50 years of the Mustang: Design in motion

Few screeching Hollywood car chases have ever been so dramatic. For close to eleven minutes Steve McQueen’s Highland Green V8 Mustang GT390 hurtles after a jet black ’68 Dodge Charger, propelled up, over and around the saw-toothed streets of San Francisco.

Nigeria abducted schoolgirls: Malala Yousafzai urges action

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who survived a shooting by Taliban insurgents, has said the world must not stay silent over the abduction of more than 200 girls in Nigeria.

She told the BBC that "if we remain silent then this will spread, this will happen more and more and more".

Man City 4:0 Aston Villa

Manchester City took a giant stride towards their second Premier League title in three years as a second-half rout of Aston Villa moved them top of the table with one game left to play.

City had spent only 11 days at the summit all season, but now lead Liverpool by two points with a far superior goal difference heading into Sunday's final round of matches.

Poachers take chunks from California redwoods, put majestic trees at risk

Tree poaching conjures up the lawless Amazon jungle, but America's magnificent redwood forests now face a piecemeal but steady assault by poachers too, California officials say.

Thieves are cutting massive chunks from the base of the champion trees, which are the tallest on Earth and are up to 2,000 years old. While state officials say the damage is far from any Amazonian deforestation, they do rank the desecration alongside elephant tusk poaching.

Thai drug arrests: Officials to call for lives to be spared

Cambodia will urge Thai officials not to consider the death penalty if two of its nationals, who were arrested on Sunday for allegedly smuggling drugs across the border into Thailand, are found guilty of charges against them, an official has revealed.

Chinese pilots demand same pay as foreigners

Given the country's aviation boom and pilot shortage, you might think this would be a good time to be a pilot in China.

 

A diver searching the sunken Sewol ferry died Tuesday, according to South Korea's Government Rescue Headquarters.

Russia Requests Debt Meeting With Foreign Minister

Russia’s new ambassador has called on Foreign Minister Hor Namhong to meet about debt owed by Cambodia.

Ukraine soldiers killed in renewed Sloviansk fighting

Four Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and an army helicopter shot down by pro-Russian militants near the eastern city of Sloviansk, Kiev says.

It says the gunmen used heavy weapons against Ukraine's units involved in the "anti-terror" operation. Casualties were also reported among the rebels.

As First Funerals Set for MH370 Passengers, Malaysia says 'Face Reality'

The first funerals for passengers on board a missing Malaysia Airlines jet will be held this weekend, relatives said on Friday, as a Malaysian official urged relatives of those presumed dead to “face reality” and leave support centers.

Gerry Adams freed in Jean McConville murder inquiry

Speaking after his release following four days of questioning, Mr Adams said there was a "sustained, malicious, untruthful campaign" alleging his involvement in the 1972 killing.

Rebels Shoot Down Ukraine Helicopter in Slovyansk

Pro-Russian rebels shot down two Ukrainian helicopters on Friday, killing two crew, as troops tightened their siege of separatist-held Slovyansk and Moscow accused Kyiv of launching a "criminal" assault that wrecked hopes of peace.

In Kampong Speu, tradition endures

The Suy minority is made up of 238 families from five villages across Kampong Speu. They still wear unique clothes but children do not learn their traditional language at school. The community is worried that it may soon be lost.

Weaving Pidan

The exhibition Reviving Pidan at the Insider Gallery of InterContinental Hotel features a rare form of Cambodian artwork whose creation requires a high degree of both technical skill and artistic ability.
Known as pidan, the works are silk tapestries in which the weavers portrayed scenes in traditional Cambodian style.

Preserving an Ancient Pottery Tradition, With a Modern Twist

Once common in Phnom Penh, trucks and oxcarts laden with terracotta pots are becoming an increasingly rare sight.
Villagers in Kompong Chhnang province—the heartland of Cambodia’s pottery-making tradition—have for generations created earthenware for sale across the country.

Hot Female Bodyguards: Chinese Firm Conducts First Open Training Session

  

Muammar Gaddafi is long gone, but there are still takers for hot female bodyguards.
A firm in China is readying a new batch of women bodyguards to service its clients. The candidates have to undergo rigorous training for 8-10 months before they assume their responsibilities. They are expected to guard wealthy, high-class women seeking protection.

End of the air search: Crews that searched for missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 pose for final photo in Perth as operation is scaled down

It's a scene that no-one could have imagined when a Malaysian Airlines jet disappeared more than seven weeks ago - a farewell photo by the men and women who have searched in vain from the sky for the missing plane.

They posed with their aircraft in Perth to mark the official end to the huge international air search for MH370, which lost contact on March 8 with 239 passengers and crew.

5 takeaways from Obama's trip to Asia

After four countries, three formal state dinners, two speeches to American troops and one encounter with a menacing humanoid robot, President Barack Obama flies home Tuesday having completed his long-awaited trip to Asia.

Mini builds a Paceman pickup

Though we never quite understood the standard Mini Paceman, we can certainly understand this: it's the one-off Mini Paceman “Adventure”, and it's a pickup.
Why has this Thing occurred? BMW apprentices at Munich and Dingolfing worked in collaboration with their instructors to build a “creative vision” for the Mini brand.

The City of the Dead: The ghostly Chinese town filled with luxury properties that nobody lives in

Locals call it 'The City of the Dead', a ghostly urban landscape with no residents to fill it. More than 100 villas stand empty after they were built six years ago for locals in the Chinese city of Beihai, in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.