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Ailing ringgit awaits Bank Negara bolster
The case is growing for Bank Negara Malaysia to bolster the economy with another interest rate cut and to provide some much-needed encouragement for inflows to the ringgit bond market. The central bank’s review on Tuesday will be scrutinised by
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Messi’s red card overshadows Argentina 2-1 win
Lionel Messi’s Argentina career began in 2005 with an absurd red card in a friendly against Hungary after he was adjudged to have thrown an elbow at a defender. Fourteen years later, equally bizarre circumstances saw him sent off for
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Greece polls: Incumbent government to fall
ATHENS: Greeks vote on Sunday in a snap election polls say will bring opposition conservatives to power, ending four years of leftist rule blamed for saddling the country with more debt and mismanaging crises. The election is largely a showdown
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Shaken communities take stock of damage after Southern California quakes
CALIFORNIA: High desert communities in Southern California on Saturday assessed damage and braced for potentially dangerous aftershocks from a major earthquake that shook buildings, ruptured gas lines and sparked fires near the remote epicenter of the second temblor in as
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Join Bersatu: Dr Mahathir will explain to PH presidential council
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad will be briefing the Pakatan Harapan presidential council tomorrow on his call for all Malay parties, including Umno, to join Bersatu. “We have a meeting of the presidential council of PH on Monday
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Federal government focused on addressing Batek tribe health issue
PUTRAJAYA: Despite the delay in producing the post-mortem reports of the Batek tribe members as demanded by various quarters, National Unity and Social Wellbeing Minister, P. Waytha Moorthy have affirmed that the Pakatan Harapan federal government is focused on addressing
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Bersatu won’t morph into Umno
BUTTERWORTH: Bersatu is not going to morph itself into another Umno, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said yesterday evening. Dr Wan Azizah was confident there was nothing in Bersatu’s set up either to suggest it
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Highway acquisition via self-financed congestion fees
KUALA LUMPUR: The government would not need to fork out a single sen to pay for the acquisition of four highway concessionaires as the RM6.2 billion purchase consideration will be entirely self-financed via the collection of proposed congestion fees, said
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Trump – Qatar emir meet on July 9
DUBAI:Qatar’s ruling emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on July 9 to exchange views on the latest regional and international developments, Qatar’s state news agency said on Saturday. The White House
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Post – mortem can’t confirm Orang Asli deaths
PORT DICKSON: The results of post-mortems on the skeletal remnants of 12 Orang Asli in Kampung Kuala Koh, Kelantan cannot confirm the cause of deaths. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad said that the post-mortems were conducted on the 12
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