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Truly tasteless: Japan's plastic food artists get creative

From the "leaning tower of pizza" to a fish slicing and cooking itself and a dragon emerging from a dragon fruit, Japanese artisans' quirky plastic food sculptures went on display this week at an exhibition in Tokyo. ...

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A woman looks at a paint of Pablo Picasso, 'Port of Valence', during the exhibition 'Face au Soleil' for the opening of the new museum 'La Banque' in Hyeres, southern France, on December 3, 2021.

Art market pushes on with crypto romance

Anaida Schneider, a former banker based in Switzerland, is among those promoting new ownership schemes -- for a small fee, investors can buy a digital chunk of a painting and share in the profits when she sells.

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Modest front: Twin arched display windows flank the doors to Si.Se.Sa’s newly opened flagship boutique on Jl. Prapanca Raya in South Jakarta. (Courtesy of Tim Muara Bagdja)

Culture

Si.Se.Sa: At the cutting edge of modest fashion

The trio of sisters behind Si.Se.Sa has taken modest fashion and injected it with a dose of innovative, creative flair.

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Filling: Soto mie Bogor is characterized by the dominance of ramen-style noodles instead of vermicelli or glass noodles. (Wikimedia Commons/Gunawan Kartapranata)

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Twenties: The diverse flavors of ‘soto’ across Indonesia

The many varieties of soto are some of the great Indonesian culinary delights that have emerged from cultural exchanges with Chinese migrants who came to the archipelago centuries ago. Now, nearly every region of the country has its own take on the classic dish.

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Sneak a peek: A view inside the exhibit at the Press Preview for the Academy Museum's new exhibit Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971 hosted by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Wednesday in Los Angeles, California, the United States.

Academy unearths long-lost ‘race films’ in Black cinema exhibit

Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971, opening at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, charts key moments in black film history that were either ignored by mainstream Hollywood studios and audiences in their day, or have been long forgotten.

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Gone chicken: Warung Nasi Mang Aja Thea's cuts of 'ungkep' chicken, well-steeped with spices, are ready to be fried and served 'dadakan' (Sundanese word for everything made just-in-time). (JP/Anindito Ariwandono)

Food

Five authentic Sundanese eateries in Bandung

In pursuit of Sundanese delicacies: From the corners of traditional markets in Cihapit and Palasari, to the busy streets of Pasirkoja and Moh. Toha.

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Inside the factory: Toni Permana creates eco-friendly paving blocks at his workshop in Bandung. (Courtesy of Toni Permana)

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Are eco-friendly bricks the future of Indonesia's building material?

Eco-friendly building materials can be a solution to minimize plastic waste, but challenges, including costly production, persist.

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A woman holds an Apple iPhone device showing on its App Store an app for facilitating

Science & Tech

Apple warns of flaw that lets hackers into iPhones, Macs

Patches were released Thursday and Wednesday by the tech titan to fix what it described as a vulnerability hackers already knew about and may be taking advantage of.

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Docent Joan Mastropaolo explains a memorial to students outside the 9/11 Tribute Museum in New York City, U.S., August 26, 2021. Picture taken August 26, 2021

Community

New York 9/11 museum closes after telling tragedy's story, helping survivors heal

A museum in New York City that told the story of the 9/11 attacks from the perspectives of the people affected has closed its building and ended its walking tours, a co-founder said Thursday.

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Fun activity: A girl poses with a puppet in a photo posted on BGBJ's Instagram account, @thebgbj, on Jan. 7.

Art, trash and education: BGBJ collaborates with young artists to relocate free school

Subject to eviction, a local school is preparing to move to a new location with the help of several communities that are helping it raise the funds to secure a new future.

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Going green: Canadian actress Tatiana Maslany attends the premiere of the Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law on Monday at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California.

Marvel's She-Hulk hopes Disney+ fans like her when she's angry

Tatiana Maslany stars as Jen Walters, who struggles to embrace her Hulk-like superpowers and instead wants to continue her life as a high-powered attorney.

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Human decoders: Participants of the Capture the Flag contest at DEF CON security conference collaborate remotely with their teammates during the finals of the contest, which ran from Aug. 12 to 14 in Las Vegas, Nevada, in this handout photograph Reuters obtained on Wednesday.

Hacker tournament brings together world's best in Las Vegas

A team of hackers from two United States universities has won the Capture the Flag (CTF) championship, a contest seen as the "Olympics of hacking", which draws together some of the world's best in the field.

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Fly, ‘butterfly’: Japanese designer Hanae Mori appears in a photograph taken on June 22 in Tokyo. Mori, who cracked the elite world of Parisian haute couture, died at her home in Tokyo aged 96, Japanese media reported on Thursday.

People

Fashion designer Hanae Mori dies aged 96: Japanese media

Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori, who cracked the elite world of Parisian haute couture, has died at her home in Tokyo aged 96, Japanese media reported on Thursday.

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RIP, Freya: The female walrus nicknamed Freya naps on July 18 on the waterfront at Frognerstranda in Oslo. Norwegian officials said on Sunday that Freya, who had attracted crowds despite public warnings against approaching the wild animal, had been euthanized.

Environment

Online campaign raises US$20,000 for Freya walrus statue in Norway

An online campaign has raised over US$20,000 to build a statue in Norway for Freya, a beloved walrus that was euthanized by officials at the weekend.

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A picture shows on June 15, 2020 the Great Ziggurat temple, a massive Sumerian stepped mudbrick construction dedicated to the moon god Nanna which dates back to 2100 BC in the ancient city of Ur that falls now in southern Iraq's Dhi Qar province, 375 kilometers (235 miles) southeast of Baghdad. The location of the city of Ur, where the Bible says Abraham was born, is one of Iraq's oldest archaeological sites of the ancient region of Mesopotamia.

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Iraq's Garden of Eden now 'like a desert'

The reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden, Iraq's swamplands have been battered by three years of drought and low rainfall, as well as reduced water flows along rivers and tributaries originating in neighbouring Turkey and Iran.

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This picture taken on August 11, 2022 shows Okinawa-born Japanese hip-hop artist Awich performing during the Rock in Japan Festival at the Soga Sports Park in Chiba. The self-proclaimed queen of Japanese hip-hop Awich has stories to tell, from discovering rap as a rebellious teenager in Okinawa to losing her husband to gun violence in America.

Okinawa to Atlanta: Japan's hip-hop queen Awich

Now drawing crowds at festivals and Tokyo's most famous live venue, she wants to inspire fans to "embrace their stories -- because that's what gave me strength to face the world".

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Parwati Sunar, 27, sings the national anthem of Nepal while attending an assembly at Jeevan Jyoti secondary school in Punarbas, Kanchanpur district, southwest Nepal, August 7, 2022. Parwati attends the same school as her eldest son, Resham, after returning to an education system she fled at the age of 15, when she eloped with a man seven years her senior. Parwaiti said she hoped to become

Nepali woman's quest to learn takes her back to school with son

A Nepali mother of two, Parwati Sunar finds herself attending the same school as her son after returning to an education system she fled at the age of 15, when she eloped with a man seven years her senior.

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Thinking sideways: The cover artwork of Arash Buana's debut album 'Logic Mess' which is set to drop digitally on Aug. 19. (Courtesy of Arash Buana)

Arash Buana talks debut album and the need for emotional 'validation'

Arash Buana's English-language debut album Logic Mess finds the young singer-songwriter expanding his distinctive bedroom pop sound with more complex – and more challenging – sounds and lyrical themes.

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In this file photo taken on September 13, 2021 US rapper A$AP Rocky arrives for the 2021 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Rapper A$AP Rocky pleads not guilty to assault with firearm charges

Rap musician A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to two felony charges of assault with a firearm connected to a November shooting of a former friend in Hollywood.

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Ongoing: The Constellation of Beings exhibition, which runs until Sept. 30, features work by Sinta Tantra, such as 'Taksu' (left), 'Taman Ujung' (second left), 'Indah Ripon' (second right) and 'Harsiam' (right). (JP/Sylviana Hamdani)

Sinta Tantra gets up close and personal in Constellations of Beings

The British artist of Balinese descent delves into the familial with her first solo exhibition in Jakarta.

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Do's: It’s crucial for pet owners to regularly check their pet’s health issues and choose fabrics that suit the animal's skin conditions and their movement. (Courtesy of Alena Evelyn)

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Pet couture isn’t cheap but it’s taking over Indonesia

Local pet lovers take their animal adoration a step further.

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A view shows a bionic hand and gloves developed by COVVI, at Quayside Business Park in Leeds, Britain August 11, 2022.

Science & Tech

Bionic hand can be updated with new gestures, anytime, anywhere

Bionic hands convert electrical impulses from the muscles in the upper arm into movement powered by motors in the hand, enabling a user to hold a glass, open a door or pick up an egg.

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US novelist and essayist Salman Rushdie poses during a photo session in Paris on September 10, 2018.

People

Iran denies link with Rushdie's attacker, blames writer

Iran denied any link with the attacker of British author Salman Rushdie but blamed the writer himself for "insulting" Islam in the novel The Satanic Verses.

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US rapper A$AP Rocky charged over shooting

US rapper A$AP Rocky was charged Monday over an alleged shooting in Hollywood last year.

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This picture taken on August 10, 2022 shows tourist Joseph Lin practicing stand up paddling in the waters on the Kinmen islands with a view of Xiamen city (back) on the Chinese mainland.

'No use worrying': Taiwanese tourists carry on despite China threat

Taiwan's tiny Kinmen Islands have become a popular tourist destination, and Beijing's military drills failed to deter domestic visitors from jetting closer to their sabre-rattling neighbour.

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Legendary: Musician Chrisye performs at his solo concert, Konser Dekade, at the Jakarta Convention Center on July 12, 2003. (Kompas/Yuniadhi Agung)

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Gen Zs pay tribute to Indonesian icons on Independence Day

Certain Indonesian icons will never be swept away by time, as apparent in these tributes from the country’s zoomers.

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Cultural ambassadors: A photomontage shows Sastra Wijaya (left) and Tiur Ratu Munthe, who believe that members of the Indonesian diaspora in Australia should continue to contribute to the country, such as through local communities as well as social activities back home. (Courtesy of Sastra Wijaya/Tiur Ratu Munthe)