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| campaign highlights colourful Afghan clothing to protest Taliban dress code |
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Posted by: superadmin - 09-27-2021, 12:40 PM - Forum: Politics
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Social media campaign highlights colourful Afghan clothing to protest Taliban dress code
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AFTER seeing photos of black-clad Afghan women in full face veils at a pro-Taliban rally in Kabul, Bahar Jalali, an Afghan-American historian, launched a campaign highlighting the vibrant colors of traditional Afghan dresses.
"I was very concerned that the world would think that those clothing worn by those women in Kabul was traditional Afghan clothing, and I don't want our heritage and culture to be misrepresented," said Jalali, who lives in Glenwood, Maryland, about an hour's drive from Washington.
Jalali, 56, created the social media hashtags #DoNotTouchMyClothes and #AfghanistanCulture, which quickly became popular, with women posting photos of themselves wearing colorful, embroidered Afghan clothing and smiling for the camera.
"Afghan women don't wear hijab," Jalali told AFP.
"We wear a loose chiffon headscarf that reveals the hair. And anybody who's familiar with Afghanistan history, culture, knows that the clothing worn by those women have never been seen before in Afghanistan," she said, referring to demonstrators at the pro-Taliban protest at a university lecture in Kabul earlier this month.
About 300 women – covered head-to-toe in all black in accordance with strict new dress policies for women in education under the Taliban – waved Taliban flags, as speakers railed against the West and expressed support for the hardline Islamists.
"Afghan women don't dress that way. Afghan women wear the colorful dresses that we showed the world."
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| Ex-manager loses job, has no money for food or rent |
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Posted by: superadmin - 09-27-2021, 12:28 PM - Forum: Business. Economy and Investment
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Quote:Those who wish to help Alexander and his family, can make a donation to his Maybank account at 1070-4103-3817 or contact him at 013-3254491.
PETALING JAYA: Recently, a cartoon illustrating how a dedicated employee had fallen on hard times, went viral on social media.
The cartoon told the story of how one Lex had lost his job and was now appealing to kind Malaysians to help him and his family get through some of their darkest days brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The “Lex” in question is Alexander Maria Soosai, 58, a former employee of Nicsmann 1940s, who became unemployed after the restaurant was forced to shut due to the numerous lockdowns.
Alexander may be a familiar face to the residents of Damansara Utama, as he was the outlet manager of Nicsmann 1940s at Starling Mall.
A veteran of the food and beverage industry, he has been serving customers with a smile ever since the 1980s and under his watchful eye, no diner ever went home dissatisfied.
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| Vote for a government that is not corrupt |
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Posted by: superadmin - 09-27-2021, 11:58 AM - Forum: Politics
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From Moaz Nair
Corruption at any level of society is dishonourable and unlawful. It is a symptom of a deep problem in society that can cause many conflicts which indirectly affect the economy, investment, enforcement, the legal process, and even ethnic division. It results in poor civic consciousness among the people that will in due course debase the whole society.
Unfortunately, there are politicians and officials who still consider corruption an acceptable way of life. Insatiability has blinded them when it comes to money and wealth.
Corruption is now perceived to be strappingly rooted in the nation’s culture. A very senior politician was once quoted as saying, “Corruption is a form of lubricant. It helps work get done faster.”
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| Ex-FDA adviser called 'probably the worst drug approval decision in recent US history |
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Posted by: superadmin - 09-27-2021, 08:46 AM - Forum: Health News
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The road to Aduhelm: What one ex-FDA adviser called 'probably the worst drug approval decision in recent US history' for an Alzheimer's treatment
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(CNN)Dr. Aaron Kesselheim had been on an advisory committee for the US Food and Drug Administration for a half-dozen years, but he had never been to a meeting like this one.
The FDA establishes advisory committees to assist the federal agency with one of its most important duties: deciding whether to approve the distribution of new drugs. The stakes of these decisions are enormous. Based on the outcome of the FDA's deliberations, patients may gain access to lifesaving medicines, and manufacturers may reap billions in profits. Kesselheim, a professor at Harvard Medical School, was one of the members of this committee because of his expertise on pharmaceuticals that address diseases of the brain, including Alzheimer's, the irreversible, progressive brain disorder that destroys memory and thinking skills, and eventually causes death. Alzheimer's is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.
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| Race wide open as Germany votes in post-Merkel election |
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Posted by: superadmin - 09-26-2021, 04:45 PM - Forum: Politics
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BERLIN – Germans voted today in one of the most unpredictable elections in its recent history, with Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats in a tight race for her crown as she prepares to leave the political stage.
The epochal election ushers in the end of 16 years in power for Merkel and places Germany, a byword for stability, in a new period of uncertainty.
Opinion polls show the race for the chancellery headed for a photo finish, with Merkel’s CDU-CSU conservative alliance on around 23%, just behind the centre-left Social Democrats on 25 percent – well within the margin of error.
“We will certainly see some surprises on Sunday,” said Nico Siegel, head of the Infratest Dimap polling company.
Despite the SPD’s lead in the polls, a victory for the conservatives “can’t be ruled out”, he said.
“The race for first place is wide open.”
Polls opened at 0600 GMT and will close at 1600 GMT.
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| China cops detain top execs of troubled HNA Group |
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Posted by: superadmin - 09-26-2021, 04:41 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment
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BEIJING – Chinese police have detained two top executives of the debt-laden HNA Group on suspicion of “illegal crimes”, said the conglomerate, as the government further cracks down on the country’s corporate sector.
The transport and logistics giant said chairman Chen Feng and CEO Tan Xiangdong have been detained on southern China’s Hainan Island, where the firm is headquartered.
“Measures have been enforced against (Chen and Tan) in accordance with the law for suspected illegal crimes,” said the company in a statement issued late Friday, without elaborating on the alleged offences.
It said its operations remain “stable” and “have not been impacted”.
The group – which owns Hainan Airlines, one of China’s biggest carriers, and is the country’s largest private aviation conglomerate – filed for bankruptcy in January and is in the middle of a restructuring process overseen by the local government after struggling to resolve a drawn-out cash crisis.
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| China ups funding oversight of Evergrande housing projects |
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Posted by: superadmin - 09-26-2021, 04:36 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment
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BEIJING – Several local governments in China have set up special custodian accounts for property projects by the country’s most indebted developer Evergrande to protect funds earmarked for housing schemes from being diverted, reported media outlet Caixin.
Reeling under a US$305 billion (RM1.27 trillion) debt, the property giant missed a payment deadline on a dollar bond last week, and its silence on the matter has set global investors wondering if they will have to swallow large losses when a 30-day grace period ends.
The special accounts have been set up since late last month in at least eight provinces where Evergrande has the most unfinished projects, said Caixin today, citing a source close to the developer’s management team.
These include Anhui, Guizhou, Henan, Jiangsu, and cities in the southern Pearl River Delta, it said.
The accounts aim to ensure homebuyers’ payments are used to complete Evergrande’s housing projects and not diverted elsewhere, such as to creditors.
In some southern cities like Zhuhai and Shenzhen, the offices of the Housing and Urban‑Rural Development Ministry are also involved in overseeing and reviewing the funds used in such projects.
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