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Malaysia stirs ‘hotpot diplomacy’ in China
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/05/2025
» Malaysia is seeking to expand its palm oil market in China by offering a plant-based alternative for use in mala hotpot, a popular spicy dish that’s cooked with raw meats and vegetables in a simmering pot.
Cooking with love: recipe book honors Mexico's missing
AFP, Published on 16/10/2023
» IRAPUATO (MEXICO) - When Yadira Martinez makes her son's favorite dish it feels like he is back home, so she and other mothers decided to share recipes in a cookbook dedicated to their missing children.
Lula hosts South American leaders' summit in Brazil
AFP, Published on 30/05/2023
» BRASíLIA - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is hosting his fellow South American leaders Tuesday for a "retreat" aimed at strengthening ties in a region where left-wing governments are newly back in style.
To strengthen ties, ancient Maya gifted neighbors a spider monkey
AFP, Published on 22/11/2022
» WASHINGTON - Seventeen hundred years ago, a female spider monkey was presented as a treasured gift -- and later brutally sacrificed -- to strengthen ties between two major powers of pre-Hispanic America, according to a new study.
Bowie estate sells songwriting rights to Warner
AFP, Published on 04/01/2022
» NEW YORK - David Bowie's estate has sold the publishing rights to his "entire body of work" to Warner Chappell Music, the company said Monday, the latest massive deal in a roaring song rights purchasing boom.
Pair win Nobel for unlocking mystery of sensing temperature, touch
AFP, Published on 04/10/2021
» STOCKHOLM - US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian on Monday won the Nobel Medicine Prize for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch.
Pakistan struggles to combat devastating locust plague
AFP, Published on 04/03/2020
» PIPLI PAHAR (PAKISTAN) - Pakistan's farmers are struggling to combat the worst locust plague in nearly three decades as insect swarms decimate entire harvests in the country's agricultural heartlands and send food prices soaring.
China reports first death from mystery pneumonia outbreak
AFP, Published on 12/01/2020
» WUHAN, China: A 61-year-old man has become the first person to die in China from a respiratory illness believed caused by a new virus from the same family as SARS, which claimed hundreds of lives more than a decade ago, authorities said.
High spirits at Singapore's school for gin
AFP, Published on 22/11/2019
» SINGAPORE - In a Singapore distillery, the smell of pine, citrus and flowers fills the air as students crush juniper berries, blending them with their own choice of ingredients to make custom gin with an Asian twist.
Indian Kashmir under lockdown order amid troop build-up: state govt
AFP, Published on 05/08/2019
» SRINAGAR (INDIA) - Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir placed large parts of the disputed region under lockdown early Monday amid a massive troop buildup by India, which traded accusations of clashes with Pakistan at the de facto border.