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Dr M: A leader must have integrity and honesty

SHAH ALAM: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said a leader should be a person of integrity and honesty or risk having the person turning corrupt. Speaking at the 10th University Scholars Leadership Symposium 2019, Mahathir also said a leader

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Inferno ravage 42,000 hectares of forest, plantations in Indonesia

JAKARTA: More than 6,000 firefighters, assisted by the police and military, are battling fires that have ravaged over 42,000 hectares of forest and plantations in Indonesia since January. The fires are raging currently in the provinces of Riau, Jambi, South

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MTEM: Abolish NEP at your own peril, Anwar

PUCHONG: The Malay Economic Action Council (MTEM) warned PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today not to replace the New Economic Policy (NEP) with a needs-based policy. In a statement, MTEM chief executive officer Ahmad Yazid Othman said that anyone

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Panda cub ‘Yi Yi’ born in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: The second Malaysian-born giant panda finally has a name – ‘Yi Yi’, which means friendship. Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr Xavier Jayakumar announced the 19-month-old female panda cub’s name at a ceremony at the Zoo Negara

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Toddler kidnapped from Indian railway station gang-raped, beheaded

Shocking footage shows a 3-year-old girl being abducted from a railway station as she was sleeping, before being allegedly gang-raped and beheaded by two men in India. The girl, who was sleeping next to her mother, was picked up by

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‘Ghost Smoke’ candies seized in nationwide checks

PUTRAJAYA: The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) seized 1,762 packets of ‘Ghost Smoke’ candy during inspections on 2,401 business premises nationwide last month. Its enforcement director, Datuk Iskandar Halim Sulaiman, said in a statement that the ministry had

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Saudi Arabia lifts travel restrictions on women, grants them more control

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has allowed adult women to travel without permission and granted them more control over family matters, further eroding a heavily criticized male guardianship system at a time of heightened scrutiny over its human rights record. A series

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Explosive device found in Bukit Damansara house compound

Police have found an improvised explosive device (IED) at the compound of a house in Bukit Damansara yesterday, said Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim. “The bomb disposable unit (UPB) deployed to inspect the object has confirmed (that)

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Hari Raya Aidiladha falls on August 11

KUALA LUMPUR: Muslims in Malaysia will celebrate Hari Raya Aidiladha on Sunday, August 11, the Office of the Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal said in a statement. “In fulfilling the proclamation by Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong, after getting

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DAP to Fadhli: Kit Siang a Malaysian citizen, Zakir is not

PUCHONG: A DAP MP today hit back at Kota Bharu MP Ahmad Fadhli Shaari for asking DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang to leave Malaysia over his call for Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik to leave the country voluntarily. In a

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