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US to sell arms to Taiwan, infuriates China
WASHINGTON: The US is planning to sell more than US$2 billion worth of tanks and weapons to Taiwan, four people familiar with the negotiations said, in a move likely to anger China as a trade war between the world’s two
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Prayuth remains as Thailand PM
BANGKOK: Junta leader, General Prayuth Chan-o-cha remains as Thailand’s prime minister, five years after he seized power in a military coup in 2014. The vote for the prime minister’s post yesterday saw Prayuth elected as the kingdom’s first civilian prime
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Bar: Latheefa’s manner of appointment is disturbing
PUCHONG: The government’s decision to bypass the parliamentary select committee in appointing rights lawyer, Latheefa Koya as MACC chief could tarnish public perception over the anti-graft body’s independence. In a statement, Bar Council president Abdul Fareed Abdul Gafoor said while
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G20 to tackle US-China trade war, digital tax
Top financial policymakers from the world’s 20 most powerful nations gathered this weekend in Japan as a protracted US-China trade war clouds the global economy with no end in sight. G20 finance ministers and central bankers gathering in the southwestern
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Three dead struck by lightning in Jempol
JEMPOL: A couple and their son were found dead in a goat shed in Felda Palong Enam, believed to have been struck by lightning yesterday evening. Jempol police chief Muhd Nur Hishamuddin Hashim said the victims were S Elangovan, 38,
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Five squatter houses gutted by fire
KUALA LUMPUR: Five squatter houses were destroyed in a fire in Jalan Raja Muda Musa, Kampung Baru, last night. There were no reports of casualties. The Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said a car, a van and
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Mixed reaction on free travel for women in Delhi
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s pledge to make public transport free for women received mixed reaction in India, with supporters hoping it entices more women into workforce and detractors calling it a sexist gimmick. In a nation of rapid economic change, more
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