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Doing the ‘I turn’: Japan taps tourism to lure city dwellers to emptying villages
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'Google' is a boy! Indonesian couple name baby after tech giant
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Kelantan boy locks himself in car for undisturbed gadget time
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Lost ‘US$170m Caravaggio’ snapped up before French auction
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Employing the differently-abled allows DRB-Hicom to tap into pools of talent (VIDEO)
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Nike unveils the NikeCourt London 2019 collection
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Venus de Milo to get an extra whiff of glamour
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National Portrait Gallery opening retrospective of US photographer Cindy Sherman
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Airbnb launches new tier of luxury properties for affluent guests
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Replica clock find sparks hope for Notre-Dame restoration
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Islands in the sun: Heatwave gives cities that sinking feeling
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Air pollution may increase the risk of developing high blood pressure, study shows
KAUNAS CITY, June 26 — New European research has found that exposure to air pollution and living in apartment blocks is linked with an increased risk of hypertension, also known...
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Singapore to get a second Raffles Hotel 135 years after the original opened its doors
SINGAPORE, June 26 — Singapore is to get a second Raffles Hotel, this time on Sentosa, some 135 years after the original now iconic colonial-style hotel in Beach Road opened its...
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Thai supermodel Cindy Bishop launches picture books to confront sex education taboos
BANGKOK, June 26 — A Thai model who has spoken out about sexual harassment said yesterday that she will publish a series of children’s books to teach young people about sex in...
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Four top British authors in novel anti-Brexit European crusade
LONDON, June 25 — Ken Follett, Lee Child, Kate Mosse and Jojo Moyes, four heavyweights of British literature, are launching a “Friendship Tour” of Europe to represent the 48...
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High school students can improve scores in math, science, English by taking music classes
MONTREAL, June 25 — New Canadian research has found that high school students who take music classes perform better in more “academic” subjects such as math and science than...
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Listen up Malaysians, John Legend's new ‘Oh Pitera’ love is an SK-II instant hit
PETALING JAYA, June 25 — SK-II has helped women all over the world, Malaysia included, to achieve crystal clear skin by harnessing the skincare properties of their unique...
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How you feel about your home may be affecting your family relationships
NEW YORK, June 25 — New US research has found how you feel about your home environment and the space that you have might be influencing family relationships. Carried out by...
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Global warming = more energy use = more warming
PARIS, June 25 — Even modest climate change will increase global energy demand by up to a quarter before mid-century, and by nearly 60 per cent if humanity fails to curb...
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Naomi Campbell says racial diversity in fashion should not be just a trend
LONDON, June 25 — Racial diversity in fashion has improved in recent years, but the industry must not treat it like a catwalk trend, British model Naomi Campbell told Reuters in...
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Student debt a ‘life sentence’ for millions of Americans
LOS ANGELES, June 25 — Haley Walters is five years away from earning her law degree. If everything goes according to plan, she will be under a mountain of US$100,000 (RM414,360)...
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Midwifery students use augmented technology to improve clinical skills
LONDON, June 25 — Midwifery students in London are learning to bring new life into the world in a radically new way with the help of augmented reality (AR) technology. Using AR...
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100 years since the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I
PARIS, June 25 — At 3.50pm on June 28, 1919 crowds erupted in joy and salvos of celebratory gunfire rang out: The Treaty of Versailles had just been signed. World War I was...
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Middle East survey sees patchy progress in views on women’s and LGBT+ rights
LONDON, June 25 — More men than women in Iraq say they have been sexually harassed, while only 6 per cent of Lebanese people think being gay is acceptable, according to a major...
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Made homeless by war, Syrians sell furniture to survive
ATME (Syria), June 25 — For years, Abu Ali sold used furniture and home appliances for a living. But he never thought Syria’s war would one day make him homeless and force him...
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Paying it forward: Malaysia Airlines passengers can offset their carbon emissions soon
PETALING JAYA, June 25 — So we’ve all heard about refusing single-use plastics or taking shorter showers to reduce your carbon footprint. But what about voluntarily paying for...
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Let’s talk: The Kosovo town using language to bridge divides
KAMENICA (Kosovo), June 25 — In eastern Kosovo, a small town is trying to encourage dialogue between its Albanian and Serb communities by starting with the basics: Language....
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Rehamed Therapy: New physio and rehab centre with high-tech facilities in Shah Alam
SHAH ALAM, June 25 — He has treated numerous national athletes including Datuk Nicol David in his 21 years at the National Sports Institute. Now, in looking for a different...
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Nicaragua puffing up status in rarefied world of premium cigars
ESTELI (Nicaragua), June 25 — From “rich and full-bodied” to “complex with hints of licorice,” aficionados exhaust the lexicon to capture the essence of Nicaragua’s...
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Infamous botched art restoration in Spain gets makeover
MADRID, June 25 — A 16th century sculpture of Saint George in Spain whose amateur restoration left it looking like what many said was a cartoon character has been brought back...