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Ready to chill? Thai private island Koh Kham hits the market for RM230m

BANGKOK, Oct 25 — If you have 1.8 billion baht (approximately RM230 million) to spare and have alway...

What to know if you’re visiting Venice in 2025: Day-tripper charge now 54 days from April, almost double this year’s number

ROME, Oct 25 — Venice authorities said Thursday they would extend to next year a controversial exper...

Rocketing into space for RM920,000: Chinese startup Deep Blue Aerospace to sell first two tickets for 2027 tourism flights

BEIJING, Oct 24 — Chinese startup Deep Blue Aerospace said on Wednesday it will sell its first two t...

Breaking down beauty stereotypes: Young Londoners push for world’s first Afro hair emojis

LONDON, Oct 24 — Aiming to break down beauty stereotypes and make the digital world more inclusive, ...

‘Noah’s Ark’ of food crops: Palestinian seeds join Arctic ‘doomsday vault’

OSLO, Oct 24 — A “doomsday vault” in the Arctic designed to safeguard the world’s plant diversity ha...

Gentrification vs compassion: Seoul’s booming property market threatens long-running free meal centre serving the city’s poorest pensioners

SEOUL, Oct 24 — Before the Zaha Hadid-designed plaza, before the luxury high rises, before the South...

Kuwait bans ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’ game featuring Saddam Hussein, Iraqi invasion, ahead of tomorrow's release (VIDEO)

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 —It has been confirmed that the long-awaited Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 -ame whi...

Prehistoric discovery: Dinosaur fossils unearthed for the first time in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, Oct 24 — Scientists have discovered dinosaur fossils in Hong Kong for the first time, the...

French ministers mull charging tourists to enter Notre-Dame cathedral, money to go into conserving religious heritage

PARIS, Oct 24 — French ministers have raised the idea of charging tourists to enter Paris’ world-fam...

For sale: Original typescript of ‘The Little Prince’, with sketches and notes, goes under the hammer in Abu Dhabi starting from US$1.25 million

LONDON, Oct 24 — A specialist London bookstore is selling an original typescript of Antoine de Saint...

‘No money to bury the dead’: Mozambique’s Beira repurposes shipping pallets as coffins amid rising funeral costs

BEIRA (Mozambique), Oct 23 — In a dilapidated building in Mozambique’s Indian Ocean city of Beira, a...

Changing the Malay perspective: Capt Nik, former MAS pilot says ‘if a dog cares for you, no religion will tell you not to care for it’

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 — In a heartfelt conversation, retired Malaysia Airlines chief pilot Datuk Capt...

From humble beginnings to nationwide success: Ipoh father and son team shines in metal polishing with over 3,000 clients

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 — What started with just 10 monthly customers has grown into a thriving nationw...

Elevate your wrist game with La Luna Pop from BONIA

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 — Fashion brand BONIA has come out with the all-new BONIA BNB10839 La Luna Pop,...

Back to blue skies: Sydney cockatoo stuck in Coles supermarket rescued after living off ‘brioche and water’ for a month

SYDNEY, Oct 23 – A white cockatoo named Mickey, who had been living inside a Coles supermarket here ...