The BBC is known for its Hard Talk. John Simpson poses the following question and gets an even Harder Talk from the Russian premier Putin. JOHN SIMPSON, BBC: Western countries almost universally now believe that there’s a new Cold War and that you, frankly, have decided to create that. We see, almost daily, Russian aircraft…
Measurements of particles and toxic gases in smoke in fire-ravaged Kalimantan show the health hazards may be even worse than feared. The biomass burned in the land fires in Central Kalimantan is causing toxic smoke writes M. Edliadi/CIFOR The fires raging across Indonesia, and the hazardous smoke they create, are causing even greater damage to…
A total of RM3.12bil was withdrawn under the Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) “Flexible Age 55 Withdrawal” scheme in the second quarter of 2015. It said on Monday this was an increase of 72.3% from the RM1.81bil in Q2, 2014 and also higher by 16.4% from RM2.68bil in Q1 2015.The EPF also said in Q2 2015,…
