![[COLUMNIST] Seizing opportunities to support sliding Ringgit [COLUMNIST] Seizing opportunities to support sliding Ringgit](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2023-01/51674699364_Bajet.jpg)
[COLUMNIST] Seizing opportunities to support sliding Ringgit
Using foreign reserves to buy Ringgit is not prudent and not sustainable, particularly when Malaysias reserves have shrunk significantly over recent years.
Tue Jul 04 2023
![More than half of the world's large lakes are drying up, study finds More than half of the world's large lakes are drying up, study finds](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2023-05/51684485853_lake.jpg)
More than half of the world's large lakes are drying up, study finds
More than half of the world's large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change.
Sat May 20 2023
![Van Gaal shrugs off the critics as Netherlands boss says 'we can become world champions' Van Gaal shrugs off the critics as Netherlands boss says 'we can become world champions'](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-12/51670111751_VanGaal.jpg)
Van Gaal shrugs off the critics as Netherlands boss says 'we can become world champions'
Louis van Gaal knows there is a long way to go but declared the Netherlands can become world champions in Qatar.
Sat Dec 03 2022
![Soccer - Messi leads Argentina v Saudi Arabia in final World Cup quest Soccer - Messi leads Argentina v Saudi Arabia in final World Cup quest](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-11/81669108402_QATAR.jpg)
Soccer - Messi leads Argentina v Saudi Arabia in final World Cup quest
Messi shrugged off some fatigue niggles to lead the line against Saudi Arabia where he begins his last quest for a World Cup trophy.
Tue Nov 22 2022
![China's shrinking 'kidney' lake lays bare growing climate challenges China's shrinking 'kidney' lake lays bare growing climate challenges](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-08/61661395619_CHINA.jpg)
China's shrinking 'kidney' lake lays bare growing climate challenges
This year the lake has shrunk far earlier than usual and is just a fifth of its size of a few months ago.
Thu Aug 25 2022
![Italy takes to battlements to save its dying hamlets Italy takes to battlements to save its dying hamlets](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-04/71649298500_Calascio.jpg)
Italy takes to battlements to save its dying hamlets
Calascio shrunk from over 2,000 residents at the start of the 1900s to just 130 now, almost all of them elderly.
Thu Apr 07 2022
![Olympics: Boxing - Gadzhimagomedov sizzles, Nyika shrugs off attempted bite to win Olympics: Boxing - Gadzhimagomedov sizzles, Nyika shrugs off attempted bite to win](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-07/71627440164_TOKYO.jpg)
Olympics: Boxing - Gadzhimagomedov sizzles, Nyika shrugs off attempted bite to win
New Zealander David Nyika's Games debut was blighted by an attempted bite from his Moroccan opponent.
Wed Jul 28 2021
![Berjam-jam keluar, rayu untuk bekalan oksigen... sudahnya dapat tahu ibu sudah tiada Berjam-jam keluar, rayu untuk bekalan oksigen... sudahnya dapat tahu ibu sudah tiada](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-04/81619709610_india.jpg)
Berjam-jam keluar, rayu untuk bekalan oksigen... sudahnya dapat tahu ibu sudah tiada
Gelombang kedua koronavirus di New Delhi menyaksikan hospital dibanjiri pesakit dan kekurangan bekalan oksigen.
Thu Apr 29 2021
![A desperate search for oxygen in Delhi ends in grief A desperate search for oxygen in Delhi ends in grief](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-04/81619706769_india.jpg)
A desperate search for oxygen in Delhi ends in grief
Shruti Saha had spent hours searching for somewhere in New Delhi to refill an oxygen canister when she heard that her frantic efforts had been in vain: her mother had died of COVID-19.
Thu Apr 29 2021
![World's glaciers are losing an average of 267 gigatonnes of ice per year World's glaciers are losing an average of 267 gigatonnes of ice per year](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-04/51619658134_ICEBERG.jpg)
World's glaciers are losing an average of 267 gigatonnes of ice per year
An international team of researchers has found that virtually all of the world's glaciers have shrunk since 2000.
Thu Apr 29 2021
![Poor response from UEC holders to join govt service, says Sarawak Chinese Federation chief Poor response from UEC holders to join govt service, says Sarawak Chinese Federation chief](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2020-09/81600686455_bandarrayaKuching.jpg)
Poor response from UEC holders to join govt service, says Sarawak Chinese Federation chief
The federation approached the State Human Resource Unit after receiving general feedback that when government positions were advertised.
Sun Oct 04 2020
!['Canary in the coal mine': Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, study finds 'Canary in the coal mine': Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, study finds](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2020-08/41597652834_GREENLAND.jpg)
'Canary in the coal mine': Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, study finds
If all of Greenland's ice goes, the water released would push sea levels up by an average of 6 meters enough to swamp coastal cities.
Mon Aug 17 2020
![Brazil's Bolsonaro catches coronavirus, shrugs off health risks Brazil's Bolsonaro catches coronavirus, shrugs off health risks](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2020-07/61594177409_TBJAIRBOLSONARO.jpg)
Brazil's Bolsonaro catches coronavirus, shrugs off health risks
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tested positive for the novel coronavirus after months minimizing the severity of the pandemic.
Wed Jul 08 2020
![BN should be proactive, counter allegations - Annuar Musa BN should be proactive, counter allegations - Annuar Musa](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2017-03/41489846639_AnnuarMusa.jpg)
BN should be proactive, counter allegations - Annuar Musa
The Barisan Nasional (BN) machinery must shrug off the 'inferiority complex' mentality, and counter negative allegations hurled by the opposition, especially on social media.
Mon Sep 11 2017
![Some toast Comey testimony, others shrug at U.S. bar 'watch parties' Some toast Comey testimony, others shrug at U.S. bar 'watch parties'](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2017-06/61496995688_BrooklynNewYork.jpg)
Some toast Comey testimony, others shrug at U.S. bar 'watch parties'
From Capitol Hill to San Francisco's Castro district, television "watch parties" beckoned politics buffs to taverns, restaurants and living rooms to view an event some likened to the "Super Bowl."
Fri Jun 09 2017