Evening Edition

The new version of the Anti-Hopping Bill has been tabled to the Dewan Rakyat, which dictated that an MP might lose their seats should they quit a party or cease being a member. We get into it.

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A recent tweet referencing a TikTok video of a girl currently working in KFC, despite having graduated with an honours in Chemistry, has been circulating on Twitter. This brought up the issue of underemployment faced by graduates in our country, and led many others to share their own struggles of finding a job on par with their qualifications. We dive into this.

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In today's session of the Dewan Rakyat, the MPs discussed a variety of topics including Indonesia’s decision to impose a temporary freeze on its workers from entering Malaysia, the status of our railway projects, the prevalence of online scams, as well as online government systems in relation to foreign worker applications.

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A robust discussion on Twitter about what it means to be rich has been making its rounds, as people share their own definitions of it: Being able to 'buy time', freedom to chase your goals, as well as being debt-free. We dive into it.

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We're back with our updates from the Dewan Rakyat, and the first day of the session involved a variety of topics. The MPs discussed measures being taken to help the hardcore poor, the criticism against the new Jihad Against inflation Special Task Force to discuss issues relating to price hikes, measures made to counter flash floods in our city, as well as the implementation of compulsory voting. Today's session also included a dose of chaos involving the issue of the Sulu Sultanate court case, which resulted in an MP being ejected and suspended from the Dewan.

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In California, parents and policymakers have proposed a law that would require tech companies to provide online protection for children. This involves a clause for parents to be able to sue social media platforms if their children become addicted, as well as enforce these companies to create an age-appropriate design code for sites typically accessed by kids. We get into it.

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The Communications and Multimedia Content Forum of Malaysia recently issued a revamped version of the Content Code, which came into effect on May 30 2022. This came after a public consultation forum last year, which identified eight key focus areas based on the feedback they received. We discuss the findings.

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Today's discussion comes from a viral tweet on mind-blowing discoveries about things people do differently in other countries. This sparked a lively discussion on all sorts of differences, from the funny to the downright odd.

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The first images taken by the most powerful telescope ever - the James Webb Space Telescope - have finally been released after decades of waiting, showing us, among others, a stellar nursery where stars are born, interactions between galaxies and a unique view of an exoplanet. The images also include the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. We discuss the significance of these pictures, and what they might tell us about the mysteries of the universe.

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After a promise to resign, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka, leaving behind a number of questions, including: what happens now? We look into what things are like on the ground in Sri Lanka at the moment, as well as where things might go when it comes to leadership and government moving forward.

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