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Carrie Lam to hold dialogue with the public next week
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam said today that she would engage directly with her governing team in a dialogue with the community next week, while reiterating calls for an end to the violence that has roiled the city
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UK Supreme Court hears case that Parliament suspension was illegal
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government will seek to persuade Britain’s top court this week that his decision to suspend Parliament until shortly before the date for Brexit was not illegal as Scottish judges concluded last week. Johnson announced on Aug
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Netanyahu battles for political life after decade in power
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a battle for political survival in a closely fought election today that could end his 10-year domination of national politics. Opinion polls put former armed forces chief Benny Gantz’s centrist Blue and White
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Indian pilgrim corridor to Pakistan Sikh temple planned for Nov opening
KARTARPUR: A corridor for Indian Sikh pilgrims travelling to a holy temple in Pakistan will open in November, in time for one of the religion’s most sacred festivals. The visa-free border crossing from India to Kartarpur, Pakistan will be inaugurated
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Trump on Saudi oil facilities attack: I don’t want a war
WASHINGTON/DUBAI: US President Donald Trump said yesterday that it looked like Iran was behind attacks on oil plants in Saudi Arabia but stressed he did not want to go to war, as the attacks sent oil prices soaring and raised
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Sarawak’s Sri Aman API hits ‘hazardous’ level
KUCHING: Air pollution in Sri Aman has breached the red zone on the Air Pollutant Index (API) with readings shooting up overnight to 365 as at 8am today. The Department of Environment’s (DOE) hourly monitoring statistics of air quality shows
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Saudi Aramco attacks: What we know so far
WASHINGTON: An attack on Saudi Arabia that triggered the biggest jump in oil prices in almost 30 years was carried out with Iranian weapons, a Saudi-led coalition said yesterday, as President Donald Trump said the US was “locked and loaded”
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Wan Rosdy: Diversity is Malaysia’s strength
MARAN: The diversity of Malaysian society, religion and culture should be the strength of the nation, said Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail. He said unity was not something that could be taken lightly and that it
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Anwar: No issue with Azmin attending Bersatu event
KUCHING: PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim brushed aside speculations questioning party deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali’s loyalty to the party, following the latter’s recent appearance at a Bersatu event. Anwar said that there were many other PKR
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Putrajaya schools closed today as haze worsens
PUTRAJAYA: All schools in Putrajaya have been forced to shut down today after the Air Pollutant Index (API) readings in the administrative capital rose to very unhealthy levels. Putrajaya Education Department director Farizah Ahmad said based on the 5pm API
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