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Today on Current Affairs, we look back on the second day of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN. Matters highlighted include the TPPA, South China Sea, redesigning education and 'Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution'.

This report is by Keith Kam and Tang Wei Lynn.

He gave up his full time job as a lawyer and sat down to put ink to paper, writing stories of the paranormal as a full time job today. Join in our conversation as we discuss about the spooky stories of our land and where his influence of writing about the dark elements come from. Little did we know that Tunku Halim can’t bear to watch horror flicks, hmmm….

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Richard Huckle, a British paedophile has been sentenced to life imprisonment after admitting to a string of sexual crimes against children and babies. And those heinous crimes happened here in Malaysia. He had a total of 91 charges against him, including that from 23 children in Kuala Lumpur, where he set himself up as an English teacher. There is no doubt that reading this report has left many of us sad and angry, but the real question is: how are we protecting our children? Are we doing enough to shield our children from harm? On Talkback Thursday today, we're asking: What are we doing to protect our children?  

Changing consumer habits have created prime conditions for innovation in technology, and our love for online shopping could be one of the biggest catalysts for a robot revolution. GreyOrange, a robotics company in India, are building an army of worker robots that can pick and pack your deliveries 5 times more efficiently than a human. We talk about the technology behind GreyOrange and the edge it's giving to retailers around the world with the company's CEO of Asia Pac and Japan, Nalin Advani. 

This month on Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah Dunia, Umapagan Ampikaipakan - and special guest Alexander Canducci - take a look at the spin, double-speak, buck passing, and cover-ups that have shaped the history of the world.

The husband-and-wife team, after more than two decades in the UK, now back in the country, are featuring dances that they choreographed and in one of which Ming Low is dancing in. They tell about dancing and how dances can tell stories and relate experiences, and at the same time avoid cliches of dance vocabularies.

We get you out of bed, to your first cup of coffee or to your first destination of your day with thought-provoking discussions on ideas, people and events shaping all our lives.

We can find a lot of wisdom in old sayings. Idioms like ‘money makes money’ and ‘save first and spend later’ come to mind.

Today we talk about “Cash, capital and courage” where we dig deeper into how some of these age-old ideas can lead to financial freedom.

The Morning Run Crew gives you their take on today's business headlines: 

- Digi's digital ambitions

- Uber drives away with Saudi funding

- Xiaomi zeros in on Microsoft patents

- Najib shoots down rumours of low investor confidence

The interconnectedness of the global economy today means that unexpected events in one corner of the globe can ripple through the world’s supply chain and affect customers and businesses everywhere. Prof. Sheffi explains why modern vulnerabilities call for innovative processes and tools for creating and embedding corporate resilience and risk management.