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Rafizi alleged that MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki was instead focusing on locating his former aide at the Economy Ministry James Chai, who he said merely prepared presentation slides and is currently working in Cambridge. - Bernama file photo

"Parasocial” generated more search interest than "rage bait” in the first half of the year, but "rage bait” pulled ahead in the second half of 2025.

A teenager holds a mobile phone displaying a message from social media platform Instagram after the account was locked for age verification in Sydney on December 9, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

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The term was defined by sociologists Donald Horton and Richard Wohl, who observed television viewers engaging in "parasocial” relationships with on-screen personalities that resembled those they formed with family members and friends. Photo source: Cambridge Dictionary

After a Covid-19 diagnosis, the risks of all five conditions were highest within the first four weeks and, for some, remained elevated for up to a year. - 123RF photo for illustration purpose only

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A miniature Godzilla is displayed at the Bandai booth during Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, on July 26, 2025. (Photo by Chris DELMAS / AFP)

Fries are sorted in the grading room of the Clarebout factory a French producer of frozen potato products in Bourbourg, near Dunkirk, northern France, on February 25, 2025. (Photo by FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP)

A computer screen shows a human skull in a laboratory. (Photo by Roland DE COURSON / AFP)