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Bone study transforms understanding of dinosaur growth

Researchers said on Thursday they examined rings called cortical growth marks laid down annually inside the bones as these animals grew - akin to growth rings inside tree trunks - of three dozen theropod species. ...

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Indonesian Icons: Christine Hakim, the grande dame of Indonesian cinema

Christine Hakim is one of Indonesia’s most well-known actors. Her latest major role in the HBO series The Last of Us has garnered her even more international recognition. ...

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Familiar, but forward: Lobo & Juno offers globe-trotting, East-meets-West nouvelle cuisine that blends tradition with modernity (JP/Felix Martua)

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Lobo & Juno is ready to host the hippest tastemakers in the city

Boasting sumptuous interiors and world-encompassing cuisine, The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Mega Kuningan's latest bar-and-bistro aims to allure the young and the restless.

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Elena Martinez and a friend, both residents of the town of Aserradores, Pacific Coast of Nicaragua, take a break while collecting black shells at a mangrove swamp to later sell them to tourists and restaurants in the area, on February 6, 2023. From a young age, Elena Martinez and other female residents of Aserradores, a small fishing community in eastern Nicaragua, learn to navigate the dense mangrove forest to extract a black mollusc from deep under the mud. Every few days, they leave home at dawn to row about two kilometers (1.2 miles) in a fishing boat to the mangrove, where they crawl through gnarly branches knee-deep in mud, digging for the delicacy by hand. While keeping food on the table, the women also help conserve the mangrove -- a natural barrier that harbors countless animal species and protects coastal settlements like their own from floods, tidal waves and hurricane winds.

When men won't 'get dirty', Nicaraguan women dig for cockles

Every few days, they leave home at dawn to row about two kilometers (1.2 miles) in a fishing boat to the mangroves, where they crawl through gnarly branches knee-deep in mud, digging for the delicacy by hand.

3 years ago

United States band The Strokes' Fabrizio Moretti (left) and Julian Casablancas (right) perform during Canal+ TV show “Le Grand Journal“ during the 64th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 20, 2011.

The Strokes to headline Jakarta's We The Fest music festival

The Strokes are expected to share the main stage with British pop rock band The 1975 and Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi.

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This handout photo courtesy of EurekAlert obtained on February 22, 2023 shows the view of arrcheological excavations at the entrance of the Grotte Mandrin. A cave in southern France has revealed evidence of the first use of bows and arrows in Europe by modern humans, some 54,000 years ago.

Homo sapiens in Europe used bow-and-arrow 54,000 years ago: study

The research, published on Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, pushes back the age of archery in Europe by more than 40,000 years.

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This composite picture released by NASA/ESA on August 30, 2022 from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope shows the heart of M74, otherwise known as the Phantom Galaxy. M74, a spiral galaxy 32 million light-years away, is composed of about 100 billion stars.

Webb spots surprisingly massive galaxies in early universe

Since becoming operational last July, the Webb telescope has been peering farther than ever before into the universe's distant reaches -- which also means it is looking back in time.

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Ongoing check: Officers from Jakarta Transportation Agency (Dishub) and cops often stop vehicles on the side of the road and use an application to check whether the vehicles have passed the emissions inspection. (Unsplash/Adrian Pranata)

Jakarta's effort to increase participation in vehicle emissions test pt. 2

Although the governor of Jakarta has issued a regulation obligating vehicles to undergo emissions tests, its full implementation still requires a comprehensive plan from various policymakers. This is part two of a two-part story.

3 years ago

Telling history: Isna Marifa (left) discusses her new book, Mountains More Ancient, as a work of fiction to tell Indonesia's history and attract new readers. (Courtesy of Kabar Media)

Books

'Mountains More Ancient' sheds light on Indonesian slavery in South Africa

Author Isna Marifa discusses her time with the Cape Malay people and how it influenced her novel Mountains More Ancient.

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Veterinary doctor Diego Poggio shows a Sphynx cat, after it was rescued by police officers from the Cereso 3 prison with a tattoo that says “Made in Mexico“, to announce that the cat is available for adoption in an animal shelter in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico February 21, 2023.

Art & Culture

Tattooed Mexican cat seeks new home after life behind bars

The cat's tattoos decorate both sides of its slender, grey body, and include the phrase "Made in Mexico."

3 years ago

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 06: Eric Holder Jr., who is accused of killing rapper Nipsey Hussle, enters a courtroom to hear the verdict at Los Angeles Superior Court on July 6, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Jurors have found the 32-year-old man guilty of first-degree murder for the 2019 fatal shooting of the rapper.

Killer of rapper Nipsey Hussle jailed for at least 60 years

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge H. Clay Jacke sentenced Holder to a minimum of 25 years for the killing, with an additional 25 years because a gun was used in the crime.

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A cheff finishes a dish at the Sikwa restaurant, which bases its menu on the traditional cuisine of the native peoples of the country to keep the indigenous gastronomic culture alive in San Jose, on February 14, 2023. The recipes are not written down, the ingredients local. At Sikwa restaurant in the Costa Rican capital, a deep-rooted respect for Indigenous culture is what determines the menu. The establishment in San Jose is the brainchild of Chef Pablo Bonilla, who ten years ago decided to leave behind everything he had learnt in his culinary studies.

Food

Costa Rican chef showcasing Indigenous cuisine

For years, he immersed himself in the Indigenous cultures of his native country, living with eight different Indigenous groups in turn: the bribri, cabecar, ngobe, maleku, brunca, teribe, huetar and chorotega.

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US director and producer Steven Spielberg poses with his “Honorary Golden Bear“ for lifetime achievement during the Honorary Golden Bear ceremony and the premiere of his film 'The Fabelmans', presented as 'Homage' at the Berlinale, Europe's first major film festival of the year, on February 21, 2023 in Berlin.

Spielberg channels inner child at Berlin film festival

The Hollywood A-lister also spoke of still feeling the same inspiration he did "as a little kid" when he makes films today.

3 years ago

Eye-catching: The front cover of Indonesia Out of Exile (Penguin Southeast Asia)

Books

Understanding the impact of Pramoedya’s 'Buru Quartet'

Leading Australian expert on Indonesia Max Lane recounts late Indonesian literary giant Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s role in inspiring the downfall of former president Soeharto’s New Order regime through his Buru Quartet tetralogy

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Inspecting emissions level: A mechanic at Astra Motor center repair shop in Cawang, East Jakarta, carries out an emissions test on a motorcycle. (JP/Wulan Kusuma Wardhani)

Jakarta's effort to increase participation in vehicle emissions test pt. 1

3 years ago

View of a flood-affected area in the Juquehy district in Sao Sebastiao, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, on February 20, 2023.

'Everything was buried': Brazilians recount storm horror

Ankle-deep in muck, Brazilian domestic worker Patricia da Silva picks her way through the debris and mud of what used to be her home.

3 years ago

South-Korean Canadian director Celine Song attends a press conference for the film 'Past Lives' in competition at the Berlinale, Europe's first major film festival of the year, on February 19, 2023 in Berlin.

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First-time filmmaker sparks sensation at Berlin fest

Celine Song's Past Lives, already a breakout hit at last month's US film festival Sundance, is having its global launch at the Berlinale cinema showcase in the German capital.

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Meta subscriber plan risks digital divide, say critics

Years after Facebook removed a slogan that declared the site was "free and always will be", parent company Meta announced a paid-for subscription service that has already been widely criticised.

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Britain's King Charles III (C) meets with Ukrainian recruits being trained by British and international partner forces at a site in Wiltshire in south-west England on February 20, 2023.

King Charles watches Ukraine troops training in UK

Britain's King Charles III on Monday went to view Ukrainian soldiers receiving training in trench warfare in southwest England.

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Big tech: A man passes by a Google sign at the company’s stand during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 21, 2020.

Big Tech defends landmark law in US Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday will consider a law that since 1996 has protected tech companies from lawsuits related to content posted on their platforms.

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Cambodian students look at the gold and rock crystal Royal Regalia of the Angkor period, 12th and 13th centuries, that is displayed at the National Museum in Phnom Penh on May 26, 2009. The stolen Royal Regalia was donated to the National Museum in January 4, 2008 by American Douglas Latchford.

Britain returns trove of Angkor crown jewels to Cambodia

The trove includes crowns, necklaces, amulets and other treasures from the Angkor period, which ran from the ninth to 14th centuries AD, when the Khmer empire was a dominant force in southeast Asia.

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Fashionable young ones: A child model walks the runway with designer Hannie Hananto's latest collection (JP/Sylviana Hamdani)

Culture

Indonesia's children fashion hypes up with young models

Indonesian fashion designers aspire to revive the local children's fashion industry despite its many challenges.

3 years ago

Aerodynamic: The Ferrari 296 GTS shows its clean lines. (JP/Tunggul Wirajuda)

Culture

High ride: Ferrari 296 GTS gearing for Indonesian roads

Ferrari is bent on getting in the fast lane in the Indonesian market, as the luxury-sports carmaker recently unveiled its new 296 GTS spider line of cars for the country’s high-rolling automobile aficionados.

3 years ago

People look at the female giant panda Xiang Xiang ahead of her return to China, at Ueno Zoological Park in Tokyo on February 19, 2023.

Japan bids farewell to four pandas returning to China

Thousands of Japanese fans on Sunday bade farewell to four beloved pandas which will be returned to China this week.

3 years ago

This handout photo obtained courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (MET) on February 18, 2023, shows the Entombment of Christ sculpture, created in Biron, Dordogne, France, around the year 1515.

Art & Culture

NY Met to let French make 3D copies of two 16th-century sculptures

Thanks to modern technology, precise 3D copies of two 16th-century sculptures will be made and installed in the French castle where the originals long resided.

3 years ago

A volunteer for the local NGO Haytap tries to lure a cat into a cage in Antakya, south of Turkey, where many animals are trapped in the rubbles after the February 6th earthquake, on February 18, 2023.

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Rush to save trapped animals in Turkish city after tremor

Rescue workers have saved hundreds of trapped cats, dogs, rabbits and birds in the Turkish city of Antakya devastated by last week's 7.8-magnitude earthquake.

3 years ago

In this file photo taken on February 06, 2023, US actor Paul Rudd and his wife, writer Julie Yaeger, arrive for the World Premiere of Marvel’s 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California.