As more people lean towards a predominantly plant-based diet, McDonald’s has announced the McPlant - a vegan burger with a patty from a yet-to-be-announced supplier. The McPlant is the fast food giant’s answer to Burger King’s Impossible Whopper, a wholly plant-based burger with patties by Impossible Foods. With fast food chains embracing more vegan options, will meat substitutes break into the mainstream market to override meat completely?

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Faced with closures because of coronavirus measures and fierce competition from retail giant Amazon, 250 independent UK bookshops have banded together on a new online platform.

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The PlayStation 5 is finally here, but apparently not all price tags are created equal. In China, the next-gen console is selling for three times its recommended retail price due to pandemic-related shortages. The question is, will that stop gamers from purchasing the highly anticipated gaming system nevertheless?

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The pandemic has posed quite the obstacle for maintaining human connection, and while group chats and e-conferences have taken off, face-to-face interaction is sorely missed. A potential solution to that, however, could be the advent of co-living.

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Coronavirus-related curbs have led to a spike in first-time Internet users across six South-East Asian countries, according to a Google report published Tuesday.

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Coronavirus-related curbs have led to a spike in first-time Internet users across six South-East Asian countries, according to a Google report published Tuesday.

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The newly announced COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer has created a sense of hope around the world, with everyone wondering if this is the start of the end of the pandemic. Logistically, however, distributing the vaccine isn’t as easy as it sounds. This is an unprecedented time in history, and no vaccine has been developed this fast, which makes everything from now on completely trial, and hopefully without error.

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With the avenues for foreign employment diminished due to COVID-19, many domestic helper agencies are looking to employ locally; however, it seems that both the Malaysian market and potential local employees are both unprepared for this issue.

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With the avenues for foreign employment diminished due to COVID-19, many domestic helper agencies are looking to employ locally; however, it seems that both the Malaysian market and potential local employees are both unprepared for this issue.

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In Budget 2021, one of the issues addressed by Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz was the rising unemployment rate due to COVID-19; as a result, the government has put forth several initiatives to help rectify this.

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