WHEN Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was tragically œdowned on July 17 last year, killing all 298 on board, the first international reaction was one of…
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Paradigm shift needed in global R&D
THE first time I visited Kuching, Sarawak, was in the 1980s. I then worked for the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia. In the 1980s, Kuching…
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IT would be nice if human nature changed from its revenge, spite, jealous and occasionally œheartful self to something like the reverse. In 60 years…
View More Downsides present in all progressPensioners with joint pains cry foul over discontinued medicine
I REFER to the decision by the Health Ministry to discontinue (from Aug 1) the supply of glucosamine and related medication (such as chondroitin sulphate)…
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THANK you, NST, for honouring Sugiman Sabri in your œLetters to the Editor page on Aug 7. To continue reading the rest of the article,…
View More Sugiman showed great wisdom and depth at 44Youth will fight tooth and nail to excel
EVERY year, Aug 12 is marked by the United Nations as International Youth Day, which focuses on the roles of youth in national and global…
View More Youth will fight tooth and nail to excelLong wait for victims families to seek justice
AFTER a nine-year wait, the man responsible for the rape and murder of a marketing executive in 2006 was sentenced to death. To continue reading…
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RESCINDING the transfer of two senior Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers to the Prime Ministers Department was not exactly a smart move on the part…
View More Two wrongs do not make a rightJeb Bush: US may need more troops in Iraq to beat Islamic State
SIMI VALLEY, California: Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Tuesday that the US may need to send more ground troops into Iraq to defeat Islamic…
View More Jeb Bush: US may need more troops in Iraq to beat Islamic StateChina landslide leaves around 40 missing
BEIJING: Around 40 people were missing in China Wednesday after a landslide buried the living quarters of a mining company under one million cubic metres…
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