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Expressions for the common or garden hangover highlight the linguistic idiosyncrasies of various cultures around the world. u00e2u20acu201d Unsplash pic via ETX Studio

Funny expressions for a hangover from around the world

Report: Pollution, crown-of-thorns starfish, fish bombing, tourism impacts continue to threaten Malaysia’s coral reefs

Woo Jung-min, 35, a haenyeo, also known as a u00e2u20acu02dcsea womanu00e2u20acu2122, poses for a photograph with sea cucumbers that she harvested in the sea off Geoje, South Korea, March 31, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

For South Korea's youngest 'sea women', warming seas mean smaller catches

(From left) Sharp assistant general manager Heng Tek Hock, finance director Irene Tiew, and deputy managing director Tok Sang Man toasting with Sharp dealers in a virtual u00e2u20acu02dcyam sengu00e2u20acu2122 session. u00e2u20acu201d Picture courtesy of Sharp

Sharp Malaysia’s virtual convention honours 500 dealers nationwide for braving MCO challenges

Awam called for the ministry to be more responsible and gender-sensitive when disseminating information on their platforms. u00e2u20acu201d Pexels picnnn

Women's NGO offers gender-sensitive training to MoH staff after sexual harassment article gaffe

The clip titled u00e2u20acu02dcMy Happy Tableu00e2u20acu2122 celebrates the Ramadan spirit despite separation through the eyes of three staff members. u00e2u20acu201d Screengrab from YouTube/McDonaldu00e2u20acu2122s Singapore

McDonald’s Singapore features Malaysian workers separated from loved ones due to border closure in touching Ramadan ad (VIDEO)

Sanitisation work has been carried out at SJK Khai Chee in Jalan Segambut, Kuala Lumpur after two pupils had been diagnosed with Covid-19. u00e2u20acu201d Photo via Facebook/ Daniel Ling Sia Chin

Segambut MCA helps to sanitise Kuala Lumpur school with confirmed Covid-19 cases

Taken internally or applied to skin, Centella Asiatica may help treat certain wounds, improve venous disorders, promote healing and even combat anxiety. u00e2u20acu201d Picture courtesy of kerdkanno/ IStock.com

Centella Asiatica: The age-old plant that’s the latest skincare star

Pfizer/BioNTech say they could update their vaccine if needed. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

Israeli study: South African variant may ‘break through’ Pfizer vaccine protection, but vaccine highly effective

The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is seen in an illustration released by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta January 29, 2020.u00e2u20acu201d CDC handout via Reuters

Covid-19 compared with other deadly viruses

People walk on a street, as the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) restrictions ease, in London, Britain April 12, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

New UK challenge trial studies if people can catch Covid-19 again

A worker at the Bin Salman farm hold a Damascena (Damask) rose in his hand, used to produce rose water and oil, in the western Saudi city of Taif. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

Saudi Arabia’s city of roses blooms in Ramadan

Sospeter Wambugu (right), a veterinary technologist, administers a nasal swab on a female camel at the Kapiti plains ranch, located in Machakos County, on March 24, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

With giant swabs and grumpy camels, Kenya hunts for next deadly virus

Farmers near a seaside lagoon in northern Tunisia are fighting to preserve a unique, traditional irrigation system that has sparked renewed interest as North Africau00e2u20acu2122s water shortages intensify. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

Tunisia ‘sandy’ farms resist drought, development

In this file photo taken on August 28, 2020, a woman demonstrates what a patient would experience in a therapy room at Field Trip, a psychedelic therapy clinic in Toronto August 28, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

In Canada, psychedelics re-emerge in treatment of depression

Roshni Thakor left school to harvest salt from a sun-baked Indian desert, a backbreaking trade practised by her ancestors for centuries but now threatened by climate change. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

India’s desert salt farmers feel the heat from climate change