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CAP: Ban all vaping, e-cigarette products

GEORGE TOWN: The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) has urged the government to impose a total ban on e-cigarettes and vaping products in the country as such devices were also being used by minors. Its president, Mohideen Abdul Kader today

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Malaysia re-elected as ICAO member until 2022

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has been re-elected to the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) council, under category III, for the 2019-2022 term, for the fifth consecutive term since 2007. The Ministry of Transport (MOT) in a statement said the decision was

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TweetDeck is down

KUALA LUMPUR: The dashboard management app for Twitter, called TweetDeck, is down. According to Outage.Report, the site reportedly could not be accessed across the Asia Pacific, Europe and the North America and South America regions. The issue appears to have

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NADMA: Relevant agencies ready to face floods

KUALA LUMPUR: Relevant agencies involved in the flood disaster management are ready to deal with the situation if it occurs during the changing of the monsoon wind that is expected to last until early November. National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA)

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Daim to negotiate with China to retrieve RM8.3bln for pipeline projects

KUALA LUMPUR: The former Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) chairman Tun Daim Zainuddin is leading the negotiations with China to retrieve the RM8.3 billion that was already paid to contractors of the Multi-Product Pipeline (MPP) and Trans-Sabah Gas Pipeline (TSGP)

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US blocks import of forced labour goods from M’sia, four others

The US has blocked the import of goods suspected to have been made from forced labour from five countries, including Malaysia. This includes clothing from China and diamonds from Zimbabwe, officials said yesterday following a rare crackdown on slave labour

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Police: Up to AG now to charge Puteri Umno leader for hate speech

KUALA LUMPUR: The police have completed their investigation on Puteri Umno vice chair Nurul Amal Mohd Fauzi for allegedly linking an amok case in Penang to insults against Islam. Speaking to reporters today, Bukit Aman CID’s prosecution and legal unit

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Liew: Sabah Wildlife Dept and cops tracking down elephant killers

TARAKAN: The Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) is working with the police to track down poachers involved in the brutal killing of a pygmy elephant in Sungai Udin, Dumpas, Kalabakan, Tawau, last week. Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Christina

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Malaysia’s pioneer Sikh scientist made Emeritus Professor

The 90-year old retired academician Dr Chatar Singh Beriam Singh was the backbone of the university’s School of Physics and Mathematics which he helped establish in 1969 Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) recognised the lifetime contribution of scholar Dr Chatar Singh

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Ants, crickets and cockroaches – healthy snacks that taste like potato chips

SARCHI: At his home in rural ​Costa Rica, biologist Federico Paniagua joined his family at the dining table to devour several types of insects that he raised on his farm and whose flavour he compares to potato chips. The head

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