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Can we count on the Pfizer vaccine?

[ad_1] AFTER several months of pandemic and disaster after disaster, we are increasingly desperate to see some silver lining. That’s why the news that the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech appeared to be more than 90% effective was very well received around the world, according …

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Diabetes on the rise among Malaysians

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Without undergoing a screening test, it is estimated that one in two Malaysians do not know they are diabetic. Citing the results of last year’s National Health and Morbidity Survey, Health Director General Tan Sri, Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, said that around 18% of Malaysians over the …

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Welcome to the shit country club, Mr. President

[ad_1] ONE of the most interesting books I read during the confinement was How to prepare an election by Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas. The authors, one British and the other American, illustrated various forms with respect to a full spectrum of regimes that span “electoral democracy” from “competitive authoritarian” …

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Azmin: RCEP is a better deal, CPTPP must be fair

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will make Malaysia part of the ASEAN superpower trading bloc with a combined population of 650 million, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali said. The Minister of Industry and International Trade said that, as exciting as the free trade agreement (FTA) offers …

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