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Mahathir: Don’t vote based on emotions
PONTIAN: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pix) has advised the people in Tanjung Piai not to be swayed by emotions when they vote on Saturday to pick their Member of Parliament. The Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman said voters should
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Uighur activist tells China to stop spying on its minorities
LONDON: World leaders must take a tougher line on China’s use of high-tech surveillance to monitor and crackdown on its ethnic minorities, a Uighur activist urged today, after his mother was detained and then imprisoned. More than one million Uighurs
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MED identifies six new anchor companies under vendor development programme
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Entrepreneur Development (MED) has identified six more new anchor companies under its Vendor Development Programme (PPV), said Entrepreneur Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Yusof. According to him, the process of appointment will be finalised
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Despite ‘wonderful’ meeting, Trump and Erdogan fail to resolve conflicts
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday pushed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to walk away from the purchase of a Russian missile defence system, calling it a “very serious challenge” to bilateral ties, even though he described a meeting between
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Trump impeachment hearings focus on Ukraine pressure campaign
WASHINGTON: The top US diplomat in Ukraine, testifying yesterday in the first televised hearing of the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, linked the president more directly to a pressure campaign on Ukraine to conduct investigations that would benefit him
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UTM wins first place in autonomous robotics competition
NIBONG TEBAL: Four students from UTM have won first place in the National Instrument (NI) Autonomous Robotics Competition (ARC) 2019. NI Malaysia in partnership with Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) organised the NI ARC for the second year running to encourage
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Exploring Cyber-Physical Systems with Toshiba’s Corporate Digitization CTO Hiroshi Yamamoto
SINGAPORE, Nov. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Toshiba’s Corporate Digitization CTO Hiroshi Yamamoto shares about Toshiba’s corporate strategy and why the company is uniquely positioned to be a leader in cyber-physical systems (CPS), since technology today allows for the merging of digital
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Penang govt lauds tourism industry players´ efforts
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang government has praised the efforts taken by tourism industry players in making Penang an attractive tourist destination. Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said their offer of attractive travel packages was greatly appreciated, as it was also
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HK protests: Protesters blockade universities, stockpile makeshift weapons
HONG KONG: Anti-government protesters dug in at several university campuses across Hong Kong yesterday, setting the stage for further confrontations as police said violence in the Chinese-ruled city had reached a “very dangerous and even deadly level”. Protesters – many
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Terengganu opens first flood relief centre
KUALA TERENGGANU: A temporary evacuation centre (PPS) in Hulu Terengganu has been opened following overnight heavy rain that caused flash floods in a village there, with seven families moving early today. The Kampung Cheting Mosque PPS was opened at 11.30pm,
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