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Prince Harry co-founded the charity in honour of his mother, Princess Diana, to help young people with HIV and AIDS in Lesotho and later Botswana. — AFP pic
Life / 06 Aug 2025

UK watchdog clears Prince Harry of bullying at Sentebale, but slams ‘damaging’ charity row in memory of Diana

A technician in PRYZM nightclub in Birmingham, poses for a photograph in the superclub on September 5, 2020. — AFP pic
Life / 06 Aug 2025

Murder on the dancefloor: UK nightclubs vanish as Gen Z shuns booze and bills bite post-Covid

Picture taken on July 23, 2025 shows people bathing at the Ounaskoski Beach at the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland. — AFP pic
Life / 06 Aug 2025

From from Finland to Norway, Nordic ‘coolcations’ ruined as heatwave shatters records 

This aerial photograph shows bathers enjoying in the sea in front of a hotel in Cesme, in the Turkey west province of Izmir, on July 30, 2025. — AFP pic
Life / 06 Aug 2025

In Turkiye’s tourist coast Izmir, village forced to dig 170m for water as hotels keep pools full amid drought

In this photograph taken on June 25, 2025, Haji Karam Jat (right), a fisherman, and his family members walk along an embankment in Keti Bandar town of Thatta district near the Indus delta, in the south of Pakistan. — AFP pic
Life / 06 Aug 2025

What Pakistan stands to lose as the Indus delta collapses under climate pressure and water disputes

People swim at the Grenelle safe bathing site on the Seine river on its opening day, in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on July 5, 2025. — AFP pic
Life / 05 Aug 2025

Seine sees record turnout as thousands of Parisians brave rain to swim in cleaned-up river

TOMY will release an event-exclusive “DREAM TOMICA Initial D Special Set” on Aug 8. — Picture from Facebook/Tomica Malaysia
Life / 05 Aug 2025

Tomica marks 55th anniversary with Initial D collaboration, collector sets available at KL’s Auto Salon 2025

FLUX Helios lights up your setup with flicker-free clarity — built for gamers, creators, and long nights in focus.
Life / 05 Aug 2025

Flux introduces new TÜV-certified smart light for vision protection

Participants collaborating during a team-building challenge to foster creativity, communication and leadership through Pepper Labs’ experiential learning training. — Pepper Labs x Perkeso pic
Life / 05 Aug 2025

Perkeso and Pepper Labs partner to upskill unemployed graduates through Google Career Certificates Scholarships

File picture for illustration purposes only. A growing trend among South Korean elementary schoolchildren involves dating for just a single 40-minute class period to avoid being labelled ‘mosol,’ or ‘single since birth.’ — Reuters pic
Life / 05 Aug 2025

Love in recess: Korean schoolkids form ‘one-period couples’ to avoid stigma of being ‘single since birth’

File picture of lamb skewers over a hot charcoal fire. A university in central China has partnered with a local industry body to launch the country’s first Barbecue Research Institute, aiming to elevate the street food into a formal profession. — Picture by Lee Khang Yi
Life / 05 Aug 2025

From street food to syllabus: China launches first barbecue research institute to train 1,000 grill masters

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp prepares to expand to the West Coast with its biggest US daily newspaper launch in nearly 15 years. — Reuters pic
Life / 05 Aug 2025

Murdoch’s California Post to bring ‘common-sense journalism’ and New York tabloid flair to the US West Coast

People in the park outside the concert tent listen to the music and watch the live broadcast on a giant screen during the opening concert of the 80th Duszniki International Chopin Piano Festival in Duszniki Zdroj, southwestern Poland, August 2, 2025. — AFP pic
Life / 05 Aug 2025

‘Musical cocoon’: In Polish mountain town where Chopin first played abroad, music lovers return for 80th festival

A woman takes a selfie in front of the artwork by Canadian artist, activist, and photographer Benjamin Von Wong entitled ‘The Thinker’s Burden’ a 6-metre-tall sculptural remix of Rodin’s iconic Thinker, which is being created for the Plastics Treaty negotiations, in front of the United Nations Offices in Geneva, on August 4, 2025. Negotiators will take another stab at reaching a global pact on plastic pollution at talks opens from August 5 to 14, 2025 in Geneva but they face deep divisions over how to tackle the health and ecological hazard. — AFP pic
Life / 05 Aug 2025

A ‘Thinker’ drowns in plastic as protest sculpture highlights pollution during UN treaty talks

The Gates Foundation will spend US$2.5 billion by 2030 on women’s health, it said yesterday, with founder Bill Gates (pic) saying the area, including conditions from preeclampsia to menopause, had been neglected for too long. — Ritzau Scanpix via Reuters pic
Life / 05 Aug 2025

From menopause to maternal care, Gates Foundation targets overlooked women’s health conditions with US$2.5b plan

Several areas in Mulu National Park can only be accessed by boat, which serves as a lifeline for communities in this remote region. — Bernama pic
Life / 05 Aug 2025

What makes Mulu a Unesco treasure? Inside Sarawak’s caves, culture and biodiversity