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 ...

2015-11-08 Malaysia Southeast Asia

AsiaOne   

Police question Dr M for 45 minutes   
AsiaOne
KUALA LUMPUR - A team of investigators from Bukit Aman has recorded a statement from Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. "They asked questions and I said I will not answer. I did not," said Dr Mahathir. Represented by a team of lawyers, Dr Mahathir had his ...

2015-11-08 Malaysia Malaysia

Free Malaysia Today   

Shahbudin: Najib can prosecute Mahathir, risk all   
Free Malaysia Today
The former Prime Minister has accused the present Prime Minister of having stolen public monies and used them to bribe Umno leaders, among others. Shahbudin_najib_mahathir_600. KUALA LUMPUR: Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, said a ...

2015-11-07 Malaysia Health

Free Malaysia Today   

Paediatrician: A jab in time can save our kids   
The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: Epidemics can kill children by the hundreds or thousands if more Malaysians refuse vaccination, says Ipoh Hospital paediatric department head Datuk Dr Amar Singh. A doctor and paediatrician for 27 years, he has seen the damage ...

2015-11-07 Malaysia Science

The Guardian   

How to colonize Mars   
The Guardian
Ambitious plans to settle the red planet may conflict with international law. Sara Bruhns and Jacob Haqq-Misra suggest an alternative approach. What happens when the population of Mars is more than one? Photograph: Allstar/20TH CENTURY FOX.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette   

Official: NY probes Exxon, Peabody climate statements   
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's attorney general is examining statements by Exxon Mobil and Peabody Energy to determine whether they deceived investors about the causes and impacts of climate change, an official familiar with the investigations said ...

2015-11-07 Malaysia Entertainment

The Star Online   

MCA: Probe incident on boy denied medical treatment in Johor   
The Star Online
KUALA LUMPUR: MCA has called on the Health Ministry to investigate over reports that a toddler was denied treatment at two government clinics and a hospital because his mother was deemed to be “inappropriately dressed”. Its vice-president Datin Paduka ...

2015-11-07 Malaysia Sports

Motorsport.com   

Formula E: what to expect from the second race of the season tonight   
The Verge
The second race of the second season of all-electric racing series Formula E takes place this weekend in humid Putrajaya, the government seat of Malaysia. The race starts at 12:30AM ET on Saturday, a slightly more forgiving time for fans in the Western ...

2015-11-07 Malaysia Technology

Times of Oman   

YouTube to support virtual reality video on its app   
Times of Oman
The YouTube app with the updated Cardboard technology is currently only available for Android phones but an iOS version is set to be released "soon," according to YouTube. - Bloomberg file picture. Sharelines. YouTube to support virtual reality video ...
Official YouTube Blog: YouTube presses play on virtual reality   Official Blog
VR Videos - YouTube   YouTube

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CompaniesToyota drops Takata's problematic airbag inflators   
Financial Times
The boycott of Takata airbags has now spread to Toyota, the world's biggest car group. The woes of the Japanese car component manufacturer deepened Friday after Toyota's chief executive Akio Toyoda said it will no longer use Takata's inflators ...

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Bustle   

Tinder CEO Sean Rad Says 80 Percent Of Users Are Looking For A Long-Term ...   
Bustle
Since its inception, Tinder has been nicknamed "the hookup" app, but what do you use Tinder for? Because certainly not everyone is using Tinder for casual sex — some people use Tinder to find love. And now, Tinder CEO Sean Rad says those people are ...

2015-11-07 Malaysia Business

Free Malaysia Today   

Ampang Park outlet owners want mutual pact reviewed   
Free Malaysia Today
Even if one owner out of the 253 does not agree then there can be no mutual agreement, says an outlet owner. mrt,ampang-park. KUALA LUMPUR: Most Ampang Park Shopping Centre outlet owners want Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT ...

2015-11-07 Malaysia World

The Guardian   

Dozens missing in BHP-Vale mine disaster in Brazil as rescue continues   
The Guardian
Rescue teams searched through mud and debris on Friday for dozens of people missing after a pair of dams collapsed at a Brazilian mine owned by two of the world's biggest iron ore producers. Walls of water filled with mining waste cascaded downhill ...
Brazilian village buried in mudslide   CBC.ca
UPDATE 5-Dozens missing in Brazil mine disaster, death toll uncertain   Reuters
Search ongoing for missing in Brazil mine disaster, death toll uncertain   Daily Mail
ABC Online   
Fox News Latino   
Stuff.co.nz   
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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
The Straits Times   
AsiaOne   
新华搜索 - 新华网   
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Times of India   

How special cell sleuths used Khota Rajan to divert media from Chhota Rajan   
Times of India
NEW DELHI: It was little over 5.30 am on Friday. Scores of reporters and onlookers could be seen virtually at every nook and corner of the Delhi airport - from T3 to airport's technical area to terminal 1D, they were all waiting for underworld don ...
Chhota Rajan details on Dawood Ibrahim new and revealing: Sources   Daily News & Analysis
'Crazy traffic madness...': Delhi's traffic woes continue   Hindustan Times
'We don't expect him to reveal anything extraordinary': Security agencies ...   Daily Mail
The Hindu   
The Straits Times   
The New Indian Express   
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The Independent   

Exclusive: Chemical weapons used by fighters in Syria - sources | Reuters   
Firstpost
THE HAGUEChemical weapons experts have determined that mustard gas was used in a Syrian town where Islamic State insurgents were battling another group, according to a report by an international watchdog seen by Reuters. A confidential Oct. 29 ...

2015-11-07 Malaysia Southeast Asia

AsiaOne   

Police question Dr M for 45 minutes   
AsiaOne
KUALA LUMPUR - A team of investigators from Bukit Aman has recorded a statement from Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. "They asked questions and I said I will not answer. I did not," said Dr Mahathir. Represented by a team of lawyers, Dr Mahathir had his ...

2015-11-07 Malaysia Malaysia

New Straits Times Online   

Tun M says “up to police” if they want to arrest him   
New Straits Times Online
KUALA LUMPUR: Former premier Tun Dr Mahathir said it was up to the police if they wish to arrest him over his allegedly seditious remarks made at the Bersih 4 rally in August. Dr Mahathir, who was questioned by police at his office today, also said he ...
Police question Dr M for 45 minutes   The Star Online
NAJIB HUMILIATES DR M, THE GREATEST MALAY STATESMAN, BUT DARE NOT QUESTION JHO LOW   Malaysia Chronicle
Dr M: If 'no crisis', why is Putrajaya crying 'saboteurs'?   Malaysiakini (subscription)
The Malaysian Insider   
Free Malaysia Today   
The Sun Daily   
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Malay Mail Online   

New MIC team has huge challenges ahead   
Malay Mail Online
Najib congratulates Dr Subramaniam on the smooth running of the MIC's Central Working Committee(CWC) re-election yesterday. Looking on are new MIC deputy president Devamany (left) and newly-elected CWC members (background). — Picture by ...

2015-11-06 Malaysia Health

The Star Online   

Vape store owners cry foul over raid   
The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: Vape store owners were caught by surprise when the Health Ministry conducted a nationwide raid which businessmen claimed caused losses running into millions of ringgit. In Selangor alone, over 300 vape stores were raided yesterday.
Putrajaya mulling new tax on vape, says report   The Malaysian Insider
Vape crackdown good for consumers, bad for business   Malay Mail Online
Shop selling "vape" devices raided   The Sun Daily
The Borneo Post   
The Rakyat Post   
Malaysiakini (subscription)   
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Free Malaysia Today   

Gov't to continue offering medical services at low rates   
Free Malaysia Today
PM says public hospitals have no consultation charge and have fixed low rates for medical and other services compared to private hospitals. najib-razak,hospital. KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Razak has said the Barisan Nasional (BN) government ...

2015-11-06 Malaysia Science

New York Times   

Solar Storms Strip Air From Mars, NASA Says   
New York Times
The air on Mars — what there is of it — is leaking away, about half a pound a second sputtering into space, scientists announced on Thursday. The planet's early atmosphere is thought to have been as thick as or thicker than Earth's today, and even ...
Tim Peake: Science, housework and fun   BBC News
Nasa reveals solar winds stripped Mars' atmosphere   Telegraph.co.uk
NASA drops Boeing from space station cargo competition   Reuters
The Denver Post   
Sky News Australia   
Fox News   
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New York Times   

Exxon Mobil Investigated for Possible Climate Change Lies by New York Attorney ...   
New York Times
The New York attorney general has begun an investigation of Exxon Mobil to determine whether the company lied to the public about the risks of climate change or to investors about how such risks might hurt the oil business.
New York is investigating Exxon Mobil for allegedly misleading the public ...   Washington Post
ExxonMobil under investigation over claims it lied about climate change risks   The Guardian
New York investigating Exxon over climate statements: source   Reuters
USA TODAY   
The Verge   
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Christian Science Monitor   

Crux of climate summit: Will rich, poor nations be able to work together? (+video)   
Christian Science Monitor
The debate leading up to the United Nations' climate talks in Paris has at times become mired in a divisive battle between wealthy and developing nations. Negotiating a meaningful pact will require cooperation, experts say.
Countries Position Themselves for Paris Climate Talks   National Geographic
Poll Finds Global Consensus on a Need to Tackle Climate Change   New York Times
US, China least concerned about climate change, poll finds   Bangkok Post
Gawker   
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Christian Science Monitor   

Check out the dazzling Taurid meteor shower this week (+video)   
Christian Science Monitor
Meteors, popularly called "shooting stars," are much more common than most people think. In fact, there's a display going on now - courtesy of two Taurid meteor showers - if you know when and where to look. Meteor showers are made up of brief-lived ...