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Palestinian killed by Israeli Forces on Gaza Strip border
GAZA: A Palestinian man died as a result of Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, Sputnik news agency reported Ashraf al-Qidra, a spokesman for Gaza’s Health Ministry, as saying Saturday. Earlier, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said that Israeli combat
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India’s capital trapped in toxic air pollution
NEW DELHI: Air pollution in India’s capital city is a perennial concern, but the onset of winter makes people scramble for ways to protect themselves from a spike in environmental toxicity. Anti-pollution masks and air purifiers are seen as essential
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Good samaritans help clean up homes of flood victims in Kuala Selangor
KUALA SELANGOR: A total of 642 volunteers from various government agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGO), have gathered today to undertake a mass clean-up of homes of flood victims in this district. The programme which started at 8.30am, is aimed at
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Mahathir: ASEAN must speak with one voice in economic matters
BANGKOK: For ASEAN to emerge as a more prominent organisation and assert its position as an economic power, it must stand together and speak with one voice, especially when dealing with other big economies in the global stage, said Tun
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Smooth sailing for Tanjung Piai by-election nominations
PONTIAN: The nomination of candidates for the Tanjung Piai parliamentary by-election took place smoothly at Dewan Jubli Intan Sultan Ibrahim here today, with no untoward incident recorded, said Pontian district police chief Supt Mustafa Bakri Salleh. A total of 1,185
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T/Piai by-election: Do not use mosques to campaign
KUALA LUMPUR: All parties involved in the Tanjung Piai parliamentary by-election have been reminded not to make mosques their political arena and place to campaign. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa said political activities
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Israeli jets strike Hamas observation posts in Gaza
GAZA: Israeli jets bombed an area in northern Gaza late Friday belonging to the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported according to sources on the ground. The Israeli Defence Forces said
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Submarine rescue ship mobilised to find victims of crashed chopper near Dokdo
DONGHAE (South Korea): A submarine rescue ship of South Korea’s Navy was on a mission Saturday to find victims of a rescue chopper that crashed near the Dokdo islets in the East Sea Thursday night, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency
Read MorePalm Springs Japanese Restaurant TAKA SHIN® Celebrates the First Anniversary
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Nov. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — TAKA SHIN®, an authentic Japanese restaurant and sushi bar, headed by renowned Japanese sushi chef Shinji Kokubo, is celebrating its first anniversary in Palm Springs. Chef Shinji Kokubo “In the last one
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Mahathir: No to Goldman’s 1MDB offer of under US$2b
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has rejected an offer from Goldman Sachs of less than US$2 billion (RM8.33 billion) in compensation – over the 1MDB scandal, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad told the Financial Times on Friday – compared with its publicly stated demand
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