The Star (Malaysia)

10 hours ago | thestar.com.my | Junaid Ibrahim

PETALING JAYA: Being named as one of the Star Golden Hearts Award (SGHA) winners has been a transformative milestone for Native Discovery, a project committed to fostering allyship with the Orang Asli community. Founded in the spirit of community collaboration, Native Discovery has expanded its reach and impact since its inception, igniting a movement towards indigenous allyship throughout Malaysia.

2 days ago | thestar.com.my | Jeff Mason |Yuliia Dysa

THE HAGUE (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump indicated on Wednesday he will consider providing more of the Patriot missiles that Ukraine needs to defend against mounting Russian strikes, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin "really has to end that war". His remarks came after a 50-minute meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the sidelines of a NATO summit in The Hague.

3 days ago | thestar.com.my | Kyra Gottesman

Michael Bennett never imagined he'd grow up to be a writer, but after two consecutive strokes in 2019 left him disabled at 61, the former contractor turned to storytelling for physical and emotional rehabilitation. "The whole thing started with the strokes," said Bennett from Oroville, California, the United States. "I was looking for ways to regain cognitive ability and some dexterity."The strokes left Bennett partially paralysed on his right side and blind in the left side of both his eyes.

4 days ago | thestar.com.my | Sarah Kessler

Katie Tanner, a human resource consultant in Utah, knew the job would be popular: It was fully remote, was at a tech company and required only three years of experience. But she was still shocked by the response on LinkedIn. After 12 hours, 400 applications had been submitted. By 24 hours, there were 600. A few days later, there were more than 1,200, at which point she removed the post. Three months later, she’s still whittling down candidates. “It’s crazy,” she said.

4 days ago | thestar.com.my | Jessica Roy

When Victoria Zannino was in middle school, back in 2013, her father gave her a precious hand-me-down in the form of a used BlackBerry. Back then, the device was a marvel. Unlike most phones on the market, it had a physical keyboard, albeit tiny, and a private messaging service called BlackBerry Messenger that she and her friends could use to text. “I just feel like the time of the BlackBerry phone was very nostalgic,” Zannino, now 25 and working in advertising, said in an interview.