ARE YOU JOKING? DID YOU REALLY HAVE TO BAN DISCORD AND REDDIT ON PHILIPPINES
"The Philippines’ cybercrime agency has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to US tech platforms Reddit and Discord to establish a local office or face potential access bans."
Src: https://t.co/yABxDUDNRG
A single Permanent Member of the Security Council can block a resolution, even if a majority of Members support it. That’s known as the veto right. 🇺🇳
France and Mexico have introduced an initiative to suspend this right: Permanent Members would pledge to voluntarily refrain from using the veto in situations involving mass atrocities.
The goal: to keep the Council from being paralyzed when faced with the most serious crimes.
Major progress this year: for the first time, another Permanent Member of the Security Council, the United Kingdom, joined the initiative, which now enjoys the support of 128 nations.
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First-time users of the redesigned MyKad are currently unable to complete MyDigital ID’s online registration, as the system has yet to recognise the new card.
The card has also been rejected by Touch ‘n Go eWallet, Ryt Bank, AEON Bank and GXBank, highlighting wider compatibility issues, SoyaCincau reports.
https://t.co/jpiqLoWeKr
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In 1896, Taiping was passed over for KL as the FMS capital.
By 1910, Ipoh was being considered to replace Taiping as Perak’s capital.
KL dates to 1818; Ipoh to 1876, developing around small OA & Malay settlements b4 becoming a major mining town.
Art. from 1910; map from 1876
Malaysians should verify the facts and consider the consequences for local workers before joining boycott campaigns, economist Ahmed Razman said.
"BlackRock is an investor in Bursa Malaysia, it has ownership in many companies, including EPF. So, are you trying to say boycott everyone?"
📷: Bernama
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So we're looking for someone who'd frame Afghani islamists
The obvious answer then is that the USSR did 9/11 and it just took a bit too long to get the project through Soviet bureaucracy
Ahhh MCMC saying that "requoting a research report by frontier AI lab" now violates the law. Thanks to X, no further action need to be taken... So pasni share link pun takleh?
Sama je dgn zaman jibby waktu 1mdb dulu.
Considering how the Latin script had evolved throughout history and adapted for many languages, it’s rather simplistic to say that such scripts are ‘not developed’ within the borders of modern nation states.
The same can be said for the Perso-Arabic script.
On Friday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted an African proposal for a new world map, which shows countries’ true size relative to one another.
In favor: 164
Against: 1
Abstentions: 6
Malaysian obstetrician and peace activist Dr Ronald McCoy, who helped inspire and initiate the idea that led to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, has passed away.
His son, David McCoy, confirmed the news, but the cause of death was not disclosed.
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Selamat Hari Merdeka ke-69!
On the eve of Malaya's independence in 1957, the Colony of Singapore's decided that gift to the new nation was... a grandfather clock.
Sad to see the quality of transport-related journalism literally dropping in live time when you have a newspaper of record like The Star citing nonexistent MRT and LRT stations like Jalan Bukit MRT and Jalan Reko LRT, or even citing Kajang 2 as an LRT station instead of KTM
“Tanah tumpahnya darahku” is commonly misinterpreted as “the land where my blood spills.” It actually refers to the land of one’s birth, the blood shed at birth, a past event.
Munshi Abdullah called Melaka “tempat aku tumpah darah,” meaning the place where he was born.
Yes. Because the idea of free education is to remove the financial barrier of a person to learn. It's hat up to you what you do with that opportunity.
Investing on these people in the hope that they'd contribute to the country is a risk any gov should be willing to take.