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WHILE ice cream counters, popcorn stations and dessert bars have long been staples at wedding receptions, a new concept is beginning to capture guests’ attention - the ‘veggie bar’, featuring fresh vegetables as take-home gifts.

Writer and publisher of Zahirah’s Books, Nur Zahirah Zamree, 30, said she had built her personal brand on digital platforms well before publishing her works and meeting readers in person. Photo by Bernama

Akiqlo Thrift Store owner Ahmad Kamal Ariffin Ismail, 44, wanted customers to enjoy a shopping experience comparable to that of a fashion boutique. Photo by Bernama

THE activity of stamp collecting from various booths at the Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair (PBAKL) 2026 has become a new attraction that is increasingly gaining popularity, with visitors willing to explore each booth to complete the stamp collection in the stamp collection books they bring.

Siti Aisyah (left) shows the latest collection of books available at the Karangkraf Books Group booth in conjunction with the Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair 2026, which runs until June 7.

The festival, held in collaboration with the KL Festival, attracted an estimated 3,000 visitors, marking one of the institution’s highest single-day attendance records in more than 30 years.

A woman speaking with an artificial intelligence-assisted shaman robot on display in a machine to have her fortunes at a Korean shamanism theme shop in Seoul. Photo by Jung Yeon-je/AFP

This illustration photo created in Los Angeles on April 9, 2026 shows a Lego-style AI-generated war-themed video playing on a smartphone screen in front of a photo of US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. - (Photo by CHRIS DELMAS / AFP)

Shortly after news of a US-Iran ceasefire, an Iranian group released a new Lego-style video lampooning President Donald Trump and declaring "Iran won," the latest in a wave of war-themed AI-generated propaganda flooding the internet. Photo illustration by AFP

Three individuals, including a toll booth worker and a security guard, were rushed to the hospital after experiencing breathing difficulties following an ammonia gas leak from a lorry at the Seremban Toll Plaza exit towards Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. Photo courtesy of the Fire and Rescue Department