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Frustrated tourists have reportedly hurled abuse like ‘Die!’ and ‘You’re an idiot!’ in Japanese at the crowd control staff trying to keep things civil at the site. — AFP pic

Life / 02 Dec 2024

Tourists behaving badly force beleaguered town to block Insta-iconic Lawson Mount Fuji view (again)

File photo of bears on the streets of Shari town in Hokkaido October 2010. Japan recorded six human fatalities from bear attacks and more than 9,000 of the animals killed in the previous fiscal year. — AFP pic

Life / 02 Dec 2024

A sticky end: Honey trap ends bear’s supermarket spree in Japan but mercy is off the table

A vendor sells chicken at a wholesale market in Penglai district, Yantai city in Shandong province November 26, 2024. As China’s economy slows and job opportunities shrink, young people are taking on money-saving challenges, with many reportedly spending no more than 500 yuan (RM315) a month on food. — AFP pic

Life / 02 Dec 2024

Frugal is the new cool: How Chinese millennials are going ‘proudly stingy’ with a RM300 monthly food budget

A grocery vendor checks her mobile phone while waiting for customers at Jalan Raja Bot market in Kuala Lumpur October 16, 2024. The word ‘brain rot’ is used to express concern about the consequences of excessive consumption of low-quality online content, especially on social networks. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Life / 02 Dec 2024

‘Brain rot’ is Oxford’s word of the year 2024 — your screen time’s finally been officially acknowledged

Tamuna Museridze and her partner pose for pictures with her biological father Gurgen Khorava in a composite of photos taken from her Instagram account.

Life / 02 Dec 2024

Georgian woman searching for birth family discovers biological dad was a Facebook friend all along

A second version of ‘Labubu Have a Seat’ hasn’t captured the same feverish demand in Thailand as the original. — Picture via Facebook

Life / 02 Dec 2024

The Labubu bubble bursts: Resale prices crash in Thailand

Gerard Hutch reacts at a count centre following Ireland’s general election in Dublin, Ireland, December 1, 2024. — Reuters pic

Life / 02 Dec 2024

Step aside, Thomas Shelby: Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch, crime boss turned politician, misses Dublin parliament seat by a hair

Ecclestone, 94, ran F1 for four decades and his lot of 69 cars — which spans 70 years of Grand Prix racing — is considered to be the greatest assembly of motor racing machines in the world. — Picture via Facebook

Life / 02 Dec 2024

From Schumacher to Senna, Bernie Ecclestone’s legendary RM1.7b F1 car collection hits the market

A lemur of the Lemur Catta or Maki type, a species of lemur endemic to Madagascar, is locked in a wooden crate in Antananarivo on December 1, 2024, having just been repatriated, along with several other members of its species, to the Big Island after a lengthy investigation that led to the dismantling of an international pet trafficking network. — AFP pic

Life / 02 Dec 2024

Over 900 trafficked tortoises, dozens of lemurs journey home to Madagascar from Thailand

Madam Lucie, an 88-year-old manicurist expert, poses for a picture at her manicure shop in downtown Cairo on November 18, 2024. Nestled in a hidden alley off a bustling thoroughfare in the heart of the Egyptian capital sits an unassuming little manicure shop concealing a historic legacy. — AFP pic

Life / 02 Dec 2024

Egypt’s oldest nail salon celebrates 65 years of glamour as manicurist to stars like actor Omar Sharif and singer Dalida continues to charm Cairo

This handout photo taken on November 10, 2024 and released by the Philippine Eagle Foundation on November 20 shows a Philippine Eagle chick, known as ‘chick number 30’, after its hatching at the facility of the National Bird Breeding Sanctuary in Davao City, Mindanao. ‘Chick number 30’ died on Friday in a fresh setback for one of the world’s largest and most critically endangered raptors. — Philippine Eagle Foundation handout pic via AFP

Life / 01 Dec 2024

Rare Philippine Eagle chick lost to rare condition, marking conservation setback for critically endangered species

People observe a 10-million-year-old fossil of a juvenile Cenozoic crocodile of the genus Piscogavialis unveiled in Lima on November 27, 2024. The Geological, Mining, and Metallurgical Institute of Peru (Ingemmet) presented the articulated and almost complete skeleton of a juvenile fossil gavial discovered in Ocucaje, Ica, in southern Peru. — AFP pic

Life / 01 Dec 2024

Palaeontologists uncover well-preserved over 10-million-year-old fossil of prehistoric marine crocodile in Peru’s Ocucaje desert

A low-pressure storm system known as a ‘bomb cyclone’ forms off the coast of the US Pacific Northwest and western Canada in a composite satellite image November 19, 2024. — CIRA/NOAA handout pic via Reuters

Life / 01 Dec 2024

Explaining bomb cyclones: What they are, why they’re not hurricanes and their growing threat in a changing climate

A kayaker whose leg was amputated after getting trapped in Australian river rocks is now in stable condition, a health official said today. — Picture via Facebook/Tasmania Police

Life / 01 Dec 2024

Kayaker in stable condition after life-saving leg amputation during 20-hour rescue in Tasmania river

Online sleuths speculated that the bar didn’t undergo the crucial ‘air blow’ process that gives it that signature rippled finish. — Picture via Facebook

Life / 01 Dec 2024

Mars bar without signature ripple sparks online frenzy in UK — and a £2 compensation voucher

Japan's Princess Aiko poses for the media at the Japanese Red Cross Society as she begins to work on April 1, 2024. — AFP pic

Life / 01 Dec 2024

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Anwar announces Cabinet reshuffle: Jo Ghani takes over at Miti, Hannah Yeoh now FT minister

Malaysia Cabinet reshuffle: Full list of all 28 ministers and deputies

KL Sentral-JB Sentral ETS services double to eight daily trips starting 2026

Anwar to go ‘live’ at 3.30pm today with special announcement

Brace for rain: Thunderstorm alert until noon for Selangor, KL, N. Sembilan and Sabah

Costly distraction: Man crashes Porsche in Kuala Langat after dropping phone

Rapid KL transport passes’ prices go up from Jan 1, but My50 pass stays at RM50

Physician turned politician Dr Mohammed Taufiq Johari takes charge of Youth and Sports portfolio

AGC orders Durian Tunggal police shooting case reclassified as murder

‘No compromise’: Police assure full, transparent probe into Durian Tunggal triple shooting in Melaka, says Anwar

KLIA Aerotrain starts trial operations amid major repair push; nightly shutdown to continue

Manager duped out of RM2.54m in elaborate phone scam in Penang

‘I feel so badly’: Trump says he asked Xi to release Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai

Akmal Nasrullah succeeds Rafizi Ramli as Malaysia’s new Economy Minister

Trump condemned over ‘perverse’ remarks linking filmmaker Reiner’s criticism to his murder, critics say he has ‘lost it’

Tourists behaving badly force beleaguered town to block Insta-iconic Lawson Mount Fuji view (again)

A sticky end: Honey trap ends bear’s supermarket spree in Japan but mercy is off the table

Frugal is the new cool: How Chinese millennials are going ‘proudly stingy’ with a RM300 monthly food budget

‘Brain rot’ is Oxford’s word of the year 2024 — your screen time’s finally been officially acknowledged

Georgian woman searching for birth family discovers biological dad was a Facebook friend all along

The Labubu bubble bursts: Resale prices crash in Thailand

Step aside, Thomas Shelby: Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch, crime boss turned politician, misses Dublin parliament seat by a hair

From Schumacher to Senna, Bernie Ecclestone’s legendary RM1.7b F1 car collection hits the market

Over 900 trafficked tortoises, dozens of lemurs journey home to Madagascar from Thailand

Egypt’s oldest nail salon celebrates 65 years of glamour as manicurist to stars like actor Omar Sharif and singer Dalida continues to charm Cairo

Rare Philippine Eagle chick lost to rare condition, marking conservation setback for critically endangered species

Palaeontologists uncover well-preserved over 10-million-year-old fossil of prehistoric marine crocodile in Peru’s Ocucaje desert

Explaining bomb cyclones: What they are, why they’re not hurricanes and their growing threat in a changing climate

Kayaker in stable condition after life-saving leg amputation during 20-hour rescue in Tasmania river

Mars bar without signature ripple sparks online frenzy in UK — and a £2 compensation voucher

Japan’s Princess Aiko celebrates 23 with graduation, Red Cross role, and first solo official trip