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KOTA KINABALU: A police report has been lodged following a viral video claiming that a student in Sabah's east coast Lahad Datu had died after getting a Covid-19 vaccination.

Sabah Health director Dr Rose Nani Mudin said the department and its Lahad Datu office had investigated the claims by a woman in a viral video and found that they were totally untrue.

The claims of the individual have created panic and concern among the people, particularly parents and teenagers planning to receive the vaccine," she said in a statement uploaded to the department's Facebook page Wednesday (Sept 29).

She urged parents not to believe such unfounded claims being circulated on social media.

Dr Mudin said that most of the Covid-19 patients needing intensive care were those who were not vaccinated, based on the statistics in the state.

Those needing more information about the Covid-19 vaccines can contact the Sabah Health Department through its hotline at 019-605 1196.

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Follow, poet, follow right, To the bottom of the night, With your unconstraining voice, Still persuade us to rejoice;

With the farming of a verse, Make a vineyard of the curse, Sing of human unsuccess, In a rapture of distress;

In the deserts of the heart, Let the healing fountain start, In the prison of his days, Teach the free man how to praise.

These are the final stanzas of W.H. Audens elegy In Memory of W.B. Yeats written at another of historys darkest moments, February 1939. With the farming of a verse/Make a vineyard./Teach the free man how to praise.

It was Polish poet Adam Zagajewskis poem, with its echoes of Auden, that appeared in the Sept. 24 special 9/11 edition of the New Yorker, Try to Praise the Mutilated World. He died on March 21 this year and as Clare Cavanagh, his translator and friend, writes in her tribute to him (The Times Literary Supplement, May 14, 2021) one obituary mistakenly claimed it was written in response to the terrorist attack it came to commemorate. It wasnt, of course. The poem came from a deeply personal experience inflected by history. He had lived and witnessed the horrors of Twentieth Century Europe.

Try to praise the mutilated world. Remember Junes long days, And wild strawberries, drops of ros wine, The nettles that methodically overgrow

The abandoned homesteads of exiles. Praise the mutilated world, And the grey feather the thrush lost, And the gentle light that strays and vanishes, And returns.

As she points out, a variation on the phrase Try to Praise, you must praise, you should praise, praise appears four times in twenty one lines. This is the poem that spoke to the suffering of that terrible day and all that has come after. Words to live by. Professor Cavanagh goes on to bemoan the stock phrases used to define Adam in Poland (his work was banned from official publication in 1975) clichs that dispense with actually seeing the person or reading the poems . The truisms, the lazy ways of thinking about the poet and his work.

Poland is the land of so many great poets, including 1996 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Wislawa Szymborska, Zbigniew Herbert, and 1980 Nobel Prize recipient Czeslaw Milosz and others.

A recent target of such lazy ways perhaps also described as fake news is Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English Poetry (1341 or 1343 (?) 1400). In an effort to remove Chaucer from the curriculum of the UK University of Leicester in favor of feminist, multi-cultural and other studies, he has been described as a rapist, a racist, an anti-Semite; he speaks for a world in which the privileges of the male, the Christian, the wealthy and the white are perceived to be an inalienable aspect of human existence.

Accusations manifestly untrue but, of course, ones that grab newspaper headlines. As we know, in our world turned upside down, medieval, classical and Shakespearean studies are under attack, but this one stands out in its mindless virulence. How poor our world would be without The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Cressida, without the translation of Boethius Consolation of Philosophy? How would any student understand the fundamentals of English poetry without Chaucer? Robert Frost said I can HEAR Chaucers voice!

As Peter Ackroyd describes so vividly in his biography of Chaucer, from his earliest youth his ditties and glad songs testify both to what has been called the natural music of (his) verse and to his mastery of poetic diction. He introduced the rime-royal stanza and the terza rima into English verse; he was the first to employ the French ballad form, but he changed the French octosyllabic measure into what has become characteristically English decasyllabic:

He invented the native measure. But, as Ackroyd goes on to say, the court of Richard II, in which Chaucer served, was the first since the Anglo-Saxons that made English the principal language and Chaucer chose to write in his own language, to adopt his native music. His travels as a diplomat for the royal court afforded him an introduction to the work of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio. The profound influence that this had on his development as a poet created the priceless legacy we have today what tales, what folk, and none so different from ourselves.

At the close of her poem At The Fishhouses, Elizabeth Bishop likens knowledge to the cold water of the Atlantic (after a magical diversion involving a seal)

Cold dark deep and absolutely clear, element bearable to no mortal, ..

If you tasted it, it would first taste bitter,

then briny, then surely burn your tongue.

It is like what we imagine knowledge to be: dark, salt, clear, moving, utterly free, drawn from the cold hard mouth of the world, derived from the rocky breasts forever, flowing and drawn, and since our knowledge is historical, flowing and flown.

Over continents, oceans and centuries we hear the voices of the writers, poets, essayists who have gone before us, making our knowledge historical, flowing and flown. We need them all!

In this 21st century fever of fake news it is encouraging to recall that the 17th century physician and theologian Sir Thomas Browne wrote his great work the Pseudoxia Epidemica the book of Vulgar or Common Errors in direct response to an epidemic of fake news that deeply troubled the scholars and scientists of the day. As Coleridge said he is a quiet and sublime Enthusiast with a strong tinge of the Fantast, the Humorist constantly mingling with and flashing across the Philosopher, as the darting colors in shot silk play upon the main dye.

Irresistible. Browne with his endlessly curious and enquiring mind, his gentle wit and tolerance, all expressed in the finest prose in the English language, has been, and remains, a source of inspiration and delight to writers, readers and thinkers down the ages, those, along with Coleridge, such as Jonathan Swift, Herman Melville, (Browne was a key influence in his writing of Moby Dick), and Elizabeth Bishop. He was, in many ways, the embodiment of Chaucers verray, parfit, gentil knight/.

But now I have a sense of a need to close where we came in, honoring 9/11. Not with praise but in stark recall of that brilliant blue day that turned to ashes. Here are a few lines from a poem by Wislawa Szymborska, (1923-2012) Adam Zagajewskis compatriot and contemporary. Like him she too was, in Robert Frosts words one acquainted with the night.

In an article in the New York Times Magazine of Dec. 1, 1996, on the occasion of her being awarded the Nobel Prize, Edward Hirsch wrote Szymborska investigates large unanswerable questions with terrific delicacy. She pits her dizzying sense of the worlds transient splendor against unbearable historical knowledge. Unbearable. Historical. Knowledge.

Belinda de Kay is the emeritus director of Stonington Free Library.

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In theory, the fact that the internet provides virtually instantaneous access to the sum total of all human knowledge should make us smarter as a society. Unfortunately, it seems to be having the opposite effect in a lot of cases. As much information as their is out there, there is also a ton of mis-information, both incidental and intentional, and people appear to be very bad at telling the difference.

My guest for this episode of the TechSpective Podcast is Helen Lee Bouygues. Helen is a former partner with McKinsey, and is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School. She is the president of the Paris-based Reboot Foundationwhich she established in order to elevate critical thinking and to promote richer, more reflective forms of thought in schools, homes, and businesses.

One of her primary focuses has been on the intersection of misinformation, fake news, and peoples internet usage. The Reboot Foundation believes that the fake news crisis is ultimately a crisis of media literacy, and that more people need to develop the critical thinking skills necessary to be savvy, smart consumers of news online.

Check out the full episode for more insights from Helen about the challenges of critical thinking and what we need to do to be better consumers of online information. I also recommend that you check out the Reboot Foundation website and explore some of the valuable resources we discuss during the podcast.

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Fake news originated from India only caused cancellation of Kiwis tour

LAHORE (Web Desk) False threatening email was sent to the New Zealand cricket squad from India, which prompted the Kiwis to call off a tour of the country.

It should be noted that the New Zealand team had canceled the tour of Pakistan just a few hours before the first match to be played in Rawalpindi on September 17, citing security reasons.

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry shared the material with the media. He said that the entire situation started due to a fake post by someone claiming to be Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant Ehsanullah Ehsan.

Fawad Chaudhry said that the device used to send a threat to the New Zealand cricket team belonged to India. In August, a fake post was created under Ehsans name which told the New Zealand cricket board and government to refrain from sending the team to Pakistan as it would be targeted, he added.

He said that following this post, Abhinandan Mishra, published an article claiming that the team may face a terror threat in Pakistan citing the fake post by Ehsan.

According to its website, The Sunday Guardian was founded by politician MJ Akbar, who served as the minister for external affairs in the Modi-led BJP government till 2018. "Interestingly, [Mishra] has strong links with [former Afghanistan vice president] Amrullah Saleh," he said.

"When we investigated further, we discovered some facts. Firstly, this email is not affiliated with any social media network [...] and only one email has been generated from this account," he said.

The minister added that the email was sent via ProtonMail, a secure service. "The details [of the email] are not available and we have requested Interpol to assist us and tell us how it was generated."

Despite these events, the New Zealand cricket team did not cancel the tour at this point and travelled to Pakistan. "As the interior minister said, the security we provided outnumbered the number of people in their forces," he said.

Fawad said that once the Black Caps arrived, the interior ministry issued a detailed protocol programme for them and the teams began focusing on the practice sessions. The New Zealand team participated in the practice sessions "without any issues," he said.

However, on the day of the first match New Zealand officials said that their government had concerns of a credible threat and cancelled the tour, he said.

He said that a day later, a second threatening email was sent to the New Zealand team using the ID, Hamza Afridi.

He said that when authorities probed the email, they discovered that it was sent from a device associated with India. "It was sent using a virtual private network (VPN) so the location was shown as Singapore."

He said that the same device had 13 other IDs, nearly all of which were Indian names. "All IDs were made using the names of Indian actors and celebrities. Only the name Hamza Afridi is different to show that this email was generated from Pakistan.

"His name was used deliberately to show that a terrorist threat is present in Pakistan."

He said that the user of the particular device had been identified as Omprakash Mishra from Maharashtra. "The device used to send the threat to the New Zealand team belonged to India. A fake ID was used but it was sent from Maharashtra."

"This whole threat was primarily generated from India."

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ISLAMABAD: The PMLN Secretary Information Marriyum Aurangzeb says Imran Khan's government won't survive another day if his network of fake news propaganda against Shehbaz Sharif is banned in the country.

In a statement, Marriyum alleged that Imram Khan used fake news sources of NAB against Shehbaz Sharif for three years and was now using the FIA fake news sources to defile him. She said Imran Khan is still an absconder in the Rs10 billion defamation case by Shehbaz.

"Why are NAB and FIA are blind to the theft in public sugar, wheat, flour, medicines, electricity, gas, ring road, LNG and petrol? Why can't they see the corruption BRT Peshawar, Billion Tree Tsunami, foreign funding case, and the helicopter case," the former information minister questioned.

Marriyum said the FIA must show the sources of information, evidence, witnesses in courts instead of knitting stories and coercing media to propagate it. She said these fake cases had been investigated through the Supreme Court, high court and accountability courts over and over and over again, but Imran Khan just couldn't get over his vengeance.

The PMLN leader asked Imran Khan to tell the nation about his blunders that had landed the country in a disaster.

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FLORIDA cops have denied reports that a body was found in the area they are searching for missing Brian Laundrie.

"There are currently false reports of a body being located where we are searching. Completely fake," said the official North Port Police Twitter account on Saturday.

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This news comes a the FBI searches for both Gabby Petito and her fianc Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in her disappearance.

More than 50 North Port police officers as well as the FBI conducted a vast search in the Carlton Reserve in the Sarasota area on Saturday, a day after Laundrie's family reported he's been missing since Tuesday.

His family says they believe he entered the area earlier this week," North Port police said on Saturday as they searched the area of about 25,000 acres.

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Nearly a week into the search for Petito, officers with the North Port Police Department enteredLaundrie's Florida home on Friday night after Laundrie's family requested police to come speak with them.

North Port Police Public Information Officer Josh Taylor told theNew York Post: "His family has reported that they have not seen Brian as of Tuesday."

Police took some of Laundrie's clothing from his parents' home for K9s to get a scent, according to local reporter Claire Lavezzorio.

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They have not said if Laundrie is suicidal or carrying a gun.

Petito, 22, has been missing for two weeks after going on a cross-country road trip with her fianc.

Read our Gabby Petito live blog for the very latest news and updates...

She and her boyfriend had planned a road trip through Colorado,Utah, andWyomingthat would finish in Yellowstone.

The New Yorker was last seen on August 24 after leaving a hotel in Salt Lake City,Utah,withLaundrie. Her family held a joint press conference with Florida police focusing on her disappearance on Thursday.

While Gabby never returned home,her fianc did and has since made headlinesafter he reportedly hired an attorney and refused to work with the police.

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Police on Tuesday night registered an FIR against a YouTube channel for allegedly spreading fake news that Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had resigned. Police said that action was taken after a resident of Chakkarpur filed a complaint.

As per the FIR, the complainant, Sandeep Kumar, claimed that on Tuesday, he was surfing the internet when he came across a video on YouTube run by a channel called national TV. The news said that Haryana chief minister Khattar had submitted his resignation and Vij (Haryana home minister) will take over as the new CM. The fake news had tickers flashing masterstroke by PM, CM ne diya isteefa.

Kumar, who has a private job, told The Indian Express: By spreading such rumours and fake news, an attempt is being made to incite people of the state and disturb law and order. The intention is to destabilise the government and hurt the sentiments of people. Despite knowing the facts and the truth, the channel is deliberately spreading fake news to provoke people and create instability in the administration, especially in the backdrop of farmers protests.

A police officer said, We will investigate who is running the channel and who had shared the alleged news item. No arrests have been made yet.

The FIR has been registered under IPC sections 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) and 505 (1) (b) (with intent to cause or which is likely to cause, fear or alarm to the public) at cyber crime police station, said police.

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ISLAMABAD - President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday asked countrys corporate sector to promote Brand Pakistan by achieving distinction through their trustworthiness and vision.

Addressing the Leaders in Islamabad Business Summit here, the president said currently, the vested interests dominated the morality in international relations and Pakistan could emerge as leader by making up this deficiency.

He said despite massive human rights abuses by Indian occupation forces in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), there was no action from the international community to address the agonies of Kashmiri people, mainly because of economic interests.

Held by Nutshell Conferences and Martin Dow, the moot was attended by representatives of various corporate sector organisations from banking, telecom, IT, business solutions and others.

The president said the western powers, advocating the human rights, let the homeless people drown in the Mediterranean but contrarily, Pakistan set an example of morality by hosting around four million refugees.

He lauded the corporate sector for carrying out the welfare works under corporate social responsibility during the distressing times.

He said having faced defeat in Vietnam War; the United States did not learn lesson rather entered into another war in 90s.

Referring to the fake news phenomenon, the president said the same phenomenon was said to be behind the New Zealands decision to abandon the Pakistan tour recently. The very tendency would have huge impact on the future generations as it impacted even the US elections, he added.

The president called for improving the communication skills to leave no room for any misunderstanding.

He said the successful elimination of terrorism; welfare works during floods and discipline showed during the COViD-19 were in fact the strengths of Pakistan which would also define the future course for the country.

The president told the gathering that no nation could progress merely on the basis of resources rather it was the broad mindedness and intellect which led them to the point.

He said on the basis of very intellect of its scientists, Pakistan became an atomic power within a span of seven years.

Earlier, founder of Nutshell Conferences Azfar Hassan said they planned to make the summit as an annual feature and prove it as one of the biggest moots in the region.

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Former president Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against The New York Times and his own niece, Mary Trump, for what his attorneys call an "insidious plot to obtain confidential and highly-sensitive records," where the younger Trump "smuggle[d] records out of her attorney's office and turn[ed] them over to The Times."

But this could only be the beginning. According to an update from The Daily Beast on Wednesday, Trump may have plans to file more suits against the media.

"After the filing of the suit, a spokesperson for Donald Trump issued a somewhat cryptic statement on his behalf suggesting more litigation could be on the horizon," reported Maxwell Tani and Harry Siegel. "'More to come, including on other people, and Fake News media,' it said."

The records Trump is suing over refer to tax information used by The Times in a bombshell 2020 article detailing the Trump family's business losses and tax-dodging schemes. Trump and other members of his family allege this was protected by a confidentiality agreement Mary Trump signed in 2001 during a dispute over the will of Trump's father, although a judge already found the agreement too vague to stop the release of her memoir.

"Trump himself is the target of a lawsuit linked to the estate dispute," noted the Beast. "Shortly after Mary Trump's book was published, she sued the then-president; his sister, retired federal appeals court Judge Maryanne Trump Barry; and the executor of the estates of his late brother Robert, accusing them of stealing millions of dollars from her after the 1981 death of her father, Frederick Trump Jr."

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South Korean actress Seo Yi-sook is planning to take legal action against netizens who spread false rumours that she had died of a heart attack.

The agency of the prolific supporting actress, 54, who has appeared in dramas such as Hotel Del Luna (2019) and The World Of The Married (2020), said it will file a lawsuit on Thursday (Sept 23) when the three-day Chuseok holiday is over.

The agency, Quantum ENM, added: "This is not the first time this has happened. In fact, this is the second time this year alone. As this false news keeps spreading, we will take appropriate measures and sue so that the attackers can be held responsible."

It also said that it did not take legal action the first time as it thought the false rumour would just go away once disproved.

The latest piece of fake news appeared on Monday (Sept 20) on an online community board with the headline: "Exclusive: Actress Seo Yi-sook passed away from a heart attack".

It falsely claimed that Seo had been found dead at her house the day before and was made to look like it was a real news article, complete with a byline for the reporter.

However, the media outlet in question later confirmed that it had not published such an article. The Straits Times/Asia News Network

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K-drama actress Seo Yi-sook to take legal action over fake news of her death - The Star Online