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UCLA study finds that using the word ‘please’ may not be so polite in everyday requests. — Khosrork/Getty Images/ETX Studio pic
Life / 20 May 2024

Why saying ‘please’ isn’t always about politeness

A recently published study reports that climate change, and its effects on weather patterns and adverse weather events, is likely to negatively affect the health of people with brain conditions. — Sewcream/Getty Images/ETX Studio pic
Life / 20 May 2024

Climate change could aggravate brain conditions, researchers find

Hungarian inventor Erno Rubik sits next to several Rubik's Cubes during an interview with AFP in Budapest on April 29, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 20 May 2024

Forever fad: Rubik says his cube ‘reminds us why we have hands’

A male American shorthair and Persian mix named King Oyen looked dapper, dressed in traditional Malay attire, complete with headgear and sunglasses. — Bernama pic
Life / 20 May 2024

Large gathering of ‘oyens’ at KLIA2 bowls over cat show visitors 

Lalita ‘Nan’ Putchim, marine biologist and specialist in coral biology from Thailand’s Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, surveying an outbreak of yellow-band disease on a table shelf coral off the coast of Samae San island. — AFP pic
Life / 20 May 2024

At Thailand dive expo, fears for coral’s future

A restored Black Oak Savanna ecosystem, where the Karner Blue Butterfly used to live, in Indiana Dunes National Park, on November 2, 2023. — AFP pic
Life / 19 May 2024

Loss and hope: US park rangers’ climate crisis fight

Hildeberto Oreyai plays the violin outside his workshop in the town of Urubicha, Bolivia April 22, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 19 May 2024

Violin village: Artisanal hub in Bolivian Amazon

Water from melting glaciers flows down a canyon in Glacier National Park, Montana October 19, 2023. — AFP pic
Life / 19 May 2024

Identity crisis: Climate destroying wonders that gave US parks their names

A model presents a creation from the summer beachwear collection by Moroccan designer Yasmina Q, during the Red Sea Fashion Week in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea resort of Ummahat Island on May 17, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 19 May 2024

‘Maldives what?’: Saudi fashionistas attempt beach rebrand

A model presents a creation during the Red Sea Fashion Week in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea resort of Ummahat Island, on May 16, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 19 May 2024

‘Historic’: Saudi stages first swimwear fashion show

A guest with a dog poses on the red carpet during arrivals for the screening of the film
Life / 19 May 2024

Seven fashion moments on the Cannes red carpet

UK music venues are facing a perfect storm, with a surge in costs — particularly for electricity and rent — coinciding with reduced purchasing power for customers. — AFP/AFPTV pic
Life / 18 May 2024

‘Worse than Covid’: UK gig venues sing the Blues

This photograph taken on May 8, 2024 shows ‘mad honey’ (also called ‘komar’ honey in Turkish) displayed in a shop in Cayeli, in the Turkish province of Rize. — AFP pic
Life / 18 May 2024

Turkiye’s ‘mad honey’ aphrodisiac that can knock you flat

A beer is served at Craft brewery in Abu Dhabi on May 7, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 18 May 2024

Taboo to brew: Conservative Gulf gets first local beer

The Changing of the Guard ceremony resumed at Istana Negara today after it was temporarily halted due to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2019. — Bernama pic
Life / 18 May 2024

Halted due to Covid-19, Istana Negara’s changing of the guard resumes today

The ‘Celebrated The Journey In Every Step’ event marked the opening of ECCO's newest store in The Exchange TRX. — Picture courtesy of ECCO
Life / 18 May 2024

Danish footwear ECCO opens Exchange TRX store, launches sophomore collection with Parisian designer Natacha Ramsay-Levi