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A place called Gopeng

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US is world’s biggest plastic polluter: report

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Global warming not responsible for Madagascar famine: study

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A radical thought for Malaysia 2022

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Omicron : What we know and what we don’t

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Mitigate inflation to soothe public concerns

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News

US is world’s biggest plastic polluter: report

The United States is by far the biggest contributor to global plastic waste in the world, according to a new report submitted to the federal government Wednesday that called for a national strategy to...

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Global warming not responsible for Madagascar famine: study

Global warming played only a minimal role in the famine that has hit Madagascar, according to a new study published Thursday which contradicts a UN description of the crisis as a "climate change famin...

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Omicron : What we know and what we don’t

Omicron is a variant of Covid-19 first sequenced in South Africa with cases now present in over 20 countries and on all continents....

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Reinfections three times more likely with Omicron: research

A preliminary study by South African scientists published Thursday suggests the Omicron variant is three times more likely to cause reinfections compared to the Delta or Beta strains....

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First Omicron case detected in Malaysia

Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin confirms that the first imported case involving the new Omicron variant has been detected in the country....

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Tech 2022 trends: Meatless meat, Web 3.0, Big Tech battles

After a year that made the terms WFH (work from home) and metaverse instantly recognizable for many people, there are a new set of technological trends headed this way for 2022....

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Opinion

A place called Gopeng

An almost forgotten little town in central Perak boasts a rich cultural legacy many old residents still take pride in....

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A radical thought for Malaysia 2022

We must move like a herd of buffaloes that no tiger, lion or even grizzly bear dare to attack. Move as a herd of committed citizens....

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Mitigate inflation to soothe public concerns

Both the government and the private sector must think of ways to boost productivity in a bid to ward off unchecked price hikes....

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Omicron: angel or devil?

It is said that the new Omicron variant could speed up the end of the pandemic due to decreased virulence....

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Embracing Bahasa Melayu and Jawi

Embracing Bahasa Melayu and Jawi...

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Restarting the HSR project: let’s keep our fingers crossed

Let's keep our fingers crossed that the KL-Singapore HSR project can be rolled into action and not aborted halfway with another tranche of compensation paid to our neighbors down south....

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Features

Sex shops offer Brazil Evangelicals a taste of heaven

Sometimes, she disguises her merchandise as medication. Others, as a bakery delivery. Whatever the packaging, Andrea dos Anjos knows discretion is key when Brazil's emerging Evangelical sex shops send...

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Stolen gods: Nepal seeks to bring home lost treasures

When Virginia Tech professor Sweta Gyanu Baniya saw an ornate 17th-century Nepali necklace in the Art Institute of Chicago, she burst into tears, bowed down and began to pray....

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[Isshōkenmei] Everything is a good thing (17)

Along the way, the many storms that came our way further strengthened our willpower....

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Happy Feet: Volunteer pedicurists help Hong Kong’s elderly

Gently unwrapping clingfilm covering the old man's damaged feet -- skin darkened and cracked, nails lumen and deformed -- the Hong Kong beautician doesn't flinch. Instead she picks up her tools and st...

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China’s millennial ‘new farmers’ opt to live off the land

Hu Siqin had a promising career in Shanghai with a Fortune 500 company and more than enough money, but something was missing under the bright lights of the big city, a sense of what she calls "roots"....

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[Isshōkenmei] 50/50 chance, if you insist (16)

If we are resolved to make the first move, we will at least have a 50% chance of success!...

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