Architect Pan Yi Cheng used the Japanese charred-timber technique shou sugi ban to transform an aging Sentosa Cove bungalow into a calmer, more unified waterfront home.
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Once barred from PE class, Nur Sabrina Suhaimi is now Singapore’s only female national wheelchair rugby player, competing in a sport once known as murderball.
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Taiwan’s parliament has approved a $7.6 billion drone spending package backed by opposition parties, after rejecting a rival plan submitted by President Lai Ching-te’s government.
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Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military commander convicted of genocide over the Srebrenica massacre, has died while serving a life sentence at The Hague.
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Indonesia has escalated cloud seeding and water-bombing operations as putrid haze from wildfires on Borneo and Sumatra exposes more than five million people to toxic smoke.
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A new poll found 65% of South Koreans think Seoul should develop its own nuclear weapons, reflecting growing unease over the reliability of U.S. defense guarantees.
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OpenAI plans to stop providing AI models to Cursor after Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquired the coding tool, citing contract violations and setting a November 12 shutoff date.
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Rafael Leao bid an emotional farewell to AC Milan after seven years, with Galatasaray reportedly agreeing a €45 million deal to sign the Portugal winger.
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More than 1,000 luxury items and 80 properties forfeited in Singapore’s S$3 billion money laundering case go under the hammer from September 7, Deloitte says.
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Two armed thieves bought exhibition tickets before smashing a display case and stealing a 600-diamond necklace worth over $4 million from Vienna’s MAK museum.