2015-11-08 Malaysia Health

Astro Awani   

Give more time for vape sellers to legalise business - Dr Hilmi   
Astro Awani
More time should be given to electronic cigarettes sellers to legalise their business, said Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya. More time should be given to electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) sellers to legalise their business, said Deputy Health Minister ...
Deputy minister admits raids on vape outlets drastic, to review action   The Malaysian Insider
Raid on vape outlets a drastic move, says Dr Hilmi   The Rakyat Post
Deputy health minister admits vape raids 'drastic', says will give sellers chance   Malay Mail Online

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Malaysiakini (subscription)   

Anti-vax parents among cause for measles spike   
Malaysiakini (subscription)
Health Ministry said the anti-vaccination movement among parents is among reasons for the spike in measles cases in Malaysia. There were 602 cases as at September this year, almost triple of last year where 235 cases were recorded. Meanwhile, 195 ...

2015-11-08 Malaysia Science

Junior College   

NY attorney general wields powerful weapon in Exxon climate case   
StreetInsider.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A near century-old statute that gives New York state prosecutors unusually broad authority to prosecute securities fraud could prove a powerful weapon as Attorney General Eric Schneiderman probes Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE: XOM) ...

2015-11-08 Malaysia Entertainment

Mashable   

7 things we learned from the new Japanese 'Star Wars' trailer   
Mashable
Abrams, a man of few words these days, specifically said there would be no more trailers before the Dec. 18 release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But the slyest marketing team in the galaxy still sneaked a few new images into the Japanese version of ...
Wait, Is Star Wars: The Force Awakens' New Droid Female?   Cinema Blend
Terminally ill 'Star Wars' fan granted wish to see 'Force Awakens'   The Nation
'Force Awakens' screened for terminally ill 'Star Wars' fan   seattlepi.com
Bloomberg   
The Straits Times   
CBS Local   
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Telegraph.co.uk   

Chinese artist Tao Hongjing reveals he's a Frenchman called Alexandre   
Telegraph.co.uk
A French artist has revealed to surprised international buyers that the work they have been purchasing for more than a decade by a Chinese artist named Tao Hongjin was in fact made by him. Fifteen years ago Alexandre Ouairy was an unknown French ...

2015-11-08 Malaysia Sports

The Star Online   

Di Grassi keeps his cool to win in Putrajaya   
Motorsport.com
After one of the most eventful races in Formula E's short history, Lucas di Grassi claimed his second FIA Formula E Championship win. Putrajaya, Malasya – Lucas di Grassi claimed his second FIA Formula E Championship win in a race at Putrajaya in ...

2015-11-08 Malaysia Technology

NEWS.com.au   

Websites are turning off comment sections amid 'flame wars' of vitriol   
NEWS.com.au
THE INTERNET was supposed to facilitate better exchange between the public and news media. But vile and hateful comments changed all that. In the face of rising vitriol — attacks, bigotry and general nastiness — some websites are increasingly ...
Nastiness threatens online reader comments   The Malaysian Insider

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Computerworld   

Autonomous cars aren't nearly as clever as you think, says Toyota exec   
Computerworld
The head of Toyota's billion-dollar U.S. artificial intelligence research center delivered a reality check on Friday for anyone over-enamored by autonomous car technology: the cars aren't as clever as you think. "I want to help the press and the public ...

2015-11-08 Malaysia Business

The Sun Daily   

MRT spares iconic Ampang Park from demolition   
The Sun Daily
KUALA LUMPUR: The iconic Ampang Park Shopping Centre can now be spared from demolition as the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) has announced a new design option for its Ampang Park station. MRT Corp, in a statement today ...

2015-11-08 Malaysia World

NDTV   

US Wants China to be Part of Asian Security System: Ashton Carter   
NDTV
Washington: Making it clear that the US was not trying to create divisions in Asia, Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has said America wants China to be part of the Asian security system and not stand apart from it. Speaking to reporters aboard USS ...
US patrol sought to avoid provocation, not reinforce China island claim ...   The Star Online
EU urges peaceful settlement in disputed sea   ABS CBN News
Chinese warship and US destroyer keep it friendly in South China Sea   New York Post
AsiaOne   
The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)   
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Wall Street Journal   

Brazil Searches for Missing After Dam Breach   
Wall Street Journal
MARIANA, Brazil—Many who live in the rural outskirts of this colonial mining town said they had always feared the earthen dams that mining companies had erected above their homes to contain millions of gallons of water and iron-ore waste. So when ...