Evening Edition

A digital artist in Belgium has designed an AI tool that could detect when politicians are distracted in an effort to help them focus on issues raised during parliament sittings. Shawn Tanis tells us more.

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A new survey from Ipsos has found that the main cause of tension between Malaysians is political polarisation, a strained feeling transpiring when there is a difference in support for political parties. We explore these findings and how this tension affects our society.

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The UMNO Supreme Council announced that they have withdrawn their support for Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, twelve hours after the party's vice-president Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister. We explore what this move might mean for the Perikatan Nasional government.

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What started off as a father encouraging his daughters to learn maths has become a Los Angeles-based e-commerce platform called Mighty, allowing for children to operate their own online stores and earn some money. Shawn Tanis gives us the details.

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Several days ago, 18 durian farmers were detained for trespassing into the Batu Talam permanent forest reserve in Raub. The Pahang state government had earlier accused the farmers of illegal farming, and attempted to evict them. We find out more about the situation from lawyer Collin Arvind Andrew who represented the farmers.

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A social media post went viral over the weekend from Kembara Kitchen, highlighting an increase in baby dumping - of newborns being abandoned at hospitals. We check in with an organisation that operates baby hatches on how they have been coping.

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Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has just appointed Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob as Deputy Prime Minister effective immediately, after avoiding this appointment for so long. We speak about how this will affect political developments moving foward.

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Inspired by the #BenderaPutih movement, three local students built an app for people to find food banks and locations of white flags they can provide aid to. We speak to one of the developers about the Sambal SOS app.

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One of the most hard-hit industries during the Covid-19 pandemic is the tourism industry, which has resulted in the collapse of hotels after leaving hotel owners and their staff with pay cuts or job losses. We explored the devastating impact that this has caused and what the industry needs to recover.

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Pinterest has become the first major platform to ban all weight loss ads that idealise or shame body types, after a research by the National Eating Disorders Association showed that unhealthy eating habits are linked to social media. Shawn Tanis tells us more.

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