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Three minutes, and off you go: NZ airport’s time limit for pre-departure hugs catches global brickbats

DUNEDIN (New Zealand), Oct 21 — Are three minutes enough for a hug? That was the question on the min...

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The Chris Ong Collection: A look into the Penang hotelier’s Peranakan antique collection and the stories behind the pieces 

GEORGE TOWN, Oct 21 — Chris Ong may be more popularly known as the founder of George Town Heritage H...

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Deepavali delight: ‘Kolam’ art enthusiast sets record with 100-colour ‘masterpiece’ at Nu Sentral

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — Kolam, the vibrant and intricate traditional Indian floor art, continues to b...

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Malaysian finds food truck selling ‘nasi lemak’ in the US, disappointed it’s non-halal (VIDEO)

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — TikToker Aiman stumbled on a food stall at a farmer’s market selling nasi lem...

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Fan Bingbing is demure, ethereal in photos of her visiting Kedah mosque in hijab

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — China actress Fan Bingbing in hijab? Fans might not have been expecting the s...

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COP16: What’s at stake at UN biodiversity conference?

PARIS, Oct 20 — The world’s pledges to halt humankind’s destruction of nature will be put to the tes...

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Not your daddy’s genres: Romantasy, dark college, and new trends driving young ‘reading fever’

FRANKFURT, Oct 20 — From romantasy to dark college, legions of young readers are diving into eclecti...

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Train to Busan? Try the world's first ‘shinkansen’ zombie train to Osaka for Halloween

TOKYO, Oct 20 — It's usually a serene two-and-a-half-hour ride on Japan's famously efficient bullet ...

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No KPop dreams: Cambodian Princess Jenna, 12, ‘does not, and will not become an idol trainee’ despite hailed as next Lisa from Blackpink

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — Jenna Norodom is no ordinary 12-year-old. The Cambodian royalty is the great-...

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Fashion designers Rick Owens, Michèle Lamy and Fecal Matter kicked out of Forbidden City, told to ‘return in ordinary attire’

BEIJING, Oct 19 — Fashion designers in husband and wife team Rick Owens and Michèle Lamy as well as ...

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Ahead of UN biodiversity summit, Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall warns of new problems borne from many ‘working in their own little narrow path’

PARIS, Oct 19 — World-respected British primate expert Jane Goodall wants a coming United Nations su...

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Lost ghost story by ‘Dracula’ author Bram Stoker unearthed in Dublin

DUBLIN, Oct 19 — A short story by Bram Stoker, the legendary author of Dracula, has been unearthed b...

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From Siberia to the Sahara: Huskies now symbols of wealth in Mauritania

NOUAKCHOTT, Oct 19 — As dusk fell on the edge of Nouakchott, Kayo the husky left a trail of paw prin...

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‘The spirits don’t like it’: How a tribal guard saved a Colombian lake from overtourism

BOGOTA, Oct 18 — In the crater of a semi-dormant volcano in southwest Colombia lies a sacred lake of...

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From Auntie Anne’s to now Nando’s: Food outlets that have fallen victims to Alice Chang’s misdeeds

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 — Infamous social media character Alice Chang has been making headlines for the...

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