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Trump-Kim meet, reopening talks on denuclearisation
PANMUNJOM/SEOUL: US President Donald Trump became the first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea yesterday when he met its leader, Kim Jong Un, in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas and agreed to resume stalled
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Fresh protests erupt in Hong Kong
HONG KONG: Hundreds of protesters faced off with riot police early on Monday, the anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule, ahead of an annual rally that is expected to draw huge crowds amid widespread anger over a controversial
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Chikungunya: 17 city plaza shop owners slapped with fines worth RM8,500
ALOR SETAR: The Kedah State Health Department has so far issued 17 compounds under the Destruction of Disease-Bearing Insects Act 1975, totalling RM8,500, to shop owners whose premises were found to be Aedes breeding grounds at City Plaza. Its director
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Trader shot himself dead while cleaning shotgun
ALOR SETAR: A trader shot himself dead in an incident in Kampong Perlis Simpor, Tikam Batu, near Sungai Petani yesterday. Kuala Muda district police chief ACP Adzly Abu Shah said that the incident took place at 5.50 pm when the
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‘Vandalism of Adib’s mural is irrational’
KUCHING: The recent vandalism on a mural portrait of deceased firefighter Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim, was an irrational act, said Fire and Rescue director-general Datuk Mohammad Hamdan Wahid. Commenting on the incident in Shah Alam, which began circulating on social
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