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Trump caught off guard as Iran’s Zarif visits G7 summit town
BIARRITZ: Iran’s foreign minister paid a visit to a G7 summit in France yesterday, an unexpected twist to a meeting already troubled by differences between U.S. President Donald Trump and Western allies over a raft of issues, including Iran. A
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Oil prices drops 2% as trade war shakes confidence
TOKYO: Oil prices fell pushing U.S. crude to its lowest in more than two weeks, as a ratcheting up of tensions in the U.S.-China war knocked confidence in the global economy. Brent crude was down 89 cents, or 1.5%, at
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Amazon fire: Warplanes dump water on the forest fire
BRASILIA/PORTO VELHO: Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world’s largest tropical rain forest. Yesterday, President Jair Bolsonaro had authorised military operations
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Normalcy returns in KLIA after four-day glitch
SEPANG: The situation at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) remained calm as at 3.30 pm yesterdahy as normal operations resumed after it was hit by network equipment failure for four days since Wednesday (Aug 21) night, a technical glitch
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Former prison inmate rearrested for snatch theft, two days after being released
IPOH: Just two days after being released from Tapah Prison, a former prison inmate was rearrested for allegedly committing a snatch theft at Jalan Horley, Ipoh Baru yesterday. Ipoh acting district police chief Supt Mohamad Nordin Abdullah said the 31-year-old
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Lim: Stern action against contractors who form cartel
BUTTERWORTH: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said yesterday that contractors found to have been ganging up to win government contracts will have stern action taken against them. He said using such tactics was a clear violation of laws and the
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Commando’s wives: We were afraid of approaching police trucks
IPOH: For wives of police force’s commandos, the sound of an approaching police truck or a whirring helicopter, would always send a shiver down their spine, especially during the pre-Independence and Malayan emergency era. While some will still be able
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‘I won’t forgive the communists for killing my family’
MELAKA: I will never forgive the sins of the Three Stars communist insurgents who killed five members of my family in Parit Sulong, Batu Pahat, Johor, said senior citizen, Tik Sulong, 86, while holding the picture of her family on
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