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A Russian pilgrim holds a crucifix while arriving for a mass confession event at Circus Maximus, held under tents as part of the Youth Jubilee. Around one million people are expected to attend the final Mass on August 3 with Pope Leo XIV at Tor Vergata, just over two months after he became the first American pontiff. — AFP pic
Life / 02 Aug 2025

Thousands of young Catholics gather in Rome for Pope Leo XIV’s youth vigil

The Marina Bay Sands centrepiece at Miniland Singapore. — Picture courtesy of Legoland Malaysia
Life / 02 Aug 2025

Legoland Malaysia’s new Miniland Singapore drops just in time for Visit Johor Year 2026 (VIDEO)

In the United States, meanwhile, Liam and Olivia remained the most popular baby names for the sixth consecutive year, with Emma, Noah, and Amelia rounding out the top rankings. — AFP file pic
Life / 02 Aug 2025

Muhammad remains most popular baby boy name in England and Wales for second year

A man walks through a landslide-hit area after heavy rain in Lalitpur district, on the outskirts of Kathmandu October 1, 2024. Each year during the monsoon, floods and landslides wreak havoc across South Asia, with Nepal especially vulnerable due to unstable terrain, erratic rainfall and poor planning. — AFP pic
Life / 02 Aug 2025

AI-powered warning system brings hope to Nepal’s landslide-hit villages

Dutch three-masted schooner Oosterschelde sails into the Veerhaven in Rotterdam, July 31, 2025, after completing a two-year global voyage retracing Charles Darwin’s journey. — AFP pic
Life / 02 Aug 2025

After two-year Darwin-inspired voyage, young scientists return with climate warning and hope

Microplastics and mesoplastic debris pictured at Almaciga Beach on the north coast of Tenerife, Canary Islands, July 14, 2018, during a beach clean-up by NGO Canarias Libre de Plásticos (Canary Islands Free of Plastics). — AFP pic
Life / 02 Aug 2025

Can microplastics harm our brains? What we know so far

Human remains pointing to a 1,000-year-old pre-Hispanic cemetery were unearthed in northern Lima by workers digging under the Peruvian capital to install a gas pipeline, an archaeologist told Reuters on Thursday. — Reuters pic/Calidda Gas Natural Handout
Life / 02 Aug 2025

Gas workers dig up ancient Chancay tomb buried beneath Lima sidewalk — right by a front door

Finland will from next year offer the option to complete upper secondary education in English, after a law designed to attract skilled labour from abroad came into force Friday. — Picture via Unsplash/Joakim Honkasalo
Life / 01 Aug 2025

Finnish high schools go global: English classes coming in 2026

For locals in the picturesque south Wales village of New Radnor, population 438, the demise of their only remaining hostelry was devastating. — AFP file pic
Life / 01 Aug 2025

Locals save 200-year-old Welsh pub from ruin with community cash, as thousands shut across UK

People dressed as Ondel-Ondel puppets, large traditional figures from Jakarta's Betawi culture, performing along with a traditional music band on a street during a family parade celebrating an 11-year-old boy's circumcision in Jakarta. — AFP pic
Life / 01 Aug 2025

As poverty rises, Jakarta’s iconic puppets caught in row over dignity and desperation