MANILA: Rodgil Flores casts a stern taskmaster’s glance as grimacing young women in bikinis stride across one of the mirror-walled studios that is central to making the Philippines a beauty pageant juggernaut. In 17-centimetre stiletto heels, the students sway their hips between long slow strides, a brutal drill that Flores
Skiers descend in long, rhythmic swoops down pristine white slopes in northern Pakistan, braking in a spray of snow as soldiers carrying semi-automatic weapons watch impassively. Dozens of athletes took part at a rare international competition in the South Asian country, which boasts some of the world’s highest mountains but
PARIS: The world’s largest bee – a giant insect roughly the size of a human thumb – has been rediscovered in a remote part of Indonesia in its first sighting in nearly 40 years, researchers said Thursday. Despite its conspicuous size, no one had observed Wallace’s giant bee – discovered
SAINT PETERSBURG: The temperature is below zero, the wind is howling and the beach is covered with snow – perfect conditions for Russian surfing fanatics to wax their boards, don wetsuits and catch waves. “Whether it’s winter or summer… it doesn’t matter, we go surfing,” says Nikita Kononovich, a 29-year-old
BERLIN: Export power Germany has long had a troubled relationship with selling arms abroad, a legacy of its dark history that is now spelling deep discord with its European allies. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government has recently sparred with both France and Britain over the issue, while trouble is also brewing
LOMBOK (Indonesia): Indonesia is set to host a MotoGP street race from 2021 on the island of Lombok, which was rocked by deadly earthquakes last year, the country’s tourism development agency said. The project is intended to help Lombok, a beauty spot adjacent to Bali, recover from the quakes that
An early masterpiece by artist Paul Gauguin — which has only been seen in public twice in nearly 140 years — will be auctioned in Paris next month. “Pissarro’s Garden” is a touching tribute to the older Impressionist master, Camille Pissarro, experts say, who Gauguin called his “dear teacher”. It
TOKYO: A Japanese probe sent to collect samples from an asteroid 300 million kilometres away for clues about the origin of life and the solar system landed successfully on Friday, scientists said. Hayabusa2 touched down briefly on the Ryugu asteroid, fired a bullet into the surface to puff up dust
DHAKA: Funerals started Friday for victims of a devastating fire in a historic district of Dhaka in which almost 70 people died, burned alive by exploding chemical canisters or trapped by flames. The disaster has sparked new calls for action by authorities to crack down on the widespread rogue storage
DHAKA: At least 70 people were killed when fire tore through crumbling apartment blocks in a historic part of Dhaka, setting off a chain of explosions and a wall of flames down nearby streets, officials said Thursday. It started in one building where chemicals for deodorants and other household uses
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