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Bournemouth takes Liverpool’s Harry Wilson on loan
BOURNEMOUTH: Bournemouth have brought in Liverpool’s versatile 22-year-old Wales midfielder Harry Wilson on a season-long loan, the two Premier League clubs announced on Tuesday. Wilson, who came through the ranks at Anfield and can play wide or centrally, scored 17
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Lost finger, torn ear, broken carpal in Ops Icebreaker
GENTING HIGHLANDS: Over two weeks ago, police launched Ops Icebreaker to raid the hotspots of drug dealers and drug addicts across the country, during which more than 8,000 people were detained and nearly 30 kgs of drugs worth RM3.48 million
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China woos Myanmar with BRI sweeteners
YANGON: The National League for Democracy was forged in an uprising against one-party rule. Its activists spent years in jail under Myanmar’s military junta. But since taking power three years ago, the party led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu
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Dead man stuffed in suitcase found
KUALA LUMPUR: The body of a man stuffed inside a suitcase was found at Jalan 3, Pandan Industri in Pandan Indah, Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The victim, who is believed to have been murdered, was bundled up in a rug and
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Mara confirms death of its sponsored student
KUALA LUMPUR: Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) has confirmed that one of its sponsored students, Amirul Ashraff Md Azhar, 22, died at his residence in Sydney, Australia yesterday morning. Mara, in a statement said that based on information obtained from authorities,
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Extradition of Erdogan opponent denied
BRASILIA: Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request for the extradition of an opponent of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan saying there was no guarantee he would get a fair trial in Turkey. Ali Sipahi, a businessman and owner of
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Disney earnings miss forecasts as costs rise for its streaming future
LOS ANGELES: Walt Disney Co. reported a steeper earnings decline than Wall Street expected on Tuesday as the company poured money into its ambitious plunge into streaming media and began folding in assets purchased from Twenty-First Century Fox. Shares of
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India’s former foreign minister Sushma Swaraj dies
NEW DELHI: India’s former foreign minister Sushma Swaraj, one of her country’s best-known female politicians, has died, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. Swaraj had been beset by poor health but served as foreign minister for five years until Modi replaced
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Pakistan PM to challenge India over Kashmir issue
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan vowed Tuesday to challenge at the UN security council India’s decision to strip Kashmir of its special autonomy, a move he warned could provoke conflict in the region. Khan gave a forceful rebuke of
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Gunman obsessed with violence
DAYTON: The gunman who killed his sister and eight other people in Dayton, Ohio, before he was slain by police had a history of violent obsessions and had previously mused about committing mass murder, an FBI official said on Tuesday.
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