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Pakatan reps tell police to release those arrested over claims of LTTE ties
KUALA LUMPUR: Sixteen Pakatan Harapan (PH) elected representatives today called upon the police to release the two DAP lawmakers and five others arrested for allegedly having ties with the now defunct Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). In a joint
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German city in “state of shock” after anti-Semitic killing
BERLIN: The eastern German city of Halle remained in a state of shock, a day after an anti-Semitic shooting which left two people dead, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting a German public broadcaster. Bernd Wiegand, mayor of Halle, said in
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Petronas wins three exploration blocks in Brazil bid round
KUALA LUMPUR: Petronas through its subsidiary, Petronas Petróleo Brasil Ltda (PPBL) has won three exploration blocks during Brazil’s exploration blocks bid round held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil yesterday. PPBL won blocks CM 661, CM 715 and CM 541, all
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Modi and Xi to discuss border issues amid Kashmir row
NEW DELHI: Chinese President Xi Jinping and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to agree new security measures along their unsettled border during a summit today, officials said, in an effort to smooth ties ruffled by differences over Kashmir.
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North Korea warns it may end freeze on missile testing
North Korea issued a veiled warning yesterday that it could end a freeze in long-range missile testing as it criticised a call by UN Security Council members for it to give up its nuclear weapons and denounced a recent US
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Trump’s allies charged for illegal funnelling foreign cash to US
Two foreign-born Florida businessmen, who have helped US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani investigate political rival Joe Biden, were arrested in a scheme to illegally funnel money to a pro-Trump election committee and other US political candidates, prosecutors
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Thousands flee, hundreds dead in Turkish attack on US-allied Kurds in Syria
ISTANBUL/ANKARA: Turkey pounded Kurdish militia in northeast Syria for a second day yesterday, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee and killing at least dozens of people in a cross-border assault on US allies that has turned the Washington
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Budget 2020: Government to introduce new schemes
Important things to watch out for in today’s Budget The 2020 Budget will be tabled by Finance Minister YB Tuan Lim Guan Eng on Friday, October 11, 2019. Initiatives to reduce the cost of living, more opportunities for living standards
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Transport Ministry: RM5 billion for Ipoh Train Station Integrated Development
IPOH: The Transport Ministry has allocated a gross development value (GDV) of up to RM5 billion for the Ipoh Train Station Integrated Development project which was launched at the train station today. Its minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said the
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Trapped hikers rescued from waterfalls
SETIU: A group of 39 hikers, all staff members of the Hulu Terengganu Dental Office faced anxious moments when they were trapped in the middle of Gunung Sarut here due to gushing waters from upstream near the Blue Pool at
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