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A CENTRE to produce local snacks is being considered for each of the 10 districts in Johor to boost small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for women. State youth, sports, entrepreneur development, cooperatives and human resources committee chairman Mohd Hairi Mad Shah said these centres would be in line with the state government’s efforts to provide women entrepreneurs opportunities to make extra income. “The initiative will be implemented through the Johor Entrepreneurs Development Council as our way of focusing on continuous skills and training programmes. “If possible, I would like the snack centres to be realised by next year. “But if it involves construction, it may take more time,” he told the Johor state assembly. He was replying to Datuk Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain (BN-Mahktota) who asked about the state’s efforts in making Johor a snack hub and its assistance for women entrepreneurs. Mohd Hairi said the state, through the Darul Ta’zim Family Development Foundation, was … [Read more...] about Snack production centres seen as way to help women entrepreneurs

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 29 HONOLULU (AP) — Megan Kau takes occasional weeklong hunting trips to the Hawaiian island of Lanai, where she enjoys watching the sunrise and hearing the distant rustle of deer and mouflon sheep in the tropical wilderness, a rifle ready at her side. As a gun owner, she also goes to shooting ranges several times a year. Those outings are the only times the attorney and Oahu native sees others with guns in this tourist mecca where strict laws make it harder to purchase firearms and restrict carrying loaded guns in public. Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning New York's concealed weapon law will likely change things in Hawaii, too, where it's now highly unusual to see people carrying loaded weapons in public. Some … [Read more...] about Guns in paradise: Ruling could undo strict Hawaii carry law

Maria Isabel Cipple Leon, a cancer patient at UNC Hospitals in Charlotte, the United States, was supposed to get married in a wedding at her church earlier this month. But when it became unclear if she would be healthy enough to leave the intensive care unit, her medical team and UNC’s chaplain’s office rallied together in under a week to put on a wedding at the hospital’s own chapel. A medical student on her team brought a cake. Residents brought a bouquet of flowers, which they used to decorate the bride’s wheelchair. The physical therapy team and the bride’s nurses helped her, with all her lines and tubes, into a wedding dress. The chaplain’s office coordinated with her pastor on scheduling, paperwork and logistics. Food Services made sure there were enough cupcakes to go around. The result was a true wedding ceremony — one that surrounded the couple with family, loved ones and medical staff who had cared for the bride, and that enveloped the hospital in a kind of joy and love … [Read more...] about She was too sick to make her wedding, so hospital staff brought it to her

WASHINGTON - There appeared to be no let-up Saturday as Americans angered by the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade hit the streets for a second day of mass protests. From Washington, D.C., where the conservatives on the court Friday swept aside a half-century of precedent to do away with the law, all the way to the West Coast, there were angry, raucous protests against a ruling that almost immediately made access to abortions all-but-impossible in half the country. Those protests were, at times, met with counter-protests by anti-abortion activists elated by the ruling and determined to stop abortions from happening everywhere in the country. Outside the Supreme Court building, a small-but-growing group of protesters chanting "Women's rights are human rights" confronted a preacher who had waded into the mix and appeared to be trying to drown them out. "Listen to me, our religious convictions inform everything we do," the Rev. Jonathan Tremaine Thomas said. … [Read more...] about Supreme Court abortion ruling touches off second day of raucous protests nationwide

Protests continued in cities across the country Saturday after the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that had guaranteed the right to abortion in the United States. As states began to enact abortion bans and clinics stopped offering the procedure, large crowds gathered in cities such as New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta, some jubilant, others dismayed at the decision that stripped away women’s constitutional right to abortion. Both sides predicted the fight over abortion would continue. Key highlights: President Joe Biden called it a “sad day” for the U.S. and said it would be up to voters in November to select candidates who would protect a host of rights — not just abortion but also marriage equality and the right to contraception. Centrist Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, suggested they were misled by Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, two key votes in the decision to overturn Roe. SEE NEW … [Read more...] about Protests and celebrations as Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade: Live updates

WhatsApp users will soon be able to hide the ‘last seen’ status from a particular contact. The feature is helpful for those who don’t want others to know when they last read chats on WhatsApp. Currently, the option is limited to all contacts or just some numbers available through your contact list. But hiding the last seen status to a particular person is being tested by WhatsApp on both Android and iOS beta versions. WABetaInfo says users can select the individual from whom you want to hide the last seen status. Also Read: iPhone 14 Could Let You Send Text Without Having Network: What It Means Similarly, WhatsApp is testing the ability to restrict viewing of Profile Photo and About to select users, which is a big privacy measure that many people have requested the platform for sometime. Since the last seen status is being tested in beta versions, we can’t say for certain about its public release. But going by usual update timelines, we believe WhatsApp could offer the new … [Read more...] about WhatsApp Could Soon Let You Hide ‘Last Seen’ From One Person