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Designer Giorgio Armani at the Giorgio Armani Fall-Winter 2025/2026 menswear collection during Milan Fashion Week, in Milan January 20, 2025. — Reuters pic

Giorgio Armani sits out Milan Men’s Fashion Week for the first time in his career, recovering at home

The Netherlands yesterday officially handed back to Nigeria 119 precious ancient sculptures, stolen from the former kingdom of Benin more than 120 years ago during the colonial era. — Reuters pic

Stolen history returns: Netherlands hands back 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

The Paris 2024 Olympic cauldron tethered to a balloon flies above the stage set in the Tuileries garden at sunset during annual street music festival, the Fete de la Musique, in Paris. — AFP pic

Floating fire and music: Paris celebrates return of Olympic balloon

A pharmacist displays boxes of Ozempic, a semaglutide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes made by Novo Nordisk, at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, US, March 29, 2023. — Reuters pic

Game-changer or gimmick? What you need to know about the new weight-loss drugs sweeping the world

An older adult man sells objects and belongings on a street in Havana, on June 3, 2025. — AFP

Too old to work, too poor to eat — how Cuba’s older adults are paying the price of crisis

People look at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games cauldron, attached to a balloon in Jardin des Tuileries, in Paris on August 13, 2024. — AFP pic

Paris’s giant Olympic balloon is back, and it’s here to stay for summer

A French woman from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe has been identified as the only known carrier of a new blood type. — Picture from IStock.com

French scientists find new blood type in Guadeloupe woman

Abang Johari (4th left) with Uggah (3rd left), Dr Sim (3rd right) and other local dignitaries march their way from the Tun Jugah Building to the Kuching Waterfront. — The Borneo Post pic

Gawai Dayak 2025 parade in Kuching brings Sarawak’s spirit to life with colour, culture and unity

Fronting the corner of Lebuh Acheh and Carnarvon Street is an imposing British colonial white building with modern touches and Straits Chinese influences. — Picture courtesy of GTWHI

How a former maternity hospital, clinic and pharmacy became the shining example of heritage restoration in George Town

In the cold seas off Chile’s arid northern coast an underwater forest teems with life. — Reuters pic

Seaweed forests in Chile: Nature’s oxygen pump under threat from pollution and climate change

Turkish salmon is displayed at a fish market in Trabzon, on the Black Sea June 11, 2025. — AFP pic

Would you like some ‘Turkish salmon’?: The Black Sea’s new rose-coloured gold

A street at the Fuggerei is seen at the Fuggerei in Augsburg, southern Germany on May 20, 2025. Founded in 1521 by the wealthy businessman Jakob Fugger and believed to be the oldest such project in the world, the Fuggerei in the city of Augsburg provides living space for 150 residents facing financial hardship. — AFP pic

A roof for less than €1: World’s oldest social housing in Germany still charges 1521 rent — and a daily prayer

In this file photo taken on June 8, 2018 a bee gathers pollen near Godewaersvelde France. Runny nose, itching eyes, worsening asthma symptoms — the effects of hay fever are nothing to sneeze at, experts say, warning of an ‘explosion’ of allergies as climate change lengthens and intensifies pollen seasons. — AFP pic

Warming planet, wheezing people: How climate change is triggering an allergy crisis

People stand in the rain as a convoy led by Muhammed Sajjad, known locally as ‘The Weatherman’ (not pictured) stops during a ‘rain chase’ in the emirate of Sharjah on June 7, 2025. — AFP pic

Chasing clouds: Monsoon memories drive rain-loving Indian expats into UAE desert

Picture of the facade of the Maido high-cuisine restaurant  in Lima, taken on June 19, 2025. The Lima restaurant Maido, emblem of the fusion of Japanese and Peruvian cuisine, is the best restaurant in the world in 2025, as announced Thursday by the 50 Best list of the British magazine Restaurant. — AFP pic

Japanese-Peruvian fusion earns Peru’s Maido top spot on 2025 World’s 50 Best Restaurants

In a park in Mexico City, beside colonial era fountains and food stands, Italia Segovia’s designs are turning heads, as usual. — Reuters pic

Chicanjuku: Mexican designer Italia Segovia fuses Chicano culture with Harajuku to create bold, experimental fashion