!['No safe place': Women flee conscription risk, hardship in Myanmar 'No safe place': Women flee conscription risk, hardship in Myanmar](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-04/61712547684_TBPDFjpg.jpg)
'No safe place': Women flee conscription risk, hardship in Myanmar
Thousands of people have decided to leave their homes since the mandatory military service law was announced in Myanmar.
Fri Jul 05 2024
![Najib's lawyers allowed to participate in Bar Council's leave application to challenge Pardons Board Najib's lawyers allowed to participate in Bar Council's leave application to challenge Pardons Board](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-04/41712132139_TBnajibjpg.jpg)
Najib's lawyers allowed to participate in Bar Council's leave application to challenge Pardons Board
Judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid fixes new date on September 18 for the hearing that was supposed to start today.
Tue Jul 02 2024
![159,027 SPM leavers offered places to further studies in IPTA 159,027 SPM leavers offered places to further studies in IPTA](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-02/51709162013_KementerianPendidik.jpg)
159,027 SPM leavers offered places to further studies in IPTA
A total of 159,027 students who completed the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) in 2023 have been offered places to further their studies.
Fri Jun 28 2024
![Let Speaker decide on rogue Bersatu reps’ seats - PM Let Speaker decide on rogue Bersatu reps’ seats - PM](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-06/71718956641_AnwarIbrahim.jpg)
Let Speaker decide on rogue Bersatu reps’ seats - PM
Anwar Ibrahim leaves it to Speaker Johari Abdul to decide the status of six Bersatu MPs whose party membership has ceased.
Fri Jun 21 2024
![Apex court dismisses Malaysian Bar’s leave to appeal bid to refer constitutional questions Apex court dismisses Malaysian Bar’s leave to appeal bid to refer constitutional questions](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-03/81711866103_gaveltukulmahkam.jpg)
Apex court dismisses Malaysian Bar’s leave to appeal bid to refer constitutional questions
Federal Court denies Malaysian Bar's appeal to refer constitutional questions on the 2020 emergency proclamation.
Wed Jun 19 2024
![‘Mentega Terbang’ director, producer granted leave to refer constitutional questions to High Court ‘Mentega Terbang’ director, producer granted leave to refer constitutional questions to High Court](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-01/61705461357_TBpenerbitMentega.jpg)
‘Mentega Terbang’ director, producer granted leave to refer constitutional questions to High Court
The Magistrate's Court granted the leave after determining that the application filed was meritorious.
Fri Jun 14 2024
![[COLUMNIST] Lessons Levinas leaves Netanyahu: Questions on Jewish sovereignty [COLUMNIST] Lessons Levinas leaves Netanyahu: Questions on Jewish sovereignty](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-05/81717149476_Israelistrike.jpg)
[COLUMNIST] Lessons Levinas leaves Netanyahu: Questions on Jewish sovereignty
The atrocities that have become commonplace in Palestine proves to be a wake-up call on ideas of politics and governance.
Mon Jun 10 2024
![Fraud ordeal leaves mixed doubles shuttler Pei Jing nearly penniless Fraud ordeal leaves mixed doubles shuttler Pei Jing nearly penniless](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-01/41641905458_pemainberegucampur.jpg)
Fraud ordeal leaves mixed doubles shuttler Pei Jing nearly penniless
Lai Pei Jing said she lost almost all her savings to a fraud group, describing the experience as a "heavy blow" after decades of hard work.
Mon Jun 03 2024
![Rescue worker dies, several thousand evacuated in southern Germany floods Rescue worker dies, several thousand evacuated in southern Germany floods](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-06/61717379246_heavyrainfalls.jpg)
Rescue worker dies, several thousand evacuated in southern Germany floods
Several thousand people were forced to leave their homes as heavy rain caused flooding in southern Germany.
Mon Jun 03 2024
![Najib denied leave to appeal 1MDB lawsuit attendance ruling Najib denied leave to appeal 1MDB lawsuit attendance ruling](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2023-12/71702625390_NajibTunRazak.jpg)
Najib denied leave to appeal 1MDB lawsuit attendance ruling
The court was not persuaded that this was a fit and proper case for it to exercise its discretion to grant leave.
Wed May 29 2024
![Harvard pro-Palestinian students end encampment but vow continued protest Harvard pro-Palestinian students end encampment but vow continued protest](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-05/51715743772_ProPalestinianpro.jpg)
Harvard pro-Palestinian students end encampment but vow continued protest
The university agreed to discuss its endowment with the protesters and begin reconsidering involuntary leaves it imposed on some.
Wed May 15 2024
![As famine looms in Sudan, the hungry eat soil and leaves As famine looms in Sudan, the hungry eat soil and leaves](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-05/71715058462_SudanChildren.jpg)
As famine looms in Sudan, the hungry eat soil and leaves
Nearly five million people in the country are close to famine as Sudan's civil war passes the one-year mark.
Sun May 12 2024
![Air India Express flights disrupted for second day after cabin crew call in sick Air India Express flights disrupted for second day after cabin crew call in sick](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-05/61715251260_AirIndiaExpress.jpg)
Air India Express flights disrupted for second day after cabin crew call in sick
At least 175 flights have been cancelled in the past two days and several others delayed after more than 100 cabin crew took sudden sick leave on Tuesday night.
Thu May 09 2024
![Daim and family fail bid to challenge MACC probe Daim and family fail bid to challenge MACC probe](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-01/41706323652_TBTUNDAIM.jpg)
Daim and family fail bid to challenge MACC probe
A three-member panel unanimously dismissed their appeal to obtain leave to commence a judicial review.
Thu May 09 2024
Consider This: Urban Poverty - Precarity Persists, Post-Pandemic
Post-pandemic, KL's low-income households remain in a state of financial precarity, according to the recently released report ‘Living on the Edge’ by UNICEF. While there's been a recovery in incomes and unemployment, the escalating living costs and food prices leaves many households teetering on the edge, in which one in two children are forced to skip meals and have fewer than three meals daily. How can we prevent these families from slipping through the cracks amidst the ongoing cost of living crisis? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to Dr Juanita Vasquez Escallon, Chief of Social Policy of UNICEF Malaysia, and Dr Muhammed Khalid, Lead Researcher of DM Analytics.
Wed May 08 2024