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Expo 2020 Dubai: Malaysia eyes potential investments worth RM10 bln
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia aims to achieve RM10 billion worth of potential investments and businesses from Expo 2020 Dubai, said Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin. She said Malaysia had targeted to secure 1,000 business leads and
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Tears and troops as Sri Lanka mourns suicide bomb dead
Sri Lanka’s churches remained shut Sunday, forcing Christians to say prayers of grief in private over the Easter suicide attacks that the country’s Roman Catholic leader called “an insult to humanity”. Fearing a repeat of the Easter Sunday bombings of churches
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Penang: Lacing drinks with drugs, five detained
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang police crippled a drug trafficking syndicate using 3-in-1 tea, chocolate, and coffee sachets in its modus operandi and seized drugs worth RM 338,250 in two separate raids carried out in the state on Wednesday. State police
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Lim: Refer to Finance Ministry if home loan application rejected
KUALA LUMPUR: Applicants for home loans who face difficulty in getting loan approvals should refer to the finance ministry, says its minister Lim Guan Eng. “If you have difficulty getting loans, refer to us. We will check with Bank Negara
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Daughter Wong wants to deliver late dad’s promises for Sandakan
SANDAKAN: DAP candidate Vivian Wong Shir Yee wants to deliver the unfulfilled promises made to the constituents by her father, the late Datuk Stephen Wong Tien Fatt. Wong, 30, said many ideas and aspirations have not been fulfilled by her
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Najib Trial: Cheques by unauthorised signatory will not be honoured
KUALA LUMPUR: Ambank Raja Chulan branch manager R Uma Devi told the Kuala Lumpur High Court that cheques by unauthorised signatory will not be honoured. She revealed this while being cross examined by defence counsel Harvinderjit Singh on the issue
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Niqab banned in Sri Lanka due to national security concerns
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has officially banned the usage of the niqab for Muslim women on the grounds of national security. “The ban is to ensure national security. No one should obscure their faces to make identification difficult,” said President Maithripala
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Najib Trial: Application to quash charges dismissed
KUALA LUMPUR: High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali dismissed the application to quash the seven charges related to SRC International made by defendant, former premier, Datuk Seri Najib Razak. “There is no suggestion that the accused is misled or
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Don’t mix politics with rulers space, TMJ taken to task
PUCHONG: Negeri Sembilan Bersatu chief Tan Sri Rais Yatim took to Twitter in telling off Johor Crown Prince, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim to refrain against making political remarks as it is a different ball game altogether. Tunku Ismail is better
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Teenage synagogue shooter attempted ‘Christchurch’ livestream rampage
POWAY: The teenager who fired at a synagogue leaving one person dead tried to livestream his attack along with an online manifesto, akin to Christchurch attack. Facebook apparently removed the vision of the attack before it could be watched and
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