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An employee of the flower garden Keukenhof works for the opening season, near Lisse in the Netherlands. u00e2u20acu2022 AFP pic

Take a virtual tour of world famous tulip gardens in the Netherlands (VIDEO)

Gathering of friends and family members over meals during the new year is what most people miss amid the Covid-19 pandemic. u00e2u20acu201d Picture courtesy of Sithaletchemy Krishnaiyer nnn

Covid-19: Tamil New Year, Vishu and Noboborsho celebrated on simpler scale in Malaysia

A Japanese company experimented with meeting up in Animal Crossing to see how it would fare against conventional video conferencing apps like Zoom. u00e2u20acu201d Picture via Pexels and Twitter/animalcrossing

Should 'Animal Crossing' replace Zoom? Japanese editorial team hosts online meeting in popular video game

Sutherland and his family had been stuck at home for 23 days when they decided to shoot the creative video. u00e2u20acu201d Screengrab via Twitter/joelasutherland

Bored Canadian family recreates ‘The Simpsons’ intro under lockdown with Halloween costumes (VIDEO)

Badzrol, Nurul and Sarifah are just a few of the many successful participants from People Systems Consultancyu00e2u20acu2122s programmes. u00e2u20acu2022 Pictures courtesy of People Systems Consultancy

Malaysian social enterprise teaches the needy how to be entrepreneurs despite Covid-19 pandemic

The Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the value of telemedicine, long touted as a way to deliver medical care to people in underserved areas and to deal more efficiently with issues ranging from minor emergencies to mental health. u00e2u20acu2022 IStock.com/AFP pic

Amid Covid-19 pandemic, a turning point for telemedicine

Many home blood pressure monitors in Australia have not been tested to ensure they are accurate before going on sale. u00e2u20acu2022 IStock.com/AFP pic

How accurate is your blood pressure monitor?

A medical worker walks out of a coronavirus, Covid-19, testing tent at Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City. u00e2u20acu2022 AFP pic

WHO: Covid-19 is 10 times more deadly than swine flu

Italian chef Aldo Giaquinto (left) and his wife Vera Kozlovskaia eat their breakfast in a park near a Walmart parking lot where they are living out of their car in Miami, on April 10, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

Covid-19 stalls globetrotters’ trip in a Florida parking lot

A man cycles along an empty street on the first day of Myanmar's New Year water festival, also known as Thingyan, in Yangon on April 12, 2020, amid restrictions put in place to halt the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

Silent streets for water festival in Myanmar lockdown

Beachgoers enjoy the sun on La Concha beach in the Basque city of San Sebastian May 26, 2017. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

Spain to keep social distancing on beaches to fight virus

Fawn Sharp, the president of the Quinault Indian Nation, poses for a portrait in her office on the Quinault Indian Reservation in Taholah, Washington March 6, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuter pic

A US tribe’s uphill battle against climate change

The Sikh communities in the country are ushering in the new year in their respective homes amid the Covid-19 crisis. u00e2u20acu201d Picture courtesy of Darshan Singh

Malaysian Sikhs celebrate Vaisakhi by reciting live-stream prayers, having home-cooked meals amid Covid-19 crisis

Astro is airing over 30 concerts by music icons, global music series, popular Korean music shows, and more from April 14 to 38. u00e2u20acu201d Picture courtesy of Astro

Rock the house down with concerts and music on Astro’s new channel

With many stuck at home during the MCO, many probably have already gone on KTMBu00e2u20acu2122s new u00e2u20acu02dcStay Homeu00e2u20acu2122 line without even realising it. u00e2u20acu201d Bernama pic

KTM Berhad tickles funny bones mapping out ‘station stops’ at home during MCO

Jane Goodall rose to fame for her long-term study of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania in the 1960s, which proved that the primates were capable of using tools and forming human-like bonds within their troop. u00e2u20acu201d Picture courtesy of National Geographic

‘We can’t sit around and mope’: Eco-warrior Jane Goodall on keeping hope alive in a pandemic