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Dr Ang Swee Chai is an orthopaedic and trauma surgeon and co-founder of Medical Aid for Palestinians. She has worked for decades alongside Palestinian communities living under occupation.

Here, she s...

Dr Ang Swee Chai is an orthopaedic and trauma surgeon and co-founder of Medical Aid for Palestinians. She has worked for decades alongside Palestinian communities living under occupation. Here, she shares her decades-long experience working in Palestine and Lebanon, detailing the immense suffering o...

16/10/2026

The artificial intelligence company, Anthropic, recently revealed how Claude AI was used in a political influence operation targeting Malaysia. It involved around 1,000 fake social media accounts, a b...

The artificial intelligence company, Anthropic, recently revealed how Claude AI was used in a political influence operation targeting Malaysia. It involved around 1,000 fake social media accounts, a bogus news site, and fabricated intelligence dossiers. How vulnerable are we to AI-enabled election m...

16/10/2026

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) finds Budget 2027 beneficial to a broad segment of the population.

However, we remain apprehensive about Malaysia’s RM40b fuel subsidy bill, as it continues...

From fuel subsidies to health funding, consumer group says key gaps remain.

16/10/2026

An orange haze is blanketing Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan as wildfires rage across the province. The smog has drifted throughout the region, obscuring Singapore’s skyline and shutting down schools i...

An orange haze is blanketing Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan as wildfires rage across the province. The smog has drifted throughout the region, obscuring Singapore’s skyline and shutting down schools in Malaysia. Source: Al Jazeera English / YouTube

16/10/2026

With incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro heading into a presidential run-off later this month, Stephanie Weatherbee Brito of the International People’s Assembly outlines the reaso...

With incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro heading into a presidential run-off later this month, Stephanie Weatherbee Brito of the International People’s Assembly outlines the reasons behind the rightward shift in Brazil. Source: Parti Sosialis / YouTube

15/10/2026

Malaysia is considering allowing registered refugees to work in sectors facing critical labour shortages, potentially offering businesses much-needed workers while giving refugees a legal means of sup...

Malaysia is considering allowing registered refugees to work in sectors facing critical labour shortages, potentially offering businesses much-needed workers while giving refugees a legal means of supporting themselves. But previous attempts have faced implementation challenges, and concerns remain....

15/10/2026

EE Cummings said: “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”

This is true for Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, a South African of Indian-Tamil origin, who is no stranger to the shadow of o...

In March 2017, former UN high commissioner for human rights and judge Navi Pillay - and now Nobel Peace laureate - delivered a public lecture in Penang. Here, we present touches of Pillay’s inspirational life and her views on the state of human rights in Malaysia.

15/10/2026

A growing number of states across Asean are taking positive steps towards reducing the use and scope of the death penalty, creating new momentum towards abolition in a region historically associated w...

A growing number of states across Asean are taking positive steps towards reducing the use and scope of the death penalty, creating new momentum towards abolition in a region historically associated with strong support for this cruel punishment, said Amnesty International ahead of the World Day Agai...