Shafie positions himself to lead the opposition and other news you may have missed



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NOW ROUNDING | These are the key headlines you may have missed, shortly.

1. Warisan Chairman Shafie Apdal urged the opposition to make a leadership change as he positions himself to take office. The party hints that it could expand to the rest of the country.

2. Otai Reformis urged Anwar Ibrahim to stop waiting for defections to become prime minister. However, Ketereh MP Annuar Musa claims that efforts are underway to shift Umno’s support for the PKR president.

3. Several legislators have been quarantined at home before the last week of voting on Budget 2021 in the Dewan Rakyat.

4. Malim Nawar Assemblyman Leong Cheok Keng challenged Perak DAP chief Nga Kor Ming to show that he still has the support of the majority.

5. Malaysiakini explore whether Kedah can mine “clean” rare earth elements.

6. National U-15 women’s soccer player Celine Chuang made history as the country’s first person to play for Germany’s FC Bayern Munich U-17 women’s team.

7. An animated short film by Macgres Sawet and Nabiatul Dania Zulfiqa Mohd Zulfadhli, two 11-year-old boys from rural Sarawak, won an international film award.

8. An activist group made up of students, parents and teachers has formally launched a campaign to pressure the government to address the extreme absenteeism of teachers in Sabah.

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