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Philippine security forces tracking down Malaysian hostages
MANILA: The Philippines security forces are closely monitoring its remote southernmost provinces of Tawi-Tawi and Sulu following reports that the 10 Malaysian fishermen kidnapped last Tuesday by suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen from waters off Sabah were taken to the bandits’
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UN: Saudi crown prince liable for Khashoggi’s murder
The crown prince of Saudi Arabia should be investigated for the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi as there is “credible evidence” that he and other senior officials are liable for the killing, said a forensic report by the United
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Face Indian court or get arrested, Zakir
PUCHONG: A special prevention of money laundering court has ruled that Indian Muslim televangelist Zakir Naik must present himself in court on July 31. It also ruled that a non-bailable arrest warrant will be issued only if he fails to
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Janet Mock signs historic deal with Netflix
The writer and director is the first black trans woman to land this type of agreement. Janet Mock just became the first out black trans woman to land an overall deal with a major studio. The three-year, multimillion dollar deal will
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US may cap H-1B visas to counter India’s data rules
NEW DELHI: The US has told India that it is considering caps on H-1B work visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, widening the two countries’ row over
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Chennai’s water crisis: Man-made problem
It not uncommon to come across newspaper headlines which highlight a water crisis in Chennai. This year however the intensity of the crisis appears worse than anything experienced in recent memory. The scale of the water crisis has now begun
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France’s former president Sarkozy to be charged for corruption
PARIS: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will face trial on charges of corruption and influence peddling, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. On Tuesday, the country’s highest court rejected Sarkozy final bid to have the case dropped, sending the conservative politician
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Sex video: PKR to issue show-cause letter to Haziq
PETALING JAYA: PKR will issue a show-cause letter to its Santubong youth chief Muhammad Haziq Abdul Aziz for allegedly tarnishing the party’s name by implicating deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali in a sex scandal. PKR disciplinary board chairman Datuk Ahmad
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Anwar: Up to police to act on blackmailing author
PETALING JAYA: PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that he would leave it to the police to take appropriate action against author Yahaya Ismail who threatened to publish a book disparaging him, if the author was not paid RM400,000.
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Dr M: A racist, mediocre leader
I attended Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s address to the Cambridge Union recently. It was a disappointing and unpleasant experience. Before entering, I had thought of him as an enigma, a giant of history with the tremendous recent
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