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Day: July 9, 2026

Preventing Dengue is a Collective Effort

The Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP) is deeply concerned over the continuing dengue threat in Penang despite an overall decline in reported cases. According to Penang State Youth, Sports and Health Committee Chairman, Daniel Gooi Zi Sen, Penang recorded 60 dengue outbreak localities as of 24 June 2026, with the Northeast District accounting for the highest number of outbreaks (27)....
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How Many Clothes Is Too Many?

Guidelines from the EU recommend dresses should be worn at least 70 times to offset the carbon emissions involved in their production. Multiply the number of a type of garment you own by the EU’s recommended minimum number of wears. For example: 23 dresses X 70 recommended wears = 1,610 total wears. Divide that total by the number of times you wear the item each year: 1,610 ÷ 52 wears per...
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Restaurant of Mistaken Orders

In Tokyo, there is a restaurant where customers are happy to get bad service. You ask for dumplings, and you get miso soup. You order grilled fish, and maybe you get sushi. It’s a regular thing here for the waiters and waitresses to mix things up, bring the wrong meal, misunderstand what a customer requests, or actually drink the glass of water they were meant to deliver to some table. Called...
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