As Malaysians, we pride ourselves with our food that is rooted deeply with culture, traditions and belonging. But do we really know how our food ended up on our plates? In conjunction with Sustainable Gastronomy Day 2022, let’s learn how we can incorporate responsible and sustainable practices when it comes to food production and consumption, so we can still savour good food while doing good for the environment.

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LaMDA, Google’s experimental conversational AI has claimed it is a sentient person. Could Number 5 be Alive? Or is Autocomplete developing new and mystical powers?

The world’s most spoken language is English. Whether in academia or entertainment, there is doubt of its importance if we are to compete globally.  Co-founders of English education platform GuruLab, Eer Kai Song and Vicky Tan, discuss their recent  US$1million seed funding as well as their dedication to making English literacy and comprehension skills more accessible.

With supply chain shortages and inflationary pressures, how will the listed auto stocks fare for the rest of 2022? Jim Lim, Research Analyst at RHB Research tells us his top picks for the sector.

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Sandy Tan, CEO, Optimax Holdings walks us through how the vision care business has evolved over the past 20 years and how it has been able to leverage the pandemic to drive its expansion in Malaysia and beyond.

Car deliveries are at a near-standstill following a perfect storm of global and domestic factors, triggering a series of interesting alternative travel, including in public transport and small motorcycles. Daniel Fernandez, Managing Director of the car portal www.dsf.my, analyses.

With nationalism and polarisation continuing to rise globally, Dr Ross Tapsell from the Australian National University gives us an overview of developments taking place across ASEAN this year and how social media has shaped the regional political landscape.

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) will convene its International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on 23 June, to assess whether the continuing Monkeypox outbreak represents a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. We speak to Dr. Chan Yoke Fun, Associate Professor and Head of Medical Microbiology at Universiti Malaya as to whether there should be any cause for concern and if Malaysia has a plan in place.

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US markets cratered again last night following rate hikes from the UK and Switzerland, taking year-to-date losses on the S&P to -23%, prompting more hand-wringing and worry. Tim Mulholland, President, TJM Limited in Chicago, discusses what's in store for the second half of the year following a torrid first half.

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