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AFP - Paris, Feb 8, 2025 (AFP) -Tupac POINTU In a workshop outside Paris, Celine Lallement stitched hairs into a silicone baby's skull -- the latest creation from a studio specialised in making ultra-realistic infants for the film and TV industries.Founded in 2008 and based in a north Paris suburb,

Paris workshop Cinebebe’s film prop babies almost too real to be fake

Sky the husky (left, with his owner's other dog and his owner inset) is safely at home after its adventuring. — Picture via Facebook/Skythehusky

Husky rescued by Abang Bomba ‘exposed’ by owner as expert escape artist (VIDEO)

A Shanghai woman staged a fake wedding with a man posing as a wealthy real estate businessman and scammed her relatives out of 12 million yuan (RM7.1 million) by promising cheap property deals. — Unsplash pic

Shanghai scammer stages fake marriage with ‘rich’ man and offers ‘discounted’ property deals to cheat relatives out of RM7.1m

People who are dissatisfied with their physical appearance experience increased fatigue during online meetings. — Nattakorn Maneerat/Getty Images/ETX Studio pic

Zoom fatigue: Feeling drained from virtual meetings? Study highlights new psychological factor linked to self-image issues

1964 Ferrari 250 LM by Scaglietti. — Picture courtesy of RM Sotheby’s

Ferrari’s 1965 Le Mans-winning car sold for €35m

Ryuta Watanabe, 36, gained media attention last October for his polygamous lifestyle in Hokkaido, Japan, where he lived with three wives, four children — including twins on the way — three pet dogs and two lizards. — Picture via Instagram/watanaberyuta_official

Japan’s ‘gigolo’ turns influencer with three wives and 11 children now earns over RM35,000 monthly, considering ‘double life in Malaysia and Hokkaido’

Pebble was founded in 2008 by Eric Migicovsky and launched a couple of smartwatches via several successful Kickstarter programmes. — SoyaCincau pic

Iconic Pebble smartwatches are back: First product to debut in 2025 — Here’s what you need to know

This photograph shows a panoramic view of Nova Gorica, Slovenia on January 30, 2025. — AFP pic

How Gorizia and Nova Gorica, one Italian and one Slovenian Town, are embracing unity as European cultural capitals

TotalEnergies’ Belgian rider Steff Cras after a crash during the 8th stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France on July 8, 2023. — AFP pic

Shattered bodies, broken minds: The mental battle athletes face after life-threatening crashes

Attendees arrive for a Unesco ceremony celebrating the final phases of restoration work on heritage monuments in old Mosul on February 5, 2025, as part of ongoing reconstruction projects in the city that was damaged during the fight with the Islamic State (IS) group. — AFP pic

Iraq’s iconic ‘hunchback’ minaret of Mosul rebuilt using original bricks after destruction under Islamic State rule

An Iraqi skateboarder performs a trick at a skatepark in Baghdad on February 1, 2025. The community skatepark, which is the first of it's kind in Iraq, opened to the public on February 1, 2025. — AFP pic

Baghdad’s first skatepark provides an inclusive space and rare haven for skateboarders

Cooking an egg is a delicate art because the yolk and the white do not cook at the same temperature. —  Pic by Devan Manuel

Ditch the timer? Scientists claim to have cracked how to cook the perfect egg

Hong Kong actor Loong Koon-tin getting made up as US President Donald Trump ahead of a rehearsal. — Pic by AFP

‘Trump’ Cantonese opera thrills fans at Hong Kong theatre’s last hurrah

Last month was the hottest January on record, extending a persistent run of historic highs over 2023 and 2024, as human-caused greenhouse gas emissions heat the planet. — Pic by AFP

January smashes heat record, surprising scientists

Gucci, which is part of the Kering luxury group, announced today that it is ‘ending its collaboration’ with its creative director, Sabato de Sarno, who was appointed at the beginning of 2023. — AFP pic

Under pressure to boost sales, Gucci parts ways with design chief Sabato De Sarno after two years

Samples of rare earth minerals from left, Cerium oxide, Bastnasite, Neodymium oxide and Lanthanum carbonate are on display during a tour of Molycorp's Mountain Pass Rare Earth facility in Mountain Pass, California June 29, 2015. — Reuters pic

Strategic metals: Rare earths key to future technologies, sought by Trump in Ukraine aid deal