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On the Breakfast Grille, Phil speaks to Jonathon Dixon, Vice President and MD, APJC short for Asia Pacific, Japan and Greater China, at Cloudflare, Inc. With 2022 seeing an unprecedented year of cyberattacks from governments to corporates to small businesses, we have a conversation with Jonathan about how Cloudflare's solutions are helping build resilience, with the advent of Zero Trust, and whether their fremium packages it currently offers is a sustainable business model.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said his two-day official visit to Indonesia at the invitation of President Joko Widodo has met its objectives. Various issues were addressed including matters involving the economy and bilateral investments. Anwar also witnessed the exchange of nine MOUs involving Malaysian companies and also letters of intents. So how will Anwar improve bilateral relations between the two countries and does this reflect on Anwar’s foreign policy strategy at large? For insights, we speak to Bunn Nagara, Honorary Research Fellow, Perak Academy.

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Over the weekend, supporters of Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the country’s Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court. Parallels are being drawn to the 6th January attacks in the US which then begs the question, how polarised is South America's largest economy and what precipitated these attacks? Questions we pose to Clara Ferreira Marques, Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion.

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The market is currently pricing in a rate cut in the US for 2023 which may be too optimistic given the Fed has remained steadfast in its fight against inflation. However, the silver lining is China reopening which has happened faster than expected may help lift global growth. What does all this mean for global economies? For insights, we speak to Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist, US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management.

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With our eyes set on unearthing the freshest flavors from unexpected places, we widen our scope with hand-picked musical gems from all across Asia.

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Herbal Candy, F.Rider - Physical

Dreane - Too Far

DC Willie - Crucial Trip

Intensify, Samad Savage, Zamaera - Kill My Vibe

F.Rider - Instinct

NewJeans - Ditto

Loner - Make Noise (feat. Shelhiel)

SUMIN, Slom - CHEERS

Collapse - Rute Menuju Ivory

Monoloque - Lagu Cinta

Galdive - A Friend

Vira Talisa - Samba Di Kota

Masdo - Dinda (Versi Akustik)

It’s a new year, but we’re going to look back one last time to last year and go through Kakuchopurei’s Best Games of the Year 2022. Its content director, Jonathan Leo, joins us to share the top 10 games from that list and the reason why their editors pick these games.

Amidst chants for ex-boss Thomas Tuchel & former-owner Abrahmovich, Chelsea head coach Graham Potter is certainly feeling the heat as his side woefully went down 4-0 to a second-string Man City in the third round of the FA Cup, making it their seventh loss in ten games in all competitions. Dumped out at the first hurdle, the match was as good as gone in the first half - Champions League glory is the only realistic form of redemption for the ex-Brighton man.

Meanwhile, fourth-tier side Stevenage stunned Aston Villa 1-2, a historic feat in which Stevenage boss Steve Evans called the "greatest day of his life". Ah, the magic of the FA Cup. But that's not all in terms of shocks in this round as League 1 Sheffield Wednesday proved that money is not everything, taking down Newcastle while Blackpool trashed Nottingham Forest 4-1.

Business as usual for on-form Manchester United taking down Everton, while Wolves booked themselves a replay v Liverpool. All that and more - plus AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup chats - here on Just For Kicks.

We pick up our mini-series on our 2023 resolutions for ministries with a focus on the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry. We’ll be tackling this portfolio in sections, beginning with women and what the ministry needs to do in this area. And then, we discuss what should the focus be when it comes to children.

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A tweet on how people hand money over to customer service and cashiers has drawn plenty of responses from the Twitterverse, with some sharing their own experiences, and some being skeptical that we're really that rude. We get into it.

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银丰集团（Revenue Group）董事局内斗导致股价单日一度重挫28%，上一季度也是自上市来首次出现庞大净亏损，持仓投资者该如何应对这场乱局？

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