Lifestyle, Phnom Penh Post

Inventor of guilt-free desserts is the world’s top pastry chef

Publication date 14 June 2019 | 13:55 | ICT

Her desserts are often not at all sweet and she couldn’t give a fig if people complain that they don’t look great on Instagram.

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Freedom to walk: Ridding Cambodia of mines through tech innovation

Publication date 12 June 2019 | 11:47 | ICT

It may seem an unlikely location, but down a nondescript alley surrounded by residential units in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kork district is a robotics company which is aiming to change the world.
The billionaire hunting down Latin American art

Publication date 12 June 2019 | 11:34 | ICT

Eduardo Costantini picked up the telephone and, without hesitating, offered to pay $3.13 million for a major work by Spanish-born Mexican artist Remedios Varo – the jewel of Christie’s most recent auction of Latin American art.
Crucial to life on Earth, oceans get chance in climate spotlight

Publication date 11 June 2019 | 14:37 | ICT

Armed with better data than ever before, scientists have in recent months sounded the alarm over the rising pace of global warming and the parlous state of Nature.
‘Bootcamp’ getting green entrepreneurs into shape

Publication date 11 June 2019 | 14:00 | ICT

Machetes in hand and wearing a straw hat against the sun, the participants of an “agro-bootcamp” in the farmlands of the West African nation of Benin harvest maize, cowpeas and rice.
‘First Lady’ of New York graffiti now a businesswoman

Publication date 11 June 2019 | 12:14 | ICT

WHEN she began painting graffiti on New York subway cars at the age of 15, Lady Pink stood out as one of very few women in that illegal and dangerous subculture.
NGO film addressing domestic violence wins Australian award

Publication date 11 June 2019 | 11:52 | ICT

A social media campaign created by Siem Reap-based NGO This Life Cambodia to tackle domestic violence is gaining international recognition having just won the Best Social Media Campaign of the Year award at the Not-For-Profit Techno
Fishermen help overhaul plastic habits to clean up the sea off Italy

Publication date 11 June 2019 | 10:52 | ICT

On a moonlit night off Italy’s coast, fishermen are hauling in the usual catch: cuttlefish, red mullet and plastic waste. But this time, they won’t throw the rubbish back.
Vienna bids farewell to iconic Life Ball AIDS fundraiser

Publication date 10 June 2019 | 16:28 | ICT

The Austrian capital of Vienna bade farewell to the iconic Life Ball AIDS charity fundraiser on Saturday as its extravagant costumes and celebrity guests took over the city’s town hall for the last time.
Feeling blessed

Publication date 10 June 2019 | 15:42 | ICT

Residents paint their bodies and faces at a parade in Prek Pnov district on the outskirts of Phnom Penh on Friday.
New filmmakers in Myanmar shoot to rekindle golden years

Publication date 10 June 2019 | 13:02 | ICT

A deadly race to find hidden treasure, car chases and slick fight scenes drive the breakneck narrative of one of Myanmar’s latest blockbusters, as a new generation of directors aim to revive the country’s golden era of film.