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‘GPS is Umno-PAS’ third axis in an unholy union’
KUCHING: The ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak has been named as the third axis of the Umno-PAS “unholy union” by Sarawak Pakatan Harapan that vowed to bring down the party at the next state general election. Sarawak PH chairman Chong Chieng
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Take all reports seriously, S’wak MACC told
KUCHING: Sarawak Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) chairman Baru Bian said the state Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) should act honestly and transparently and to not take lightly reports lodged with the agency. Baru, who is also Works Minister, said the Pakatan
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Govt to study critical allowance for civil servants
KEPALA BATAS: The government must conduct a comprehensive study into the unresolved critical allowance for civil servants. Chief Secretary to the Government Datuk Seri Dr Ismail Bakar said the government has still not received any feedback from any party on
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Anwar: Reject racist agenda, Sarawak
KUCHING: Pakatan Harapan (PH) Sarawak should counter negative influences, and narrow racial and religious sentiments in facing the 12th Sarawak state election, said PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar said PH wanted change not only at the national level
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Umno not Hotel U-turns
KUALA LUMPUR: Umno vice president Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob revealed that ex-Umno reps who quit the party would probably be making U-turns soon. He reminded the ex-Umno reps to not expect to regain the positions that they had lost
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Foreign athlete arrested for sexual harassment
SEOUL: South Korean police have arrested a foreign athlete competing at the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju for suspected sexual harassment at a nightclub, a South Korean police official said on Sunday. An official at the Gwangju Seobu Police Station
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New South Wales – last Aussie state to decriminalise abortion
SYDNEY: Abortion could soon be decriminalised across Australia, with the last holdout state – New South Wales – set to consider a new law this week that would remove terminations from the criminal code. Under legislation dating back to 1900,
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Dr M: No contradictions over sex scandals
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad denied that he contradicted himself in his actions in dealing with cabinet members who were implicated in sex scandals. This is in view of the sex scandal involving then Deputy Prime Minister
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Colonialism in the eyes of economists
I, Phuong, was enrolled in a French language course back in Vietnam years ago and decided to drop out after the second class. The reason for this was irrelevant to my initial goal of improving my skills in the language
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1000 arrested in Russian opposition crackdown
Russian police rounded up more than 1,000 people in Moscow on Saturday in one of the biggest crackdowns of recent times against an increasingly defiant opposition decrying President Vladimir Putin’s tight grip on power. The detentions came around a protest
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