroves

Like other flood-prone villages in the northern Demak regency, Timbulsloko's problems are threefold - with over-extraction of groundwater causing sinking, aquaculture contributing to some of the worst coastal erosion across the archipelago, and sea levels rising due to climate change.

3 years ago
People premium

Queen Elizabeth II, in the eyes of Indonesians in the UK

Indonesians in the United Kingdom have their own opinions about the longest-reigning monarch. 

3 years ago
Parenting premium

Pandemic generation: Developmental issues in young Indonesian learners

It takes a village to raise a child, but what happens to their development when the village is in lockdown? Parents and experts look at what worked and what kinds of problems emerged during the pandemic.

3 years ago
Entertainment

Zac Efron stars in unbelievable but truly ‘greatest’ beer run

Zac Efron stars as Chickie, a staunch supporter of the Vietnam War who spends his time lazing at his parents’ house and drinking at the local bar, in director Peter Farrelly's follow-up to the Oscar-winning Green Book (2018).

3 years ago
Entertainment

Kanye West ends Gap partnership, aims to open own boutiques

Kanye West and retail brand Gap announced an end to their partnership on Thursday, with the artist now known as Ye saying he planned to open his own stores.

3 years ago
Culture

Lebanese woman robs bank to pay for sister’s cancer treatment

A woman held up a Beirut bank on Wednesday with a toy gun and walked out with thousands of dollars to pay for her ill sister’s cancer treatment, in a desperate heist that has been cheered by many in crisis-hit Lebanon.

3 years ago
Culture premium

Self-reward staycation: Recharging at Four Seasons Jimbaran

Join a Balinese cleansing ritual at a local temple, have a hair makeover and feel renewed at Four Seasons Resort Bali, Jimbaran Bay.

3 years ago
Science & Tech

Mars rover sees hints of past life in latest rock samples

While organic matter has been found on the Red Planet before, the new discovery is seen as especially promising because it came from an area where sediment and salts were deposited into a lake -- conditions where life could have arisen.

3 years ago
Art & Culture

Bunga Rampai exhibition chronicles modern Indonesian art

A retrospective of Indonesian paintings from the late 1980s to the 2000s chronicles the medium’s role in shaping the country’s modern art scene.

3 years ago
Work it Right

When saying less means more

It may come as a surprise to some that communicating our ideas to others in an effective way involves more than words, with greater focus on how we speak, as opposed to what we're trying to say.

3 years ago
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