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Will Watford & Claudio Ranieri experience any new manager bounce against Liverpool? Who will play up front for City against Burnley? How much pressure is on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to win at Leicester? And can Brentford's Ivan Toney cut it against the meant Chelsea defence? Also includes a look at the midweek WC Qualifiers.

The Umno information chief said that his roles include working on the recovery of the macro-economy and supporting the existing economics team - but there are some questions about the role itself. We look into why this is the case.

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Malaysia has secured one of the 18 seats on the UN Human Rights Council, for the third time since the council's formation in 2006. We discuss if this is this significant, and what we are expected to do in this role. And then, we look at the most pressing human rights concerns here in Malaysia, especially as we emerge from the pandemic. Finally, where does the private sector come in?

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A new fathers’ rights advocacy group, FRAM, or the Father’s Rights Association of Malaysia, is calling for the laws around divorce and custody to keep up with the times. We discuss the custody rights of fathers, from the perspective of fathers.

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“We have to learn to live with COVID-19” is a phrase we’ve been hearing all too often these days. Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has reiterated that we need to reopen safely and to start treating COVID-19 as endemic. Our neighbour down south, Singapore, has stayed the course of reopening the economy, despite rising COVID-19 cases. Over in New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has finally dropped their zero-COVID strategy as the Delta variant persists. But are we truly ready to treat COVID-19 as endemic? Well, ready or not, the virus is likely here to stay. Prof Dr Ooi Eng Eong from the Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme at the Duke-NUS Medical School joins consultant urologist Dr George Lee to discuss how we can prepare ourselves for this new reality.

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Deborah Priya Henry is the co-founder of Fugee, a non-profit which champions equality and access for refugees, through advocacy, and education and entrepreneurship programmes. Today she joins us to discuss her organization and share her hope for the future.

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In 2004, Mainthan Arumugam was arrested and later convicted for the death of a man, who, years later found to be still alive? Bizarre? That's not the end of it. He remains on death row, with all his appeals having been thrown out by the courts, despite new evidence coming forth after his conviction and death sentence. It was World Day Against the Death Penalty on the 10th of October, and in conjunction with that, the Freedom Film Festival will be re-releasing the film titled Menunggu Masa (Waiting For Time), which highlights Mainthan and his family's heartbreaking story, and how a miscarriage of justice is just one of the reasons why the death penalty must be repealed. The lawyer/ filmmaking duo behind the documentary, Seira Sacha Abu Bakar and Sherrie Razak Dali, join us to share more.

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The recent announcement that MPs will be allowed to wear batik shirts when attending Dewan Rakyat got us thinking about how the clothes we choose represent who we are, as well as establish a sense of personal branding. But we also wanted to take it one step further and explore the impact our work attire, be it formal or casual, could have on personal productivity.

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As William Shatner becomes the oldest person to float in space, new research is changing the way we think about ageing and our metabolisms. Plus that skateboarding robot.

Chai Kah Fei is the brains behind Baan 26 and Diet Monsta. With the goal to have calorie-controlled meals for the fitness fanatics, Kah Fei joins us to talk about the inspiration behind starting it and the steps taken to ensure its healthiness.

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