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BUTTERWORTH: Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail today called on the public to buy Malaysian products first rather than only to focus on buying products of bumiputeras. He said for a multi-racial country like Malaysia,
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Eight areas in Sarawak record unhealthy API
MIRI: Eight areas in Sarawak recorded unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) readings compared to six yesterday, with Kuching registering very unhealthy API at 204, as at 9am this morning. Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) secretariat head, Major Ismail Mahedin
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Typhoon Lingling enters Korean Peninsula
Hurricane Dorian has been dominating the weather news for the last few days. But a more powerful storm is heading towards the Korean Peninsula. Typhoon Lingling is the 13th one of the year. It is currently located about 320 kilometres
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Business associations press the gov’t to end deforestation in Amazon
RASILIA/SAO PAULO: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose for the fourth straight month in August from a year earlier, according to preliminary government data released yesterday, adding to concerns over fires already ravaging the region. The Brazilian Amazon is facing
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Hong Kong protests to target airport after night of violence
HONG KONG: Hong Kong protesters plan to block one of the world’s busiest airports today after a night of violence in which police used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up crowds, the latest clashes in 14 weeks of
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Mnangagwa: Late Mugabe declared a national hero
HARARE: The Zimbabwe government yesterday declared the late founding father of the nation and liberation icon former President Robert Mugabe a national hero, Zimbabwe’s news agency New Ziana reported. Mugabe, 95, died early yesterday at a hospital in Singapore where
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Indonesian captain: Crowd trouble ‘more painful’ than football defeat
Indonesian goalkeeper Andritany Ardhiyasa could not hide his disappointment with the violent behaviour of Garuda squad fans in the match between Malaysia and Indonesia at Stadium Gelora Bung Karno on Thursday. Malaysia came from behind to beat Indonesia 3-2 in
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India loses contact with Chandrayaan-2 before moon landing
India’s second Moon mission, Chandrayaan-2’s Lander Vikram, lost communication with the ground station at an altitude of 2.1 kilometres from the Lunar surface, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Sivan on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported. Vikram was
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Haze: Malaysia sends diplomatic note to Indonesia
Malaysia will urge Indonesia to take immediate action to fight haze as Jakarta has detected a spike in worsening forest fires across the archipelago. During the dry season, Indonesian farmers use fire to clear land, often for palm and pulp
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Mujahid: 60% of producers with halal tag are non-Muslims
Data from the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) showed that more than 60% of halal product manufacturers were multinational companies owned by non-Muslims. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Dr Mujahid Yusof said this was because non-Muslim producers
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