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Cuba Gooding Jr hammered with multiple molestation charges
NEW YORK: Actor Cuba Gooding Jr, already facing a criminal case over accusations he touched a woman’s breasts in a bar and pinched another’s buttocks in a nightclub, has been charged in connection with a third woman, his lawyer said
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Azmin: Trade spat with India over palm oil will not be prolonged
KUALA LUMPUR: The boycott of the Malaysia’s palm oil by Indian traders will likely not be prolonged as there were not enough supplies from top producer Indonesia to cover the shortfall, said Economic Affairs Minister, Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali (pix). Indian
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15-year-old boy arrested for ‘delivering drugs’ around Klang Valley
KUALA LUMPUR: A 15-year-old boy has been arrested by police for allegedly ‘delivering’ drugs around the Klang Valley for the past three months. The teenager from Malacca is said to have been brought to the capital by his uncle to serve
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The woman who squeezed an orange and made a vow on Deepavali day
On Friday, a friend send me a video via Whatsapp which led me to a dream. In the video, a wife weeps and pleads for the government to release her husband, the father of her children. With her are two
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Man charged with committing unnatural sex on wife, sexual assault on children
KUALA KANGSAR : A civil servant was charged at the Sessions Court here today with 104 counts of committing unnatural sex on his wife since March, and seven counts of physical sexual assault on his three daughters in May, this
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Delhi to divide Jammu and Kashmir state despite violence
SRINAGAR: India will formally split up the Jammu and Kashmir state into two federal territories today, aimed at tightening New Delhi’s grip on the restive region that has been in the grip of a harsh security clampdown for nearly three
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Twitter to ban political ads, team Trump enraged
NEW YORK: Twitter Inc will ban political advertising on its platform next month, the company’s chief executive said today, a move that won praise from Democrats and scorn from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. “We’ve made the decision to stop all
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Facebook sales grow as Zuckerberg comes under fire for political ads
Facebook Inc reported an uptick in users in lucrative markets and its third-straight rise in quarterly sales growth yesterday, but the company’s controversial political ads stole the limelight when CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke to analysts. Shares rose about four percent
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1MDB: Jho Low agrees to return US 1bln in a deal with the US
The US Justice Department yesterday reached a settlement deal with Malaysian financier Jho Low to recover almost US$1 billion in funds the fugitive and his family had misappropriated from Malaysian investment fund, 1MDB. High-level officials of 1MDB and associates including
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Dr M: We were pressured to close Iranian bank accounts
Malaysia faced very strong pressure from certain quarters to close the bank accounts of Iranian individuals and companies in this country, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. He also claimed that Malaysia was threatened with closure of its banks
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