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Lil Nas X attends the Vanity Fair Oscars party after the 97th Academy Awards, in Beverly Hills, California, US March 2, 2025. — Reuters pic
Life / 22 Aug 2025

‘Don’t be late to the party’: Lil Nas X arrested after nearly naked LA stroll in boots, underwear

File photo of the National Museum in Kuala Lumpur, where an augmented reality app now showcases 28 collections in 2D and 3D formats. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Life / 22 Aug 2025

From Melaka to the metaverse, Malaysia’s heritage finds a new home online

Antarctica is showing increasing signs of the polluting impact of tourism and scientific activities, according to a study published in the journal ‘Nature Sustainability’. In the visited areas of the Antarctic Peninsula, heavy metal pollutants have been detected in quantities 10 times higher than 40 years ago. — AFP pic
Life / 21 Aug 2025

Tourism boom fuels rising pollution in fragile Antarctica, scientists warn

For generations, people around the world were told to straighten, braid, cut or otherwise conceal their curls, or else get sent home from school or work. A global drive buoyed by the Black Lives Matter movement gave rise to a major Covid-19-era trend of beauty videos celebrating natural hair. — AFP pic
Life / 21 Aug 2025

‘Curly is beautiful’: Tunisian women embrace natural hair

The wooden Kiruna Church is transferred to its new location, in Kiruna, Sweden, August 20, 2025. — AFP pic
Life / 21 Aug 2025

Sweden’s treasured century-old Arctic church reborn after two-day move across town

A woman holding an umbrella waits at a bus stop on a rainy evening in Beijing, China August 12, 2025. — Reuters pic
Life / 21 Aug 2025

Sent by the God of Wealth? Rain leads Chinese woman to US$140,000 lottery win

File picture of Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, Britain’s Princess Charlotte of Wales (front right), Britain’s Prince George of Wales (centre) and Britain’s Prince William, Prince of Wales arrive to attend the men’s singles final tennis match of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, south-west London, on July 13, 2025. Britain’s future king and his family are moving to a new home on the royal Windsor estate, prompting uncertainty about the future of Buckingham Palace. — AFP pic
Life / 21 Aug 2025

Prince William’s Windsor move sparks fresh questions over Buckingham Palace’s future role

The US fast-food giant had promised to give away game cards for the hugely popular manga and anime series One Piece in ‘Happy Set’ meals, the Japanese name for Happy Meals. — Picture from X/McDonald’s
Life / 21 Aug 2025

From ‘Unhappy Meals’ to no meals: McDonald’s Japan scraps ‘One Piece’ promo after Pokemon card chaos

This photograph taken on July 14, 2025 shows a villager in traditional attire pointing to an indigenous tattoo inked on Reshma’s (centre) face at the Ponjo Kolhi village, about 30km from Umerkot, a Hindu-majority district in Pakistan. The practice of elder women needling delicate shapes onto the faces, hands, and arms of younger generations stretches back centuries in the Hindu villages that dot the southern border with India. — AFP pic
Life / 21 Aug 2025

Marked for tradition: Ancestral ink fades as young Hindu women in Pakistan say no to face tattoos

Pedestrians and vehicles move through Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City on August 18, 2025. — AFP pic
Life / 20 Aug 2025

Sirens, subways and sleepless nights: NYC battles noise pollution

The ad, which aired in June, showed two black models as having ‘itchy and dry skin which was shown to be problematic’, while a white model was depicted with smooth skin. — Screengrab from social media of the now banned Sanex ad
Life / 20 Aug 2025

UK pulls Sanex ad for portraying black skin as ‘problematic’, white skin ‘superior’

The art gallery, an initiative by Exchange 106, aims to provide a dedicated space for exhibitions and contemporary art discussions in the city centre as well as in support the growth of local arts. — Picture courtesy of Senimalaya
Life / 20 Aug 2025

Senimalaya brings Ruang Teduh art space to life in KL’s Exchange 106

Packed Atria for the United and Arsenal clash as fans clamoured to watch the first game of the Premier League season. — Picture courtesy of Astro
Life / 20 Aug 2025

Hundreds at Astro’s ‘One for the Fans’ viewing party to kick off 2025/26 Premier League season

Blueshark and EPMB have also confirmed that the production of Solo 1C has now begun at EPMB’s plant in Glenmarie, Shah Alam. — SoyaCincau pic
Life / 20 Aug 2025

SoloEra Solo 1C electric motorcycle attracts over 6,000 customers, production is underway

This file photo taken on June 16, 2022 shows Norway’s Marius Borg Hoiby (2nd left) standing next to Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon (right), Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit (2nd right), Norway’s Princess Ingrid Alexandra (centre) and Norway’s Prince Sverre Magnus as they arrive for dinner at the government’s celebration of Norway’s Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s 18th birthday at Deichman Bjoervika, Oslo’s main library, months after her actual birthday. — NTB handout pic via AFP
Life / 20 Aug 2025

Norway royals to press on with duties as crown prince’s stepson faces rape trial

This picture taken on July 28, 2025 shows urban animal habitat designer Harry Wong climbing up a cotton tree at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong to install an artificial nest box for yellow-crested cockatoos. — AFP pic
Life / 20 Aug 2025

HK scientist puts hope in nest boxes to save endangered cockatoos