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Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency,

icemanfx — Sun, 17 May 2026 18:48:38 +0800

The World Health Organization declared late Saturday that the spread of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda was a global health emergency, a day after Africa’s leading public health authority first announced an outbreak in a province in northeastern Congo linked to dozens of suspected deaths.

By Saturday, cases had also been confirmed in Kinshasa, Congo, and in Kampala, Uganda, the capital cities of each country, the W.H.O. said. In Congo’s Ituri Province, where the outbreak was first identified, 246 suspected cases and 80 deaths attributed to the virus had been reported, although only eight cases had been definitively linked to the virus through laboratory testing.

The scale of the outbreak could be far larger than currently detected and reported, the W.H.O. said in declaring a “public health emergency of international concern.” Eight of 13 samples collected in various areas tested positive, the agency said.

“There are significant uncertainties to the true number of infected persons and geographic spread associated with this event at the present time,” the organization said in a statement.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/world/af...-emergency.html

"Big" - Everest (teka siapa gadis ini?),

ZeroSOFInfinity — Sun, 17 May 2026 18:40:01 +0800

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Taiwan Numbar 1, Trump visit Taiwan,

limfreelance — Sun, 17 May 2026 18:27:09 +0800

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Not a AI video yo

Do You Like Clean Shave?,

Mr.Robert — Sun, 17 May 2026 18:02:56 +0800

Guys…

Weekly trim clean shave is so hard

After 1 day need to trim clean shave again

Wahcao

Why ahhh 😦
How did those guys and girls maintain their look everyday

Everyday how many hour spent in front of Mirror

Just to score that goal

Manifesto Parti BERSAMA Rafizi,

ipohps3 — Sun, 17 May 2026 17:55:24 +0800

https://bersama.org/ms

got ppl buy folks wagon preowned certified, then terboughted welded half cut car

Knnbuccb — Sun, 17 May 2026 17:34:06 +0800

can someone find the fb article and paste here

i takutLOD

so pls do it on my behalf

New DJI shop at The Gardens Mall,

piscesguy — Sun, 17 May 2026 16:51:09 +0800

not only MY and SG rupanya,

latipbogiba — Sun, 17 May 2026 16:50:33 +0800

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RM 13.90 ok? Ayam the size of my thumb X5,

ltpg — Sun, 17 May 2026 16:46:10 +0800

upgrade drink to milo

should at least give 2 ayam kan?

Can you name one healthy Malay dish?, let me start 1st

Chosen one — Sun, 17 May 2026 16:45:36 +0800

Can you name one healthy Malay dish?

let me start 1st

Ulam
Ulam is a traditional salad produced from the fresh leaves, vegetables or fruits which can be eaten raw or after soaked in hot water e.g. Centella asiatica. It is typically eaten with sauces such as anchovies, cincalok or sambal. It is recognised as a popular vegetable dish in traditional villages

Five Italians die during cave scuba dive, in Maldives

Le Don — Sun, 17 May 2026 16:18:27 +0800

Five Italians have died in a scuba diving accident in the Maldives, the foreign ministry in Rome has said.

"The divers are believed to have died while attempting to explore caves at a depth of 50 metres (164ft)," the ministry said, adding that this happened in Vaavu Atoll.

Four of the divers were part of a University of Genoa team, including professor of ecology Monica Montefalcone, her daughter and two researchers.

The Maldives' military said one body had been found in a cave about 60m underwater, and the other four divers were believed to be also there.

It said divers with special equipment had been sent to the area, describing a search operation as a very high risk.

Italy's foreign ministry said on Friday that officials were working with the Maldivian authorities to search for the bodies.

It said in an earlier statement that another 20 Italian nationals aboard the Duke of York yacht, from which the five divers took off, are unharmed and receiving assistance from the Embassy of Italy in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The ministry added that the yacht is waiting for weather conditions to improve before returning to the Maldives' capital, Male.

The incident is believed to be the worst single diving accident in the tiny Indian Ocean nation, a popular tourist destination because of its string of coral islands.

The five Italians entered the water on Thursday morning, local media reported.

The crew of the diving vessel they were travelling on reported them missing when they failed to resurface later on.

Police said the weather was rough in the area, about 100km (62 miles) south of Male. A yellow warning was issued for passenger boats and fishermen.

The University of Genoa later named the victims as Montefalcone, her daughter Giorgia Sommacal, who was also a student, research fellow Muriel Oddenino and marine biology graduate Federico Gualtieri.

The fifth victim has been named as boat operations manager and diving instructor Gianluca Benedetti.

In a statement on X, the University of Genoa expressed its "deepest condolences" to the victims.

Italy's ambassador to Sri Lanka, Damiano Francovigh, confirmed to broadcaster Sky TG24 that one body has been recovered while the other four had yet to be located.

According to initial reconstructions, the cave the five divers entered is divided into three large rooms connected by narrow passages, the Italian foreign ministry said.

A second dive by Coast Guard divers took place on Friday morning, exploring two of the three rooms.

A further dive is set to take place on Saturday, with the aim of exploring the third room.

Monica Montefalcone's husband, Carlo Sommacal, told Italian daily La Repubblica that his wife was "among the best divers in the world".

Sommacal described Montefalcone as "prepared and meticulous", adding that she "would never have put our daughter's [Giorgia's] life or that of others at risk".

"Maybe one of them had issues, maybe with the oxygen tanks, I have no idea," he added.

The causes of the accident remain to be confirmed but dive master Maurizio Uras has suggested "oxygen toxicity" might have been a contributing factor.

"It's a phenomenon that can happen when you dive very deep," he told Italian news agency Agi: "If the oxygen mix is inadequate, oxygen can become toxic at certain depths."

He added: "Weather conditions are also an important factor and we have to consider that the Indian Ocean is not the Mediterranean, which is relatively calm.

"There [in the Indian Ocean], there are strong currents which I imagine can pull from one side to the other. A real danger."

Diving and snorkelling accidents are relatively rare in the Maldives, although several fatalities have been reported in recent years.

Last December, an experienced British female diver drowned in a scuba incident off the island resort of Ellaidhoo. Her husband died five days later after falling ill.

In 2024, a Japanese lawmaker died while snorkelling in Lhaviyani Atoll.

Source:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62e0p7rd2ro

This is Karma,

touristking — Sun, 17 May 2026 16:16:26 +0800

Simple reason. DAP oppose it when they were the opposition. So present opposition also oppose.

LCW diao LJH,

enterthefatdragon — Sun, 17 May 2026 16:14:26 +0800

Attitude problem

https://www.nst.com.my/sports/badminton/202...iplinary-issues

Agenda Parti Bersama Malaysia,

DogeGamingPRO — Sun, 17 May 2026 16:10:59 +0800

AGENDA 01
Sistem Perlindungan Sosial Nasional
Setiap rakyat Malaysia yang layak mendapat bantuan, atas dasar pendapatan isi rumah, kumpulan umur, tanggungan anak, berhak diberi bantuan bulanan tanpa perlu memohon, seperti mana kita berhak mendapat kad pengenalan pada umur tertentu, atau berhak ke sekolah bila cukup umur. Kementerian dan jabatan-jabatan yang menguruskan bantuan rakyat akan digabungkan menjadi Kementerian Perlindungan Sosial untuk mengendalikan sistem perlindungan sosial yang bersepadu dan mengelakkan pertindihan.

AGENDA 02
Had pekerja asing kepada 5% dari tenaga kerja
Sistem ekonomi yang bergantung kepada tenaga asing perlu diubah agar penggajian anak tempatan disyaratkan terlebih dahulu, sebelum boleh menggaji pekerja asing. Pangkalan data pekerja nasional menjadi semakan wajib, disokong oleh insentif nasional kepada majikan dan pekerja yang menggantikan pekerja asing. Pembangunan peluang kerja berproduktiviti tinggi yang gaji dan kemahiran sesuai dengan keperluan pekerja tempatan.

AGENDA 03
Pendidikan awal universal
Pelaburan besar kepada bakat masa depan bermula seawal umur 4 – 5 tahun. Sistem persekolahan kebangsaan menawarkan pendidikan pra-sekolah percuma kepada semua, dengan matlamat serampang dua mata meningkatkan mutu pendidikan dan meringankan kos sara hidup keluarga muda. Pelaksanaan bersepadu dan menyeluruh untuk memastikan infrastruktur persekolahan dan tenaga pengajar siap dalam tempoh 10 tahun agar semua kanak-kanak mendapat pendidikan awal universal.

AGENDA 04
Menghapuskan rent-seeking, mengangkat perusahaan kecil dan sederhana sebagai tunjang ekonomi
Penggubalan Akta Anti-Ali Baba menjadikan Malaysia antara beberapa buah negara paling ke hadapan menentang unsur rent seeking dalam ekonomi untuk menggalakkan persaingan sihat. Pendekatan bersepadu negara melalui dasar, penguatkuasaan, insentif dan reformasi perolehan awam untuk memberi keutamaan kepada perusahaan kecil dan sederhana dalam memacu ekonomi. Sasaran pencapaian perusahaan kecil dan sederhana yang setanding dengan negara maju: sumbangan 50% kepada KDNK, 60% dari tenaga kerja dan 30% dari jumlah eksport.

AGENDA 05
Pendidikan tinggi dwi-aliran
Membangunkan aliran pendidikan tinggi kedua berasaskan pengalaman kerja untuk membolehkan pekerja berasaskan kemahiran lepasan sekolah mensijilkan pengalaman kerja ke peringkat diploma. Pilihan kepada pekerja berasaskan kemahiran untuk menyambung ke peringkat universiti selepas beberapa tahun bekerja. Merombak kapasiti kursus yang dijajarkan dengan keperluan negara dan permintaan pelajar, dengan memberi autonomi penuh kepada universiti awam untuk bersaing mengikut pasaran.

AGENDA 06
Nisbah satu doktor kepada 300 penduduk menjelang 2030
Nisbah doktor kepada penduduk (setakat 2022) ialah 1:412, yang menjelaskan kenapa sistem perkhidmatan kesihatan kita dirasakan masih tertekan. Pelaburan dalam sistem perkhidmatan kesihatan perlu ditentukan oleh matlamat akhir iaitu nisbah doktor kepada pesakit, yang melambangkan kapasiti perkhidmatan kesihatan. Nisbah 1 doktor: 300 penduduk menjelang 2030 membolehkan peruntukan perkhidmatan kesihatan diutamakan mengatasi perbelanjaan lain untuk mencapai sasaran itu.

AGENDA 07
Sasaran berada di dalam quartile teratas dalam penaksiran pendidikan antarabangsa PISA
Memperkasa sistem pendidikan kebangsaan dengan matlamat melahirkan pelajar yang berdaya saing mengikut penarafan antarabangsa, yang diukur dengan penaksiran seperti PISA. Pelaburan, ubah suai dan pembaharuan dalam sistem pendidikan perlu ditentukan oleh matlamat untuk mencapai kedudukan di dalam quartile teratas PISA. Lonjakan yang diperlukan menuntut kerajaan membuat keputusan pelaburan jangka panjang yang radikal untuk mencapai sasaran ini.

AGENDA 08
Kebebasan institusi utama negara dengan mengelakkan pemusatan kuasa
Kawal selia, kuasa lantikan dan kebertanggungjawaban institusi-institusi utama negara, terutamanya yang berkait dengan agensi penguatkuasaan, dipindahkan kepada Parlimen dari Perdana Menteri. Kerajaan melaksanakan dasar anti-pemusatan kuasa di peringkat tertinggi, termasuk yang bersabit perolehan utama kerajaan, untuk mengurangkan risiko salah guna kuasa dan rasuah.

AGENDA 09
Pertumbuhan ekonomi tahunan melebihi 5% yang disertai dengan kenaikan pampasan pekerja yang adil
Melonjakkan struktur ekonomi Malaysia ke kategori ekonomi kompleksiti tinggi demi mencapai momentum pertumbuhan tahunan sekurang-kurangnya 5% untuk satu dekad akan datang. Campur tangan kerajaan, melalui gabungan dasar dan insentif, untuk memastikan kenaikan pampasan tahunan bersih (kenaikan gaji kasar ditolak inflasi purata) melebihi 5%, yang setara dengan pertumbuhan ekonomi.

AGENDA 10
Malaysia sebagai bateri Asia Tenggara
Mencapai sasaran Pelan Peralihan Tenaga Negara (NETR) untuk menjadikan Malaysia sebagai bateri Asia Tenggara. Membangunkan ekonomi berasaskan tenaga hijau yang berkemampuan mengeksport tenaga dan menjadikan Malaysia pusat pembangunan teknologi hijau serantau. Melaksanakan dasar tenaga yang mengangkat potensi solar bumbung rumah kediaman di seluruh negara sebagai fokus utama peralihan tenaga.

AGENDA 11
Pertanian moden sebagai aktiviti perkilangan utama
Pelaburan awam dan swasta untuk membuka rumah hijau moden dan tapak-tapak pertanian moden di seluruh negara, terutamanya di Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Perlis, Kedah, Perak, Sabah dan Sarawak sebagai gedung-gedung makanan negara. Membangunkan pertanian moden dari dimensi perkilangan untuk mewujudkan peluang pekerjaan tetap di kawasan luar bandar di seluruh negara.

AGENDA 12
Perumahan generasi baru
Pembinaan perumahan generasi baru yang menggunakan kaedah pasang siap secara besar-besaran, termasuk membangunkan industri perkilangan IBS berskala besar, untuk membetulkan ketidakpadanan dalam pasaran perumahan negara. Sasaran nasional ialah harga purata rumah untuk golongan pertengahan dan miskin tidak boleh melebihi empat kali ganda jumlah gaji isi rumah tahunan. Sasaran ini memaksa kerajaan membangunkan model perumahan, pemilikan dan sewaan yang lebih luas dan kreatif.

https://bersama.org/ms/agenda

Jom kenali istana milik pemimpin PAS,

Medusakia — Sun, 17 May 2026 16:00:19 +0800

𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗨𝗦𝗜 𝗠𝗗 𝗡𝗢𝗥… ‘𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗔’ 𝗡𝗜 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗗𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗧 𝗟𝗔𝗚𝗨 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗔?

1. Lot tanah PT 13189 Seksyen 36 - geran rasmi Pejabat Tanah tulis terang: Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor. Kalau kebetulan nama serupa, kami minta maaf awal-awal.

2. Tarikh daftar hak milik: 29 September 2024. Masa tu hang dah pun jadi MB Kedah.

3. Status pegangan: Selama-lamanya. Luas: 1,630 meter persegi (lebih 17 ribu kaki persegi). Lokasi elit, harga anggaran RM1.7 juta - RM2.2 juta.

4. Soalan rakyat: tanah ni asalnya tanah kerajaan negeri ka? Lepas tu “jatuh” jadi anugerah kat hang masa masih pegang kuasa?

5. Hang jadi MB sejak Mei 2020. PRN Kedah Ogos 2023. Tarikh tanah dapat tu baru 4 tahun lebih - belum cukup sepenggal penuh pun.

6. Ironi : MB boleh dapat tanah anugerah, tapi 31 keluarga di Kupang, Baling - majoriti orang PAS sendiri - kena halau keluar tanpa pampasan. Surat Pejabat Tanah siap tulis: “kosongkan dalam 2 bulan… tiada pampasan… gagal patuh boleh roboh.”

7. Tapak tu pulak ada sejarah PAS - ceramah arwah Ustaz Fadzil Noor, rumah mengaji, PASTI, bilik gerakan. Rumah arwah Ustaz Azizan pun ada. Jasa mereka dikenang ka macam hang kenai tanah anugerah?

8. Rakyat bukan marah sebab bertanya. Rakyat marah kalau pemimpin senang dapat tanah, tapi rakyat sendiri dianggap takdak nilai.

9. Kalau tanah tu hang beli guna duit sendiri - tunjuk resit, habis cerita. Tapi kalau tanah kerajaan boleh “jatuh” kat tangan orang politik masa masih berkuasa… rakyat memang akan tanya sampai habis.

#ProjekPalingBerjayaNegeriKedah #MBKedah

Sohai caught stealing 2 cans of Heineken,

MaybachS600 — Sun, 17 May 2026 16:00:01 +0800

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Chinese national arrested for allegedly trespassin, In KLIS

3damansarautama — Sun, 17 May 2026 15:22:41 +0800

Chinese national arrested for allegedly trespassing in KLIA

PETALING JAYA: A Chinese national was arrested yesterday after allegedly trespassing into a restricted security area at the international departure section of KLIA Terminal 1.
KLIA police chief M Ravi said the woman reportedly passed through an autogate checkpoint without a valid flight ticket at around 1.35pm yesterday.

Security personnel attempted to inspect her, but she allegedly acted aggressively, prompting KLIA auxiliary police to arrest her.

Ravi said initial investigations found that the woman entered Malaysia on April 30 for a holiday with friends.

However, she allegedly did not have sufficient funds to purchase a return ticket to her home country.

She was brought to the Sepang magistrates’ court today, where she was remanded for further investigation under Section 7 of the Restricted Areas and Protected Places Act 1959.

The offence carries a jail term of up to two years, a fine of up to RM1,000, or both upon conviction.

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...passing-in-klia

BERAK: Rafizi Nik kosong kerusi Pandan Setiawangsa,

Medusakia — Sun, 17 May 2026 14:53:59 +0800

🫢

Rafizi event full house at PJPAC, ada x dpt masuk, Parti Bersama Malaysia

DogeGamingPRO — Sun, 17 May 2026 14:42:12 +0800

[twt]https://twitter.com/amerhadiazmi/status/2055892201536938101?s=46[/twt]

Muslim socialist NY mayor beg billionaire to stay,

Satan Fallen One — Sun, 17 May 2026 14:18:05 +0800

Every champagne socialist and communist: Hate the rich, eat the rich, tax the rich.

Also every champagne socialist and communist: Wait, why are you leaving? Why you stop giving me money?

Previously:

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After:

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Ken Griffin’s Citadel claps back at Mamdani’s viral ‘penthouse’ video — threatens to scrap $6B NYC development

“We are about to commence the redevelopment of 350 Park Avenue, creating 6,000 highly paid construction jobs and supporting the creation of more than 15,000 permanent jobs in mid-town New York,” wrote Chief Operating Officer Gerald Beeson in an email obtained by The Post.

“The project – if we move forward – will entail more than $6 billion dollars of spending.”

https://nypost.com/2026/04/23/business/ken-...yc-development/

QUOTE

Ken Griffin: Citadel expanding in Miami in response to NYC mayor Mamdani’s ‘poor taste’ tax video

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin told CNBC his company has started shifting investment toward Miami in response to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s viral tax day video calling out the hedge-fund chief.

“In reaction to New York, we filed a permit with the city of Miami. We’ve added several hundred thousand square feet of new space in our new building,” the billionaire told CNBC’s Sara Eisen in an exclusive interview at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Tuesday.

“We will add far more jobs in Miami over the next decade as an immediate and direct consequence of the mayor’s poor decision here, with respect to his posting of that video,” Griffin said.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/06/mamdani-ken...-miami-tax.html

Now:

QUOTE

NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani says he's tried to meet with billionaire CEO after 'Tax the Rich' video backlash

Mamdani said a member of his team reached out to Griffin but had not received a response.

"We reached out to set up a meeting," Mamdani said Friday. "We're still waiting to hear."

"That continues to be an open invitation, and it’s part of invitations that I’ve made to a number of business leaders across the city," he continued. "I’m there to listen and there to have a conversation that goes beyond places of agreement, but perhaps places of disagreement to hear honest reflection and critique, without putting any precondition on the nature of that conversation."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/nyc-m...ash/ar-AA23kCKu