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File photo of US breakdancer Logan Edra performing a sequence of dance moves at Playground LA in Los Angeles, California, US, June 11, 2024. — Reuters pic
Life / 15 Jun 2024

Gen Xers ‘whip it’ to get fit for marathon music festivals

Why you are not really getting the benefits of that collagen soup or ‘beauty pot’, and what to do for better skincare. — TODAY pic
Life / 15 Jun 2024

Why you are not really getting the benefits of that collagen soup or ‘beauty pot’, and what to do for better skincare

The store shelves are cleared of products, instead showcasing books by local authors who identify as women and allies. — Picture by William KC Kee 
Life / 15 Jun 2024

Aesop Women’s Library returns to KL to showcase local authors, visitors can bring home free book 

Dominic Lor as pirate captain Conrad in ‘Le Corsaire: A Pirate’s Tale’, presented by Asia Ballet Academy at PJPAC recently. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Life / 15 Jun 2024

Male ballet dancers seek career opportunities locally to become breadwinners and break stereotypes

Snack bars are cosy, retro establishments found across Japan, often crammed into small buildings and equipped with karaoke systems that echo late into the night. ― AFP pic
Life / 15 Jun 2024

Tourists get taste of old Japan at hidden 'snack bars'

Archaeo-metallurgist of the Centre for Research and Restoration of Museums of France (C2RMF) David Bourgarit moves a 11th-century bronze statue of the famous reclining Vishnu, recently arrived from Cambodia, to be restored at the C2RMF at the Louvre museum, in Paris on June 6, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 14 Jun 2024

The high-tech art lab hidden underneath Paris

Aimansaid that he would normally play the piano when there's not too many people around and his coworkers and the staff there are okay with him playing the tunes. — Picture by Arif Zikri
Life / 14 Jun 2024

Viral piano-playing Shah Alam library security guard uses YouTube tutorials, public access piano to practise

The National Health and Morbidity Survey 2023 found one in six Malaysian children is affected by mental health disorder. — Stock pic 
Life / 14 Jun 2024

NGO Better Dads Malaysia calls for more counsellors to be trained to cope with pressing mental health issues

British designer Vivienne Westwood, one of British fashion's biggest names, died in December 2022, aged 81. ― AFP file pic
Life / 14 Jun 2024

Vivienne Westwood's clothes and jewels headed for auction

Nasa said a ‘spacesuit discomfort issue’ forced the cancellation of a planned spacewalk outside the International Space Station by two US astronauts today, roughly an hour before their repair mission was poised to begin. — Reuters pic
Life / 13 Jun 2024

Nasa calls off astronauts’ ISS spacewalk over ‘spacesuit discomfort’

EV owners can now utilise the EV chargers at Suria KLCC Premium Parking zone once again. — SoyaCincau pic
Life / 13 Jun 2024

Free EV chargers at Suria KLCC Premium Parking are now operational again

A photograph taken on May 22, 2024 shows one of the buildings of the Gordonstoun School, in Elgin, in the Scottish Highlands where Britain's King Charles III was a pupil. — AFP pic
Life / 13 Jun 2024

King Charles III’s old school goes on charm offensive

This picture taken on May 16, 2024 shows Burgundy snails at the Mie Escargots Development Laboratory farm in Matsusaka, Mie prefecture. — AFP pic
Life / 13 Jun 2024

Japan’s escargot entrepreneur achieves the ‘impossible’

Lau (centre) with Seow (third from right) and various pageant winners at the launch of Mr. Global Malaysia 2024 yesterday. — Picture courtesy of Mr. Global Malaysia
Life / 13 Jun 2024

Beauty pageant Mr. Global Malaysia returns to find new winner, empowers men to be ‘positive role models’

The gown was specially created by reknowned fashion designer Melinda Looi, in collaboration with rattan artisans from the Penan ethnic group in Sungai Tutoh village, Baram, Sarawak. — Picture courtesy of Instagram/ainabdul
Life / 13 Jun 2024

Designer Melinda Looi collaborates with Penan artisans on singer Aina Abdul’s rattan dress

Mayumi Kitakata ,57, uses 'CatsMe!', an AI-driven smartphone application jointly developed by tech startup Carelogy and researchers at Nihon University that purports to tell when a cat is feeling pain, near her 14 year-old male pet cat Chi at her home in Tokyo, Japan May 17, 2024. — Reuters pic
Life / 13 Jun 2024

Japan’s beloved cats get healthcare help from AI