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KLCI soars higher but stays below 1,600 points
KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI ticked higher but remained below the crucial 1,600-point level at mid-morning today as local investors stayed cautious. At 10.05am, the FBM KLCI added 2.32 points to 1,596.91. Gainers led losers by 239 to 216, while
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Trump imposes rule allowing detention of migrant families indefinitely
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration yesterday unveiled a rule that allows officials to detain migrant families indefinitely while judges consider whether to grant them asylum in the US, abolishing a previous 20-day limit. The rule, which is certain to draw a
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Incarcerated Kashmir separatists urge protests over loss of autonomy
SRINAGAR: Separatist leaders in Indian Kashmir have urged people to defy a ban and join a mass march after Friday prayers this week, the first such call since the federal government revoked the region’s autonomy, stirring anger in the region
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Farhash, Amiruddin off the hook
PETALING JAYA: PKR disciplinary bureau has confirmed that Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari and PKR Perak chief Farhash Wafa Salvadore Rizal Mubarak is off the hook with merely a warning despite statements critical of party leadership. Farhash is also PKR
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Danes stumped by Trump’s trip cancellation
WASHINGTON/COPENHAGEN: US President Donald Trump declared Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s dismissal of his idea to buy Greenland “nasty” and an affront to the US yesterday, a day after shocking Danes by cancelling a Copenhagen visit over the rebuff. Danes
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Making the case for violence in Hong Kong protests
HONG KONG: Pun sees himself as a peaceful, middle-class Hong Kong student. Yet since the beginning of June, he has been building barricades and throwing bricks at police, risking his own liberty to fight, as he sees it, for the
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Former Indian finance minister Chidambaram arrested for corruption
NEW DELHI: Police arrested former Indian finance minister P. Chidambaram late yesterday in relation to alleged corruption and money laundering, a day after the Delhi High Court rejected his application to seek exemption from arrest. Chidambaram was arrested by federal
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Welfare Dept grants RM500 monthly assistance for Zuhaidi’s family
KUALA KRAI: The Social Welfare Department has approved a monthly assistance of RM300 to the family of Muhamad Zuhaidi Safin, 33, whose wife scavenges for discarded chicken skin from a nearby school canteen since the past three months so that
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Dr Siti Hasmah conferred ‘Ibu Negara’ award by ASLI
KUALA LUMPUR: The prime minister’s wife, Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, was honoured as ‘Ibu Negara’ (Mother of the Nation) by the Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI) at the National Women’s Day Celebration Gala Dinner 2019 held at
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