How a cocktail bar on Taiwan’s Quemoy island tells Cold War stories through drinks made with local ingredients

How a cocktail bar on Taiwan’s Quemoy island tells Cold War stories through drinks made with local ingredients

Quemoy native Lee’s cocktails at his Vent Bar, in Jincheng township, in the west of the main island, showcase Quemoy flavours, such as the firewater Kaoliang, made with sorghum grown on the island. Powei Lee, owner of Vent Bar on Quemoy Island, Taiwan, is a champion of local produce. Photo: Reuters Lee, 31, has designed … Read more

Elon Musk’s X, Australia government clash over order to take down church stabbing video

Elon Musk’s X, Australia government clash over order to take down church stabbing video

Elon Musk lashed out at Australia’s prime minister on Tuesday after a court ordered his social media company X to take down footage of an alleged terrorist attack in Sydney, and said the ruling meant any country could control “the entire internet.” At a hearing overnight, Australia’s Federal Court ordered X, formerly called Twitter, to … Read more

‘We love our Indian brothers and sisters’: Israeli Embassy on claims of Indian YouTuber denied entry into its nightclubs | India News

‘We love our Indian brothers and sisters’: Israeli Embassy on claims of Indian YouTuber denied entry into its nightclubs | India News

NEW DELHI: The Israeli Embassy on Tuesday hit back at the hate speech against Indians and urged people to fact-check before falling for any fake news and propoganda, as incidents of hate speech are on the rise after the conflict in the Gaza Strip and Iran-Israel tension.Calling the viral video of an Indian YouTuber, showing … Read more

Mysterious writer behind ISIS-K propaganda calls himself ‘the Canadian’

Mysterious writer behind ISIS-K propaganda calls himself ‘the Canadian’

A mysterious writer making propaganda for an Afghan branch of ISIS claimed to be based somewhere in Canada which, experts say, could be cause for concern for authorities.  Voice of Khurasan, an online publication used by the Islamic State of Khorasan (ISIS-K), which is suspected of being behind the Moscow attack that killed at least 140 … Read more

Iran regime media faked photo with rabbi to justify killing – report

Iran regime media faked photo with rabbi to justify killing – report

Iranian pro-government Tasnim News created a fake image of a Kurdish businessman with a rabbi in order to justify killing the businessman. The image was posted on social media and online by Tasnim News. It began in Farsi media in pro-government Iranian circles and then was also posted on Tasnim’s English language site on … Read more

Kit Siang’s statements on non-Malay PM harmful to racial harmony, says Takiyuddin

Kit Siang’s statements on non-Malay PM harmful to racial harmony, says Takiyuddin

PETALING JAYA: PAS has alleged that DAP veteran Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang’s talk on being a Prime Minister among non-Malays is not just confusing but also harmful propaganda that may cause racial disharmony in the country. PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said PAS has found Lim’s statement during a speech to Malaysian students … Read more