World Suicide Prevention Day started in 2003. On September 10 if that year, in Stockholm, Sweden, the International Association for Suicide Prevention teamed up with the World Health Organization (WHO) to create a day dedicated to a very important message: suicides are preventable. The goal of that day is to shine a light on the problems, hoping that it can reach people who are struggling before it’s too late.
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Thailand plans to reopen Bangkok and other key destinations to foreign tourists next month with aims to revive its travel industry after it has been bruised by the pandemic. According to Nikkei Asia, Thailand’s annual tourist industry revenues plunged 71 percent last year and have fallen 74 percent year on year during the first six months this year. Tourism and related business accounted to roughly 20 percent of annual gross domestic product in pre-Covid times.
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The Malaysian economy is now on the path to recovery supported by the reopening of more economic sectors and it is estimated to chart better growth for 2022, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.
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In an effort to express gratitude for the Malaysian frontliners, a local business, NR (formerly known as Nona Roguy, which pioneered in the health industry, specialising in herbs are launching a CSR initiative dubbed, ‘NR4FRIDAY’. The programme will start tomorrow, 10 September 2021.
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From a basic calling-only phone, to storing your whole life on a device, phones have come a long way. Evolving from a bulky piece of technology to where it can fit the pockets of your pants and jeans. Nowadays, smartphones have transformed from being practical to following current trend. Just like how bell bottom jeans are coming back, these are some trends that most smartphones brand might adopt.
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Food shortage and food wastage are a rampant problem that has been addressed countless times, yet often, we often fail to find a balance to the matter. As lands are getting limited, it is difficult to plant crop or livestock to accommodate the growing population. But as people are looking for alternative to counter the problem, one company in South Africa has make the first step by turning flies into food for pets, ad probably human in the future.
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Often known as the Hollywood’s golden couple; Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt has been together for 10 years before tying the knot in 2014. They are so famous loved that they have a portmanteau moniker, Brangelina. Both actors are Oscar winners, among the highest paid stars in the film industries, and just downright beautiful (Pitt was voted the sexiest man alive twice by People magazine, while Jolie was named sexiest woman alive by Esquire magazine in 2004). However, after a short marital bliss, Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt in 2016. It was finalised in 2019.
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After many months of lock downs and restrictions on travelling, Malaysia is finally reopening Langkawi islands in an effort to rebuild tourism, the sector worst hit by the pandemic. According to Prime Minister Ismail Sabri, Langkawi will open to locals under a travel bubble plan from September 16. Other destinations will be allowed to operate when the locality’s vaccination rate reach 80 percent, he said in a statement.
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The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIV Olympic Winter Games is scheduled to take place from 4 to 20 February 2022, in Beijing and towns in the neighbouring Hebei province in the People’s republic of China. Beijing was elected as the host city on July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It will also be the first Winter Olympics to be held in China, the second overall Olympics to be held in China (after Beijing 2008).
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Ivermectin is a medication that has gained popularity as one ‘cure’ for Covid-19, especially among the anti-vaccination community. How does this happen? There are some dubious researchers and campaigners’ claims that state ivermectin is the cure to end the Covid. Before we dive into details how ivermectin come to be known as the cure for Covid-19, let’s discover a bit more about ivermectin, shall we?
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