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A city council in South Korea said today their first administrative officer robot was defunct after throwing itself down some stairs, with local media mourning the country’s first robot suicide. — AFP pic/Gumi City Council
Life / 26 Jun 2024

South Korea administrative robot defunct after apparent suicide

Pusaka has recently received official NGO accreditation from Unesco in recognition of its decades-long efforts to enhance the sustainability of intangible cultural heritage in Malaysia. — Picture by Putra Othman
Life / 26 Jun 2024

Cultural organisation Pusaka receives accreditation from Unesco for decades-long work on intangible cultural heritage

Lifestyle content creator Nur Sabrina was one of the early visitors to Sensatia Botanicals’ first Malaysian store. — Picture courtesy of Melium
Life / 26 Jun 2024

Bali's famed skincare brand Sensatia Botanicals finally arrives in Malaysia, opens first store at Exchange TRX

A female harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) is seen at La Reserva Biopark in Cota municipality, near Bogota, on June 11, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 26 Jun 2024

In Colombia, a long, perilous romance to save the harpy eagle

Italian luxury house Roberto Cavalli showed off its Resort Collection 2024 at Maristar’s Fashionista night. — Picture courtesy of The Marini's Group
Life / 26 Jun 2024

Italian luxury brand Roberto Cavalli showcases resort collection at Maristar KL for good cause (VIDEO)

Princess Diana's 1986 midnight-blue Murray Arbeid dress, is on display at Julien's Auctions' press preview of
Life / 26 Jun 2024

Handbags and ball gowns: Princess Diana finery goes under the hammer

First developed in the 1960s as an anaesthetic, ketamine's hallucinogenic and dissociative effects led to it becoming a party drug dubbed 'Special K'. — AFP pic
Life / 26 Jun 2024

Study: Ketamine pill treats depression without psychedelic effects

The sun rises at Stonehenge, near Amesbury, in Wiltshire, southern England on June 21, 2024, during the Summer Solstice festival, which dates back thousands of years, celebrating the longest day of the year when the sun is at its maximum elevation. — AFP pic
Life / 26 Jun 2024

Unesco wants to add Stonehenge to list of endangered heritage sites

More than 31 per cent of adults — 1.8 billion people — did not get the recommended amount of physical exercise in 2022, an increase of five percentage points from 2010, according to a study by the World Health Organization and other researchers. ― Shutterstock pic
Life / 26 Jun 2024

‘Wake-up call’: Third of adults not doing enough physical activity

Glassmaker Eduardo Viciana blows molten glass in his atelier in Havana, Cuba, June 21, 2024. — Reuters pic
Life / 25 Jun 2024

Self-taught Cuban glass blower turns recycled glass into art

A model presents a creation by the creative studio of fashion house Chanel as part of their Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 collection show in Paris, France, June 25, 2024. — Reuters pic
Life / 25 Jun 2024

Chanel takes haute couture fashion to Paris Opera house

A black rhino is seen after it was dehorned in an effort to deter the poaching of one of the world’s endangered species, at a farm outside Klerksdorp, in the north-west province, South Africa in this file picture dated February 24, 2016. — Reuters pic
Life / 25 Jun 2024

Protecting 1.2pc of Earth would prevent most extinctions, study says

A newly-released study by the Health Ministry saw a 600-per-cent increase in e-cigarette users in Malaysia over the past 12 years. — Picture by Hari Anggara 
Life / 25 Jun 2024

Experts: Marketing gimmicks, weak regulations main reasons for vape popularity among teens in Malaysia

Models present creations by Christian Dior during the Haute-Couture Fall/Winter 2024 show as part of the Paris Fashion Week in Paris June 24, 2024. ― AFP pic
Life / 25 Jun 2024

Dior sportswear, Van Herpen's living sculptures at Paris couture week

Warisan Bathrobe and Malaya pillowcase from the ‘Honouring Heritage Collection’.— Picture courtesy of Mimpikita x The Edison, George Town
Life / 25 Jun 2024

Fashion brand Mimpikita partners with The Edison Hotel in Penang on lifestyle collection to honour heritage

Giving digital devices to calm a child’s tantrums can throw a child into the vicious cycle of electronic device addiction. — Unsplash Picture
Life / 24 Jun 2024

Expert: Pampering kids with electronic gadgets triggers addiction, talking to them can break it