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This picture taken on August 12, 2025 shows a Chinese flag fluttering between the green zone and the desert landscape of the Kubuqi Desert near Ordos. — AFP pic
Life / 03 Oct 2025

Turning deserts green and lives upside down: Inside China’s massive rewilding project

Most Nigerian leather, often semi-finished, is exported to Europe and Asia and turned into luxury items bearing international brand labels, with zero trace of its origins. — AFP pic
Life / 03 Oct 2025

‘Made in Italy’, crafted in Nigeria: The hidden story behind your luxury leather bag

Akbar has been homeless, experienced extreme poverty and had even been attacked — but despite the hardships, he said he has never given up. — AFP pic
Life / 03 Oct 2025

Meet Ali Akbar, the last paper hawker in Paris who still shouts the headlines

The AI-powered turret for machine guns called the Bullfrog, developed to shoot down drones. — Reuters pic
Life / 02 Oct 2025

From DoorDash to drone defence: How a Silicon Valley ‘warlord’ got the Pentagon to take his AI machine gun seriously

Colombia has handed over a chunk of deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar’s ranch, famous for its cocaine hippos, to women caught up in the country’s armed conflict, President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday. — AFP pic
Life / 02 Oct 2025

Cocaine hippos, no more: Colombia turns part of Escobar’s old empire into land for women farmers

A school trip of excitable 10- and 11-year-olds was greeted by closure signs Wednesday as their tour of the US Congress was cancelled after a government shutdown took effect. — AFP pic
Life / 02 Oct 2025

Field trip to nowhere: 5th graders arrive at US Capitol just in time for a government shutdown

Life / 02 Oct 2025

Kummute launches CB Taxi for seamless Singapore-Malaysia rides

Sunscreens are displayed for sale on shelves at a shop in Sydney October 2, 2025. Over a dozen sunscreens have been pulled from shelves in Australia after consumer advocacy group analysis found many of them did not provide the sun protection factor their makers claimed. — AFP pic
Life / 02 Oct 2025

Dozens of popular sunscreens pulled in Australia after SPF claims found misleading

The team poses for a group photo after the successful operation. — Picture via Facebook/Dr Sim Kui Hian
Life / 02 Oct 2025

Sarawak General Hospital successfully performs Malaysia’s first intrauterine surgery for spina bifida

Elon Musk’s net worth hit US$500.1 billion yesterday before dipping back to US$499.1 billion, the publication’s “Real-Time Billionaires” tracker reported. — AFP pic
Life / 02 Oct 2025

Elon Musk edges closer to becoming world’s first trillionaire as wealth hits US$500b

A model presents a creation by Stella McCartney for the Women Ready-to-wear Spring-Summer 2026 collection as part of the Paris Fashion Week September 30, 2025. — AFP pic
Life / 02 Oct 2025

Stella McCartney’s Paris show takes on fashion’s ‘barbaric’ feather trade

China’s National Day holiday kicked off with a record 23.13 million rail journeys, as travellers flocked across the country for the extended Golden Week break. — AFP pic
Life / 02 Oct 2025

Golden Week on the move: Record 23 million train rides kick off China’s biggest holiday

The findings come as US President Donald Trump and his Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr have been spreading disinformation about autism, saying there is an ‘epidemic’ of cases and claiming unfounded links to vaccines and paracetamol. — Reuters pic
Life / 02 Oct 2025

New study suggests childhood and adult autism may be genetically different

Chunk chomped his way past the competition to be crowned Fat Bear Week’s undisputed heavyweight champ. — Picture via Facebook/National Park Service
Life / 02 Oct 2025

Meet Chunk, the chonky king of Fat Bear Week 2025

Prince William’s 21st birthday party was allegedly spied on by a UK tabloid, a London court has heard. — AFP pic
Life / 02 Oct 2025

UK tabloid accused of spying on Prince William’s ‘Out of Africa’ 21st bash in 2003

A model presents a creation by Dior for the Women Ready-to-wear Spring-Summer 2026 collection as part of the Paris Fashion Week October 1, 2025. — AFP pic
Life / 02 Oct 2025

Jonathan Anderson’s Dior era begins with a standing ovation in Paris