Today's top 5 stories are:

1. The United Nations General Assembly has adopted the first global resolution on Artificial Intelligence, to encourage countries to safeguard human rights, protect personal data and monitor AI for risks

2. A look ahead of tomorrow's annual Earth Hour event!

3. The shifting demographic in Chinese vernacular schools, following a Chinese school in Negeri Sembilan seeing more Malay student enrollment.

4. Bersih Chairperson Faisal Aziz alluding that Bersih 6.0 may happen sooner than we think.

5. And our top story: The nationwide water shortage crisis!

For these stories, we heard from Dr Sia Chin Chin, Senior Lecturer at the School of Law and Governance at Taylor’s University, Woon Tai Hai, advisor to the National Tech Association, Dora Hashim, Senior Communications Manager at WWF-Malaysia, Chong Wai Yip, a teacher in SJKC Papan Ipoh.

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Produced by: Sudais Ferhard, Hannah Kuah, Alia Zefri

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharaad Kuttan

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Tags:  artificial intelligence,  earth hour,  environment,  bersih,  reform,  water crisis,