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Alviana Damit with the pitcher plant. — The Borneo Post pic

New giant pitcher plant ‘Pongo’ discovered in Sabah, named after orangutan

A Chinese father narrowly escaped death after suffering a heart attack while tutoring his son during a tense homework session. — iStock.com pic

‘Tiger father’ meets ‘gaokao’: How homework gave one anxious dad in China a heart attack — literally

his aerial photo shows a fisherman collecting dead fish, caused by renovation works and ongoing hot weather conditions, from a reservoir in southern Vietnam's Dong Nai province on April 30, 2024. — AFP pic

World’s climate is getting hot so fast that it’s confounding scientists

Britain’s Prince Andrew, Duke of York leaves after attending the coronations of Britain’s King Charles III and Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort, at Westminster Abbey in central London on May 6, 2023. — AFP pic

From nonce to Chinese spy’s mark — Prince ‘Randy Andy’ lands UK royals in yet another scandal

Andrea Vanek poses for a picture in her apartment in Vienna, Austria on November 22, 2024. — AFP pic

Left behind: Long Covid sufferers struggle as world moves forward

A woman exits a subway station with her dog at night in the Harlem area in the Manhattan borough of New York City on December 15, 2024.  — AFP pic

Time-travel by train: New York reintroduces vintage 1930s subway cars for nostalgic journey

Malaysia’s TikTok LIVE Fest 2024 crowns top three creators ahead of global stage showdown. — Picture courtesy of TikTok

TikTok LIVE Fest 2024: Meet Malaysia’s top three creators representing the nation ahead of global stage showdown

A heron took flight in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, stretching its wings and soaring over a river after veterinarians saved it from near-certain death by removing a plastic cup attached to its neck and blocking its throat. — Reuters pic

Heron rescued from plastic cup lodged in throat in Rio becomes symbol of pollution fight

Dapur Kita-Kita will operate entirely on volunteer support. — Picture by Julia Chan

Kota Kinabalu’s first soup kitchen Dapur Kita-Kita serves hope, one meal at a time

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife, Kim Keon-hee during at event on October 1, 2024. — AFP pic

South Korea’s ‘First Lady’ documentary on Kim Keon-hee controversies sparks nationwide frenzy with sold-out screenings

The limestone eyelash pit viper is known only from a narrow limestone area in the Nakawan Range spanning the border of Thailand and Malaysia. — Picture courtesy of WWF

’Eyelash viper’, leaf-nosed bat among over 200 new species found in Mekong region in 2023

A Chinese mistress paid a divorce fee of 1.2 million yuan (RM736,000) to the legal wife of her married lover, but her request for a refund was denied by the court after the wife accepted the money without agreeing to divorce. — Picture via Pixabay/PublicDomainPictures

China court denies mistress’ refund request after paying divorce fee to legal wife

An empty Guinness glass, seen behind the bar inside The Old Ivy House public house in Clerkenwell, London December 15, 2024. — AFP pic

Pint-sized panic: The viral Guinness craze draining UK pubs and sparking stout rationing

Travels abroad and large gatherings add to the chances of one catching influenza. — Picture from Freepik

How to protect yourself from influenza this holiday season

Jean-Louis Bertrand, son of the French Nazi concentration camp survivor Louis Bertrand (1923-2013), points on a model depicting the former camp site at the ‘Langenstein-Zwieberge Concentration Camp Memorial’ on November 7, 2024 near Halberstadt, eastern Germany. During the construction of a tunnel system in which warplanes were to be built in the last months of World War II, in the subcamp (Codename ‘Malachite’) of the Buchenwald concentration camp almost 2.000 men died. — AFP pic

Outrage and controversy as developer proposes turning Nazi-era tunnels into rich survivalists’ haven in Germany

A man arranges stacks of soap at a local soap factory in the old city of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank November 28, 2024. — AFP pic

Find out the secret of Nablus soap as Palestinians celebrate Unesco recognition of centuries-old tradition as cultural treasure