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Too busy to eat no longer an excuse
5+ hour, 30+ min ago (197+ words) TELEWORKING is back again, but when packed with meetings and so on, could leave little time for meals. Help is available via Secret Recipe's WFH (work from home) Sets. The SR GO pick-up app and web link allows customers to…...
M'sia to showcase leadership in vital areas at World Health Assembly in Geneva
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (385+ words) PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will use the 79th World Health Assembly (WHA79) to push for people-centred health reforms, humanitarian assistance and stronger regional cooperation while showcasing its leadership in areas including rare diseases, mental health and access to affordable medicines, says the Health…...
Crucial support over the phone
6+ hour ago (373+ words) A KEY component of Selangor's mental health support initiative is Talian Sehat, a free phone counselling service. Its coordinator Faridah Abdul Jalil@Abas said counselling over the phone could be challenging. "If they were beside us, we might be able…...
Foxes and coyotes locked in a backyard battle for survival in the US
1+ week, 31+ min ago (1418+ words) She was a young coyote, healthy and stout, with thick auburn fur so vibrant it reflected off the snow. He was a biologist, holding a tranquiliser, who had been trying for a few years to trap and collar a carnivore…...
Distinguished gentlemen ride against cancer
6+ hour, 1+ min ago (356+ words) GEORGE TOWN: Some 700 smartly dressed motorbike enthusiasts on vintage and modern motorcycles took to the streets of Penang to support prostate cancer research and men's mental health. Their efforts raised about RM3, 100 for the Penang edition of The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride…...
Modi closes key deal with Dutch tech giant
5+ hour, 29+ min ago (269+ words) Dutch tech giant ASML signed a deal with Tata Electronics to help build and scale up a semiconductor plant, overseen by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his tour of the Netherlands. ASML, which makes cutting-edge machines to manufacture semi-conductors, said…...
Indonesia's free meals programme faces mounting governance concerns as Prabowo vows to fix problems
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (511+ words) Speaking from East Java during the inauguration of over 1, 000 village cooperatives on Saturday (May 16), Prabowo acknowledged that the free meals project had encountered numerous "problems and challenges" since its launch early last year. "It's true that there are many challenges....
Malaysian athletics crying out for change " are we brave enough to do it?
5+ hour, 56+ min ago (145+ words) The Star Malaysian athletics crying out for change " are we brave enough to do it? IMAGINE this " a new Malaysian Athletics (MA), led not by politicians or power brokers, but by former athletes who once shed blood, sweat and tears…...
Public Bank on track after steady 1 Q results
5+ hour, 30+ min ago (579+ words) PETALING JAYA: Public Bank Bhd's overall results are in line with expectations, with year-to-date (y-t-d) earnings representing around 23% of analysts' full-year forecast. TA Research said in a report that, on a sequential basis, net profit slipped 6. 6%, underpinned by a softer…...
Museums that challenge the ordinary
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (1280+ words) The'massive brown structure came into view as we approached the museum with a bizarre central opening that looked almost like a black hole (though it's actually weathered steel). This is the Mona Confessional, an interactive sculpture at the Museum of…...