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UM has right to withhold scroll, says National Professors Council
Universiti Malaya (UM) has the right to revoke or withhold the Bachelor’s Degree certificate of its graduate who staged a protest during the university’s convocation ceremony on Monday. National Professors Council (MPN) president Datuk Raduan Che Rose said each university
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Iran: Cut more nuke commitments if interests not secured
TEHRAN: Iran said Thursday it would further reduce its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal, unless its interests are secured by the signatories, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting local media. Iran is determined to take further steps to suspend its
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Man Returns to Family After 35 Years
KUALA LUMPUR : A local English daily recently carried the poignant story of how a 47-year search for an estranged father ended in heartbreak. The father of five left behind his family in Melaka to seek greener pastures in Britain
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Fate of Japan’s imperial dynasty rests on shoulders of 13-year-old
TOKYO: When Japan’s youngest prince, Hisahito, visited Bhutan in August on his first overseas trip just months after his uncle Naruhito became emperor, his trip was regarded as the debut of a future monarch on the world stage. Greeting his
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Netflix and Amazon face censorship threat in India
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India is deliberating potential censorship on streaming platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, a senior government source told Reuters. While film and TV certification bodies already moderate public content in India, the country’s laws do not
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A Canadian election looms
Canadians go to the polls on 21 October, four years after Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party swept to power. But things aren’t as clear-cut this time around, with several other parties rising in the polls. Here’s a visual look at some
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Elijah Cummings: Iconic US congressman and fierce critic of Trump, dies
WASHINGTON: US Representative Elijah Cummings, a civil rights champion who over the last quarter century became one of the most influential Democrats in Congress and a key figure in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, passed away yesterday. He
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‘It took me years to realise I was a trafficking victim’
Cyntoia Brown-Long was just 16 when she was jailed for life for shooting dead an estate agent who had picked her up for sex. She had run away from home and was being sent out onto the streets to make
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Turkey agrees to halt Syrian offensive…for five days
ANKARA: Turkey agreed yesterday to pause its offensive in Syria for five days to let Kurdish forces withdraw from a “safe zone” Ankara had sought to capture, in a deal hailed by the Trump administration and cast by Turkey as
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Qatar Airways: MAB must swallow bitter pills to recover
LANGKAWI: Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) will have to swallow some very bitter medicine in order to recover, said Qatar Airways Group chief executive officer Akbar Al Baker. He said that he had shared his views on MAB’s situation with Prime
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