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Pak Long tends to his chili padi on the farm right by his home.

Community-led solutions to Malaysia’s food security crisis

Firefighters battle the Palisades Fire as it burns during a windstorm on the west side of Los Angeles January 8, 2025. For California, scientists now consider fire to be a yearlong risk. — Reuters pic

LA wildfires blaze on: A grim glimpse into climate-driven extremes

TIRAI 2025 will take place this Saturday at PKK Tuanku Bainun in Taman Tun Dr Ismail. — Picture courtesy of Pusat Kreatif Kanak-kanak Tuanku Bainun

Come experience art in action at TIRAI 2025, where creativity and charity converge at PKK Tuanku Bainun

Renato Cordeiro, 57, touches the scars of a rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) near his home on the Anajas riverbank in the Amazonia region, Marajo, near Anajas city, Para state, Brazil on December 7, 2024. — AFP pic

Amazon’s rubber revival: A legacy reborn to protect the forest

This image from a Nasa video shows astronauts (left to right) Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, Don Pettit and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on January 8, 2025. — AFP pic

At least we’ll have stories: US astronauts seven months into eight-day mission still upbeat

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow presents the PHT Living Heritage Awards to grandmaster Asan Anbanathan Ramasamy (right), Eurasian singer Kathleen Rodrigues (left), and artist and educator Datuk Tan Chiang Kiong. — Picture by Opalyn Mok

Eurasian singer, martial arts grandmaster and watercolour artist recognised with Living Heritage Treasures Awards in Penang

Posting a photo of a smiling Kate on social media Thursday, William addressed his birthday message ‘to the most incredible wife and mother’. — Picture via X/The Prince and Princess of Wales

Kate at 43: Prince William praises her ‘strength’ and resilience in touching message

Filipino Catholic devotees jostle to touch the carriage carrying the statue of the Black Nazarene during the annual procession on its feast day in Manila January 9, 2025. — Reuters pic

Philippines’ Black Nazarene procession draws hundreds of thousands of devotees

Rapid Rail (LRT) chief operating officer Nor Azmi Mohd Yusof said that through a collaboration with local animation company Monsta Studios Sdn. Bhd (Monsta), three trains and three buses have been wrapped in Mechamato-themed decals. — Picture via Facebook

‘Mechamato’ takes over Rapid KL: Trains and buses get a superhero makeover

In a culture of constant consumption where countless items are tossed out without a second thought, upcycling and recycling offer alternatives that are beginning to change that mindset. — AFP pic

From waste to worth: How upcycle and recycle transform everyday waste into valuable resources

Upcycling is where you take something old and give it a second chance to shine, and in Malaysia, it is becoming a movement that has business opportunities. — Pexels pic/cottonbro studio

Here are five Malaysian companies turning trash into treasures

This photo taken on December 15, 2024 shows hunter Zhang Tengfei looking at hunting dogs on a pickup truck before a nighttime boar hunt in Weinan, in northern China's Shaanxi province. — AFP pic

Bounty hunters vs boars: Are China’s social media stars farmers’ saviours or cruel vigilantes?

This pictures shows the remains of a Nabu Temple at the archaeological site of Nimrud, south of Mosul, on January 3, 2025. — AFP pic

Piecing together history: Iraqi archaeologists rebuild Nimrud’s ancient treasures after Islamic State devastation

Catherine, Princess of Wales will be celebrating her 43rd birthday tomorrow. — AFP pic

Happy birthday, Kate! Princess of Wales marks 43rd year with a new chapter after tumultuous 2024

A man rides a motorbike in front of vehicles waiting at a red light at an intersection in Hanoi on January 8, 2025. — AFP pic

As Vietnam roads turn chaotic, citizens can get up to RM900 for snitching on traffic offenders

A visitor holds plush dolls of LinaBell, a pink fox character from the Disney series ‘Duffy and Friends’, at a merchandise store in Shanghai Disneyland, in Shanghai, China December 24, 2024. — Reuters pic

China’s emotional economy: Pink fox ‘Linabell’ captures hearts, drives Disney’s merchandise boom