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Fire in Kg Sembulan Baru leaves 93 homeless
KOTA KINABALU: A total of 93 victims have been temporarily housed at the Sembulan hall after their rented units in Kampung Sembulan Baru were destroyed in a fire at 11.32 pm last night. According to a statement issued by the
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The year of living dangerously
2019 was a tricky year for Pakatan Harapan. After winning the election the previous year, the pressure was on full steam for the new government to meet the high expectations of the electorate. Perhaps a resounding success was never realistic,
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Plane crashes in Kazakhstan shortly after takeoff, at least 15 dead
A Bek Air plane with 93 passengers and five crew members on board crashed near the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan today shortly after taking off, killing at least 15 people, authorities in the Central Asian country said. The Fokker
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India tightens security for protests after Friday prayers
Indian authorities stepped up security in major cities today and mobile data services were suspended in some places ahead of protests against a new citizenship law. At least 25 people have been killed in protests across the country since the
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Fury grows after protest deaths in Indian Muslim neighbourhood
Zaheer Ahmed had just returned home from work in northern India last Friday afternoon and stepped out for a smoke before lunch. Minutes later, he was dead, shot in the head. His death, and the killing by gunfire of four
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Thailand: various drugs worth RM127.72 million seized by NSB
BANGKOK: Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) seized various drugs including ‘ice’, ganja and Yaba pills worth approximately 932 million baht (RM127.72 million) and arrested 14 suspects including two women in four separate operations. Chief of NSB Chinnapat Sarasin said a total
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CIAYO Comics Introduces CIAYOscope with Latest Line-Up of the Best Comics and Kaleidoscope of 2019
JAKARTA, Dec. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Closing out 2019, CIAYO Comics, the first comic platform developed by Indonesians, introduces a new feature, CIAYOscope, providing a comic kaleidoscope of year-round readers’ personalized experience. Widely accessible from December 21, 2019, CIAYOscope summarizes the
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Official Launch of Sino-Singapore Biotech Hub in Lushunkou, Dalian
SINGAPORE, Dec. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — On the morning of December 22, the official launch ceremony of Sino-Singapore Biotech Hub was held at Grand Hyatt Hotel, Dalian. The project construction is scheduled to start in March 2020 and targeted to
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Traffic cops dress up as Santa Claus, give chocolates instead of summons to violators
In a unique initiative, traffic violators in Panaji were offered chocolates and not challan (fine) on Tuesday by the traffic policemen dressed up as Santa Claus. This was a part of a safety drive by the Goa Police to create
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Mother, eight month old baby killed in accident on NSE
NIBONG TEBAL: A woman and her eight-month-old baby were killed in an accident involving two trailers and four other vehicles at Kilometer (KM) 160.9 North-South Expressway south near Bandar Cassia, here last night. The victims, Siti Khadijah Haron, 33, and
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