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Chung Kum Weng, a former weightlifter who won silver for Malaysia at the 1958 Commonwealth Games passed away in Wales at the age of 90. — Picture via Facebook

From Ipoh to Cardiff: Malaysian-born weightlifting champion Chung Kum Weng remembered in Wales

Britain’s King Charles III’s planned state visit to the Vatican in early April will go ahead despite Pope Francis’s hospitalisation for pneumonia, Buckingham Palace said today. — Apple Music handout pic via Reuters

‘Hopes and prayers’: King Charles’ Vatican visit to go on despite Pope Francis’ pneumonia

Visitors arriving at the Ramadan bazaar at the Sultan Azlan Shah Roundabout in Meru Raya. — Picture by John Bunyan

Ramadan Bazaar at Sultan Azlan Shah Roundabout Ipoh: A foodie paradise with relaxed picnic vibe

Blessing Onyedinma, 28, a Danfo (minibus) driver, poses for a photograph next to a minibus in in Ikeja Underbridge bus stop in Lagos, on February 21, 2025. — AFP pic

Nigeria women challenge norms from behind the wheel

The sugar rush stemming from coronavirus lockdowns has given way to an economic crisis that could sweep away some of the progress made on games industry sexism in recent years. — AFP pic

Games industry still a hostile environment for many women

All the sculptures are made from scrap recovered by his organisation Hands 2 Oceans, which picks up garbage dropped in the waters around Stockholm. — AFP pic

Swedish underwater art exhibit highlights rising water levels

Scattered on the seafloor four kilometres  beneath the surface, polymetallic nodules contain manganese, nickel and cobalt, metals used in electric car batteries and other low-carbon technologies. — AFP pic

‘Dark oxygen’: A deep-sea discovery that has split scientists

Ivorian painter Aboudia (Abdoulaye Diarrassouba) watches as a young boy paints a picture during a workshop in Assinie-Mafia on February 22, 2025. — AFP pic

Ivorian painter Aboudia takes teen rebellion to top of the art world

Satellite technology means we can now zoom in on the surface of the Moon, or a neighbourhood half-way around the world, but when it comes to the ocean floor, there’s a basic problem. — AFP pic

Less mapped than the Moon: Quest to reveal the seabed

This photo taken on February 26, 2025 shows Hung Hui-ching, member of the Taiwanese all-female funeral marching band Da Zhong, playing her saxophone at a funeral as friends and family of the deceased watch in Changhua County. Da Zhong women's group is part of a long tradition of funeral marching bands performing in mostly rural areas of Taiwan for families wanting to give their loved ones an upbeat send-off. The band was composed mainly of men when it started 50 years ago and has evolved into an all-female ensemble. — AFP pic

All-women marching band livens up Taiwanese funerals

Why not get Baju Raya for your cats, courtesy of KFC? — Picture via Facebook/KFC Malaysia

Get your exclusive KFC Malaysia ‘baju raya’…for your cats (VIDEO)

People take photographs before Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776 metres in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi prefecture on October 31, 2024. — AFP pic

Overcrowding fears spur Japan to enforce RM120 fee for Mount Fuji hikes

OMSMC’s CEO Lee Soon Teck stated that the Cath Lab 2 with Biplane Angiography system reinforces the hospital’s commitment to quality healthcare and clinical excellence, while positioning it as a leader in cutting-edge cardiac care. — Picture courtesy of OMSMC

Oriental Melaka Straits Medical Centre introduces Cath Lab 2 and PRECISE Pharmagenomics services

Volvo Car Malaysia (VCM) is launching its 2025 flagship SUVs, the EX90 and XC90, in our market very soon. — SoyaCincau pic

Volvo EX90 preview: Flagship seven-seater EV coming to Malaysia, priced around RM450,000

Residents of Taman Desa Pelancongan 2 preparing lemang. — Bernama pic

Ramadan vibes hit early in Ipoh with a gotong-royong feast of lemang and rendang

A poster for the for film ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ starring actor Audrey Hepburn, is pictured during a press preview ahead of the Cinema on Paper: The Dwight M. Cleveland Collection Movie Posters Auction, at Heritage Auctions in London on February 27, 2025. — AFP pic

A collector’s treasure: Rare film posters from ‘King Kong’, ‘Casablanca’ and more heading to auction