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Mine workers prepare a boat to set sail in the mining town of El Dorado. — AFP pic

El Dorado’s residents trade gold for groceries as mining remains lifeline

Oxford Street attracts around half a million visitors every day but many flagship stores including House of Fraser and Topshop have shut in recent years, and the area had been neglected. — Reuters pic

London’s Oxford Street to go traffic-free in shopping area makeover, says mayor

The slowing economy is piling financial stress on married couples and contributing to the breakdown of relationships. — Unsplash pic/Abenezer Shewaga

Want to file for divorce in China? Booking agents are now your ticket to a quick split

Adly Zahari pinning the PJM on one of the ATM veterans at the Melaka International Trade Centre (MITC) in Ayer Keroh recently. — Picture courtesy of Malaysian Armed Forces

Over 48,346 Armed Forces veterans have been awarded the Malaysian Service Medal since 2004

Poodle Nilo has joined four labradors on a dog rescue squad at Las Lindes beach near Malaga in Spain, helping lifeguards tow people back to shore. — Reuters pic

Rescue, retrieve, repeat: Nilo the poodle is on a mission to save swimmers in Spain — one stroke at a time

A delegation of Naga representatives, including tribal elders, leaders from the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) and the Recover, Restore and Decolonise Group (RRaD), visits the museum from June 8 to 14 to discuss the repatriation of ancestral remains and explore pathways for their return and future care. — Picture via Facebook/Pitt Rivers Museum

‘Our history, our culture, our belongings’: India’s Nagaland tribes seek return of ancestors’ skulls from Oxford museum

Pop Mart currently operates seven official offline locations across South Korea, including four in Seoul. — Picture from Facebook/Pop Mart

Labubu craze forces Pop Mart to suspend offline sales in South Korea following similar UK move

Ainun Hajar Kamaruddin holds a glass of freshly brewed Kopi Tenggek at the new Kopi Tenggek Tanjung Piai outlet in Larkin June 15, 2025. — Bernama pic

Drip by drip, Johor’s ‘Kopi Tenggek’ reclaims its place among coffee icons

A woman carpenter works at a carpentry workshop in Karimabad, in the Hunza district of Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region May 20, 2025. — AFP pic

Songs of sawdust and strength among Hunza women in Pakistan’s Karakoram Mountains

This photograph taken on June 5, 2025 shows the founder of Piguet auction house Bernard Piguet holding the terracotta dish ‘Three Fish’ (circa 1952) by Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer Pablo Picasso. — AFP pic

Picasso ceramics, once hidden, now up for grabs in Geneva

The 1931 painting by British-American artist Clare Leighton is believed to be the only oil portrait the Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi sat for. — Picture via Bonhams

Rare Gandhi portrait with violent past could fetch £70,000 in London sale

A generic picture of Germany’s Deutsche Bahn. — Unsplash pic/Daniel Abadia

When cleanliness derails efficiency: German train stopped for being too dirty

Carlo Acutis was 15 when he died in northern Italy in 2006, after a short bout with leukaemia. He has become enormously popular especially among young Catholics who have been flocking to his tomb in Assisi. — Picture via Facebook/Pope Leo XIV

‘God’s Influencer’ Carlo Acutis to become first millennial saint in September

The Seoul city government said on Sunday it will expand the late-night operation of unmanned taxis to include all of Seoul’s Gangnam district. — Picture courtesy of Seoul Metropolitan Government

Seoul widens rollout of late-night self-driving taxis to all of Gangnam, citing zero-accident pilot

A woman weeps as she holds a poster of TikTok star Sana Yousaf during a protest held to condemn violence against women after Yousaf was killed for rejecting a man’s proposal in Islamabad June 5, 2025. — AFP pic

‘This is a culture’: TikTok murder highlights Pakistan’s unease with women online

Kuching’s Michelin-star chef Michelle Goh will be among the panel of nine judges during the upcoming World National Tapas and World Asia Tapas Competitions. — Pexels pic

Michelin-starred chef Michelle Goh returns to Kuching as judge for global tapas showdown and culinary showcase