13+ hour, 19+ min ago  (738+ words) GEORGE TOWN, July 6 " On the streets of George Town, it is easy to spot the cultural legacies left by Chinese merchants, Indian Muslim and Malay traders and British colonial administrators. Among these remnants of colonial and Peranakan architecture in the…...

13+ hour, 18+ min ago  (681+ words) GEORGE TOWN, July 6 " Between the 17th and early 19th centuries, many Germans left their homeland in search of better opportunities, and one of the places they eventually settled was Penang. This lesser-known chapter of Penang's history is now highlighted through the German…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (636+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 17 " From breaking up a fight or identifying a suspected robber to picking up trash and removing graffiti, National Guard forces are on an unusual deployment mixing security and cleanup in the US capital. Now such unorthodox assignments may…...