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Accurate timekeeping is crucial for satellite navigation systems, mobile telephones and digital TV, among other applications, and may open new frontiers in research fields such as quantum science. — Dragon Claws/ETX Studio pic

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Secret lab developing UK’s first quantum clock to boost defence intelligence, reduce GPS reliance

This handout file photo taken on May 23, 2024 and provided to AFP on August 22, 2024 by the Ashiya City government shows Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka as she celebrates her 116th birthday, in the city of Ashiya, Hyogo prefecture. The world's oldest person, Tomiko Itooka of Japan, has died at the age of 116, the city were she lived announced on January 4, 2025. Itooka, who had four children and five grandchildren, died on December 29 at a nursing home, the city of Ashiya said. — Picture courtesy of Ashiya City via AFP

Life / 11 h ago

World’s oldest person, Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka, dies at 116

Participants and volunteers remove plastic waste and other garbage washed ashore at a beach in Kedonganan Badung regency, Indonesia's Bali island on January 4, 2025. — AFP pic

Life / 12 h ago

Hundreds of volunteers join cleanup effort as Bali faces ‘worst’ plastic pollution from monsoons

This handout photograph taken by vertebrate palaeontologist, Dr Emma Nicholls shows members of the excavation team working on the footprints at the Dewars Farm Quarry, north of Oxford in central England in June last year. — AFP pic/Emma Nicholls/Oxford University Museum Of Natural History

Life / 23 h ago

When Megalosaurus walked the Earth: 200 dino tracks unearthed in the UK

Adel Yazdi, an Iranian artist who has transformed an alley in one of the old neighbourhoods of Shiraz into an open air permanent art gallery, stands next to one of his high reliefs in the central Iranian city on May 14, 2024. — AFP pic

Life / 23 h ago

Iranian artist transforms Shiraz’s rustic Narenjestan into a cultural gem

About a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off their martial art skills to hundreds of cheering well-wishers at the long-awaited reopening of their nunnery in Nepal. — Reuters pic

Life / 1d ago

Nuns with ninja skills: Nepal’s kung fu nuns flex strength, spirit, and mindfulness

Nine out of ten new cars sold in Norway last year were powered by battery only. — Reuters pic

Life / 1d ago

Norway drives ahead: 9 in 10 new cars sold are electric

Italian designer Rosita Missoni, co-founder of the eponymous fashion house known for its bright and patterned styles, has died at the age of 93. — AFP file pic

Life / 1d ago

Farewell to Rosita Missoni, the icon of Italian knitwear, who passes at 93

The Rafflesia in bloom at Gunung Gading National Park – Photo from Facebook/Gunung Gading National Park

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Sarawak’s Gunung Gading National Park expects Rafflesia to be in full bloom today

Pudding had lived with a 80-year-old man, the eldest victim of the crash, who tragically lost his life alongside eight members of his family, including his wife, daughter, and six-year-old granddaughter.

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Saving Pudding: The dog orphaned by the Jeju Air tragedy (VIDEO)

Once operating under a tree, Sallehuddin now owns Takara Barbershop at MARA Arcade, Klang. — Bernama pic

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Snipping his way to success: The inspiring rise of a backyard barber to national stylist

African manatees are found in fresh water along the coast of western Africa, such as in Cameroon’s vast Lake Ossa where the researcher first saw them more than 10 years ago. — Unsplash pic/Maegan Luckiesh

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Saving the sea cows: The Cameroonian scientist on a mission to protect Africa’s vulnerable manatees

Taiwan’s annual persimmon harvest declined for the second year in a row in 2023 to around 59,000 tonnes. — AFP pic

Life / 1d ago

A season of loss: Taiwan’s persimmon harvest hit by climate change and ageing farmers

Finland is consistently ranked as Europe’s most media literate country and the skills needed to spot online hoaxes are on the school curriculum, amidst a boom of mis- and disinformation campaigns. — Unsplash pic/Jorge Franganillo

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In Finland, students learn how to identify online hoaxes, become media-savvy citizens

A man drinks from a water bottle under an umbrella as he walks on The Bund in Shanghai amid a red alert for heatwave on August 1, 2024. — Reuters file pic

Life / 2d ago

China’s warmest year ever recorded: 2024 brought deadly floods and soaring temps

It’s been over two years since the Duchess of Sussex first hinted at her return to Instagram in an August 2022 interview. — Reuters pic

Life / 2d ago

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Police warn guests in military-like ceremonial uniforms at Selangor event of legal consequences

Umno Youth chief says he will attend Jan 6 Najib solidarity rally in personal capacity despite party’s withdrawal

PAS says the rally must go on, reaffirms respect for Agong’s prerogative

Saving big, but at what cost? Retreaded and Chinese tyres dominate Malaysia’s lorry fleet

Get ready to breeze through KLIA: Malaysians can now use QR codes for faster immigration checks, just download MyBorderPass

MIC to hold special prayers for Najib at Batu Caves on Monday after Umno drops Putrajaya solidarity rally

Pasir Mas MP Fadhli Shaari under fire as cryptic post linked to cancelled solidarity rally raises questions about motives, loyalty to King

Two Malaysians jailed in Singapore for fraudulent scheme that caused S$13.7m losses to over 2,000 investors

Lim Guan Eng slams PAS for defying royal decree, pressing on with pro-Najib rally

Police reject application for Jan 6 Najib solidarity rally in Putrajaya

Kuala Lumpur KTV raid exposes RM5,000 GRO tips and illegal drugs, 123 arrested

New coach Jonassen to shake up BAM with his hybrid playing strategies

Manager in Pahang loses over RM156,000 from EPF, bank savings to ‘Clearbridgeleader.com’ WhatsApp scam

From fainting spells to aggressive tactics, 53 undocumented migrants try to evade arrest in Immigration’s Ampang mall raid

MACC sharpens tech tools for crypto era, says Azam Baki

Secret lab developing UK’s first quantum clock to boost defence intelligence, reduce GPS reliance

World’s oldest person, Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka, dies at 116

Hundreds of volunteers join cleanup effort as Bali faces ‘worst’ plastic pollution from monsoons

When Megalosaurus walked the Earth: 200 dino tracks unearthed in the UK

Iranian artist transforms Shiraz’s rustic Narenjestan into a cultural gem

Nuns with ninja skills: Nepal’s kung fu nuns flex strength, spirit, and mindfulness

Norway drives ahead: 9 in 10 new cars sold are electric

Farewell to Rosita Missoni, the icon of Italian knitwear, who passes at 93

Sarawak’s Gunung Gading National Park expects Rafflesia to be in full bloom today

Saving Pudding: The dog orphaned by the Jeju Air tragedy (VIDEO)

Snipping his way to success: The inspiring rise of a backyard barber to national stylist

Saving the sea cows: The Cameroonian scientist on a mission to protect Africa’s vulnerable manatees

A season of loss: Taiwan’s persimmon harvest hit by climate change and ageing farmers

In Finland, students learn how to identify online hoaxes, become media-savvy citizens

China’s warmest year ever recorded: 2024 brought deadly floods and soaring temps

Meghan Markle marks her return to Instagram with Prince Harry behind the camera (VIDEO)