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Cops identifying suspects in Thai border guard post attack
KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) is identifying several individuals involved in the firecracker attack on General Operations Force (GOF) guard post 19, near the border fencing at Padang Besar, Perlis, Monday. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Mazlan Mansor (pix)
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Policeman, wife die in motorcycle crash
KUALA LUMPUR: A policeman and his wife died in an accident after their motorcycle crashed into a lorry at Jalan Syed Putra, here, while heading to the city centre yesterday morning. The deceased have been identified as Lance Corporal Muhammad Syakiran
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Mahathir optimistic over nation’s recovery
KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the new government has been working overtime to re-energise and clean up the mess left behind by the previous administration, with the road to recovery visible now. Addressing the PNB Corporate Summit 2019
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Small plane crashes into New Jersey residential area, pilot dead
WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP: A small plane crashed into a residential area in Woodbridge Township, US state of New Jersey, on Tuesday, setting fire to three houses and killing its pilot, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting authorities. A Cessna 414, a twin-engine,
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Dr. M: Universities should inspire and map academic talent and scholarship development
SERI KEMBANGAN: Universities should function as catalysts for the search for knowledge or be touted as hubs which map academic talent and the development of scholarship, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today. Institutions of higher learning were platforms
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Culture, nature is Malaysia’s advantage in tourism
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s rich diversity, including its cultures and natural attractions, provides the country with an advantage in the tourism industry, and these elements can be further promoted to attract more Austrian tourists, said its ambassador to Malaysia Dr Michael
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Tragic death of Sujith Wilson, a technology failure
The TN borewell tragedy is a pointer to the skewed priorities of science research – how its advances have bypassed the poor and vulnerable The mind-numbingly tragic death of two-year-old Sujith Wilson after he fell into an abandoned borewell and
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Technical glitch causes Malindo Air flight delay on Oct 27
KUALA LUMPUR: Malindo Air experienced a slight glitch in ground operations at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Oct 27, causing a delay for its flight bound for Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli city, also known as Trichy. In a statement, the
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13 houses in Benta Chinese New Village destroyed in fire
KUANTAN: Thirteen units of houses in the Chinese New Village in Benta, Kuala Lipis, near here were destroyed in a fire early this morning. The Pahang Director of the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) Nor Hisham Mohammad said, however,
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Facebook sues Israeli firm for WhatsApp hack
NEW YORK: Technology giant Facebook announced Tuesday that it was suing Israeli online surveillance firm NSO Group over the alleged hacking of users of its popular WhatsApp messaging service between April and May this year, Anadolu Agency reported. In a
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