Plants

Prosperity plants grow in demand in Malaysia as Chinese New Year gets closer

Mr Tee watering calamansi plants, a popular prosperity plant, to be sold ahead of Chinese New Year.

Plant Parenting

Underground edible plants to grow for Chinese New Year

These underground edibles – Chinese arrowhead, water chestnut and yam – are popular festive plants. Their food storage organs are botanically called corms, and can be used for planting.

Root Awakening

Hibiscus likely infested with scale insects

Unless the plant is small or weak, it may be best to prune the more infested portions first to reduce the pest population.

Miracle in northern Thai forest as rare orchid blooms again

The rare orchid called “Fah Mui Noi” was ound in a dry dipterocarp forest in Chiang Dao district, Thailand.

Brussels greenlights $3.4 billion Spanish state aid for highly efficient power

An electrical power pylon of high-tension electricity is pictured in a field, near Casares, Spain, July 12, 2025. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Czechs fundraise over $6 million to buy generators for freezing Ukraine

Explainer-How attacks on Ukraine's nuclear power substations could cause a total blackout

A residents comes inside a tent of a government-run humanitarian aid point, where residents can warm up, charge their devices, get hot drinks and psychological support, installed in a park during a power blackout after critical civil infrastructure was hit by overnight Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, January 20, 2026. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko

Root Awakening

Aloe plant looks injured

The red patches indicate an injury, such as one from chemical sprays or sunburn.

Explainer-What is the status of Iran's main nuclear facilities?

Satellite image over Fordow, before the U.S. struck the underground nuclear facility, near Qom, Iran, June 2, 2025. 2025 Planet Labs PBC via REUTERS

Root Awakening

Spiked Pepper is a weed

The Spiked Pepper, or Matico, is a relative of the plant that produces the peppercorns used in cooking.

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