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The ‘Resilience’ Lunar Lander is seen integrated into the SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle Adapter seven days before the planned launch, in the Payload Processing Facility at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida January 7, 2025. — AFP pic

One SpaceX rocket, two missions: US and Japan team up for ‘rideshare’ lunar exploration

After years of debate, the commission sought a middle road, introducing two new categories for people with obesity — ‘clinical obesity’ and ‘preclinical obesity’ — but not everyone is convinced. — AFP pic

Is obesity a disease? Sometimes but not always, experts decide

Pope Francis carries out baptisms of infants during mass for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord in the Sistine chapel, at the Vatican January 12, 2025. — AFP pic

Pope Francis opens up about ‘mischievous’ youth and joy of ordering pizza in autobiography

The woman, named as Anne, told a news programme that she had believed she was in a romantic relationship with the Hollywood star, leading her to divorce her husband and transfer €830,000 (RM3.8 million). — AFP pic

Scammed by ‘Brad Pitt’: French woman loses RM3.8m to romance fraudsters — and faces public mockery

Starbucks is officially changing its code of conduct and ending a longtime policy that permitted people to sit and stay at coffee shop locations without making a purchase. — AFP pic

Starbucks shuts bathroom doors in US: Buy something or get out!

Catherine, Princess of Wales talks with Katherine Field during a visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital in west London January 14, 2025. — AFP pic

UK’s Catherine, Princess of Wales in cancer remission and looking ahead with hope (VIDEO)

Tourists walk down steps during a visit to Fushimi Inari Shrine in the city of Kyoto on January 13, 2025. Japan on January 15 will announce tourist figures for the year 2024, widely expected to break the record set in 2019. — AFP pic

Kyoto hikes hotel taxes for visitors, as locals grumble about overtourism

A window cleaner wipes the glass door of the Paris' tourist office, showing its logo and buildings reflection on October 20, 2016 in Paris. — AFP pic

Paris closes last tourist information centre as tourists prefer online guides

Activists Alyson Lee and Di Bligh from the Just Stop Oil group on Monday painted inscriptions on the grave of famous naturalist Charles Darwin in to protest against political inaction on global warming. — AFP pic

Controversial green vandals Just Stop Oil at it again, defaces Darwin’s grave with chalk paint

Qie during her birthday celebration surrounded by family and friends. — Picture via X

Rice, lard, and walks: Chinese woman turns 124, shares her secrets to longevity

The medical cost inflation that gives rise to medical insurance premium hikes affect many Malaysians and needs to be addressed. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

While insurance premium hikes may be inevitable, what can help rein it in?

A Hindu devotee prays at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers. — Reuters pic

India’s Maha Kumbh Mela: What to know about the largest human congregation

This handout photo courtesy of Blue Origin shows the New Glenn rocket on the launch pad at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on December 27, 2024. — Blue Origin handout pic via AFP

Ferrari of rockets? Five key facts about Blue Origin’s New Glenn heavy-lift launcher

Diners enjoy their meal inside a decommissioned bus at the Boss Bus Camp in Ipoh. — Bernama pic

From wheels to meals: Ipoh’s Boss Bus Camp offers dining with a retro twist

Marine specialists treat a sea turtle on a care barge in Tunisia’s Kerkennah Island, the only one in the Mediterranean, December 18, 2024. — AFP pic

Inside Tunisia’s pioneering floating clinic for injured sea turtles

Blue Origin’s ‘New Glenn’ rocket sits on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, January 11, 2025. — AFP pic

Space race ignites: Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket readies for maiden orbital flight today