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Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation Honors NXTEducator Global Educational Innovation Awards
TAIPEI, Dec. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — To fulfill it’s vision of cultivating global talents, the Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation partnered with HundrED, the Finnish innovative educational organization, attracted global Chinese education innovators to participate in the NXTEducator Summit
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Aussie PM apologises for vacation as firefighters killed in huge blazes
SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison issued a rare public apology today and cut short a Hawaiian vacation in response to mounting public anger after two volunteer firefighters were killed battling bushfires sweeping the country’s east coast. Some areas of
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From housewives to hijab-clad students, women take lead in Indian protests
NEW DELHI: As a crowd of protesters swelled around them under the watchful eyes of dozens of policemen in riot gear, a cluster of young female students in burqas stood outside their university in New Delhi shouting anti-government slogans. “What
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Azmin: Muslim nations must trade more with one another
KUALA LUMPUR: Muslim countries should activate greater trade and investment to create economies of scale by adopting the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR 4.0) to generate wealth and prosperity. Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said joint pacts and
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Man gets 44 months jail, two strokes for armed robberies
KUALA LUMPUR: A man was sentenced to 44 months in jail and two strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here today for robbing two stores armed with a meat cleaver. Judge Emilia Kaswati Mohamad Khalid meted the punishment
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Meitu’s Group Selfie: Changing the way we take pictures
XIAMEN, China, Dec. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Meitu introduces Group Selfie, a patent pending replacement for the selfie stick. With Group Selfie, users no longer have to worry about putting distance between themselves and the camera. Instead, Group Selfie uses
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Azmin defends PNB despite low dividend for ASB
KUALA LUMPUR: Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali today defended Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB), which has been criticised after announcing the lowest Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) dividend payout since it was launched in 1990. Azmin said PNB had
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Fang Announces Results of 2019 Annual General Meeting
BEIJING, Dec. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Fang Holdings Limited (NYSE: SFUN) (the “Company,” “Fang,” “we” or “our”), a leading real estate Internet portal in China, today announced that it held its 2019 annual general meeting of shareholders on December 20,
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Couple claims trial to trafficking Indonesian maid
IPOH: A married couple pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today, to trafficking their Indonesian maid for the purpose of exploitation through forced labour for over eight years. The accused J Jayamalar, 36, and her husband, V Chandru,
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200 illegal telco towers identified in Perak
PARIT BUNTAR: The Perak government has established the existence of 200 illegal telecommunications towers throughout the state. State Communications, Multimedia, NGOs and Information Committee chairman Hasnul Zulkarnain Abd Munaim said the state government will not hesitate take action against owners
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