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Datuk Dr Nor Ashikin Mokhtar THE STAR – People probably think of fast-acting, incurable diseases when they think of the deadliest diseases in the world. In fact, many of these types of diseases don’t even rank among the top 10 causes of death worldwide. Several of the deadliest diseases are partially preventable, which is even […]
HANOI (AFP) – Despite Vietnam’s solar boom and ambitious climate targets, the fast-growing economy is struggling to quit dirty energy – leaving one of the world’s biggest coal power programmes largely intact. During the COP26 climate summit last year, the government boldly promised to end the construction of new coal plants and phase out the […]
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (AP) – Qatar is home to some 2.9 million people, but only a small fraction – around one in 10 – are Qatari citizens. They enjoy massive wealth and benefits fuelled by Qatar’s shared control of one of the world’s largest reserves of natural gas. The tiny country on the eastern […]
Tatiana Schlossberg THE WASHINGTON POST – Just yards from the Fish 1, a 22-foot research vessel, a humpback whale about twice the size of the boat hurled itself out of the water, sending shimmering droplets in a broken necklace of splash. In the other direction, a hulking cargo ship, stacked high with containers, crept closer. […]
AP – When NBC cancelled the sci-fi family drama Manifest last year after three seasons, fans were devastated: The central mystery about a commercial plane that disappeared for more than five years – only to land with crew and passengers that hadn’t aged a day – was nowhere near solved. The cancellation following several cliffhangers […]