KOTA TINGGI: A simple “ thank you ” card from two siblings here have warmed the hearts of a team of waste collectors who were caught off-guard by their gesture. Ramlan Abu, who has been working as a waste collector for almost two decades said it was the sweetest form of gratitude he had ever received.“ I was collecting rubbish from the bins at the back of the sibling’s house when they called me.“ By then, my team and I had gotten used to their friendly faces as they would always wave and say ‘Hi

KABUL( BLOOMBERG)-The US embassy staff in Kabul has been told to start destroying sensitive material, underscoring that the Biden administration is preparing for the possibility that the embassy will be overrun by the Taleban despite public assurances that the building remains in operation. The management notice to all American personnel, sent early on Friday from the embassy facilities manager, asks staff to" reduce the amount of sensitive material on the property," according to a copy obtained

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PETALING JAYA: As more people turn to self-testing with the rise in Omicron cases, self-test Covid-19 kits can turn into a medical and environmental risk if these are not properly disposed of after use, say experts.... Virologist Dr Chee Hui Yee of Universiti Putra Malaysia’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences said there was a risk of exposure to the virus should one come across a used kit that had not been properly binned. Waste collectors, she added, would be at risk of exposure to saliv

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Biden faces mounting blame for Afghanistan debacle The Taleban's stunning advances in Afghanistan threaten to be a stain on President Joe Biden's record, but he has stood firm on withdrawing US troops and believes the public is with him. Twenty years of investment that cost US$ 2 trillion( S$ 2.7 trillion) and nearly 2, 500 US lives were disintegrating within days as the Islamist insurgents seized two of the largest cities with little resistance and closed in on the capital Kabul. Republican riv

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