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Scientists to search for relatives of extinct Galapagos tortoises
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Guatemala’s children bear brunt of prolonged drought and rising heat
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Quarantines, cordons: Age-old measures of protection
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Bolivians dream big with miniature cars, cash — and roosters
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Enslaved then undercompensated: Double blow for India’s trafficked
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Penang artist creates a fake forest so visitors can learn to connect with Nature
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‘Super Nintendo World’ set for Orlando, Hollywood, Singapore
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Malaysian author Hanna Alkaf bags Freeman Book award with ‘Weight of Our Sky’
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‘Got body, face, education’: Singaporean’s satirical ‘rent-a-girlfriend’ service for CNY gets laughs online
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Year of Rat hails easy ride for Trump but bumps for Harry and Meghan
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Feng shui for sex? Master points out ways to improve libido using energy forces
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China’s ‘mermaid descendants’ weave final garments from skin of fish
TONGJIANG, Jan 24 — You Wenfeng, who belongs to China’s tiny Hezhen ethnic group, is one of the few people in her community who can still make clothing from the skin of fish....
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Entrepreneur fights period poverty in Orang Asli communities with eco-friendly reusable pads
PETALING JAYA, Jan 6 — Anja Juliah Abu Bakar knew she couldn’t just stand by and do nothing when she found out that young women in Sabah were using coconut husks stuffed with...
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Google and Janelia Research Campus publish largest high-res map of brain (VIDEO)
NEW YORK, Jan 24 — Scientists from Google and the Janelia Research Campus have published the largest ever high-resolution map of a brain: The hemibrain connectome. On Wednesday,...
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Catch all 51 Uefa Euro 2020 matches live in 4K UHD on Astro’s Sports Pack
PETALING JAYA, Jan 24 — Staying up late to join the crowds at the local mamak’s to watch those late-night football games has become a favourite pastime for many Malaysians...
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Black ‘rock’ from AD 79 Italy eruption is part of exploded brain
ROME, Jan 24 — It looks like a piece of rock — black, shiny and unexceptional. But Italian anthropologists say the fragment is actually part of an exploded brain from an...
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Tea rooms and double-decker buses: Prince Harry may find home in Canada’s royal city
VICTORIA, Jan 24 — Prince Harry and wife Meghan have settled, for now, into a seaside home near the most royal of Canadian cities — Victoria, British Columbia (B.C.) — named...
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‘Doomsday Clock’ closer to midnight than ever
NEW YORK, Jan 24 — The Doomsday Clock yesterday ticked down to 100 seconds to midnight, symbolising the greatest level of peril to humanity since its creation in 1947 as the...
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Royal runaways’ media war follows them to Canada
LONDON, Jan 24 — Prince Harry and his wife Meghan may have quit Britain for a quieter life in Canada but their battle with the media has followed them to the new front line....
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Afghan drought forces shepherds into desperate measures
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Jan 23 — Nooruddin watched helplessly as his flock of 100 sheep began to die from hunger and thirst on the dry drought-ravaged hillsides of Balkh province. ...
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Haiti pushes foster homes to counter problems in orphanages
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 23 — Rose Boncoeur brought two emaciated little girls to live in her modest home in Haiti as part of a reform drive aimed at keeping children out of...
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At gates of Libya’s war, a Tripoli hospital struggles to cope
TRIPOLI, Jan 23 — “The pressure was unbearable,” said doctor Mohamad al-Rajehi, recalling a night early this month when an air strike on a military school completely...
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Malaysian engineering diploma grad gives up studies to run late father’s burger stall and help ease family’s burdens
PETALING JAYA, Jan 23 — At 24, Nurul A’in Azman is working hard at running her late father’s burger stall. Nurul A’in, who graduated with a diploma in engineering from a...
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Hairy situation: Scientists explain how stress-related greying occurs
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 — Marie Antoinette’s hair turned white overnight, according to folklore, before she was executed by guillotine in 1793 during the French Revolution. The...
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How fashion uses greenwashing to hide its dirty secrets
PARIS, Jan 23 — Paris fashion fortnight began last week with an apocalyptic warning. “Our Mother Earth will not be able to support life, we will not be able to breathe... If...
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Studies suggest role of bats, snakes in outbreak of China virus
TOKYO, Jan 23 — A new strain of coronavirus that emerged in China may have originated in bats or snakes, according to genetic analysis of the virus that has so far killed 17...
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Ipoh, JB malls all ready to usher in the Year of the Rat
IPOH, Jan 23 — With Chinese New Year just around the corner, malls throughout Malaysia have been all decked up to usher in the Year of the Rat. While the decorations may be...
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Perak policeman warms hearts on social media after saving kitten from under car hood
PETALING JAYA, Jan 23 — You often find cats lounging or sleeping in some pretty odd places. You’d never even notice they were there because their napping spots are almost...
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Feng shui master foresees stable Malaysia with stronger ‘wealth luck’ in 2020
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — Last year was an eventful and unpredictable year for Malaysia across political and financial landscapes. With a boatload of uncertainties drifting into...
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Tawau lion dance gets hilarious electro-dance ‘nasi goreng’ music remix in time for CNY (VIDEO)
PETALING JAYA, Jan 23 — Ever wondered what the traditional lion dance would sound like with different music instead of the usual drums, cymbals and gongs? In Tawau, a group of...