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Nyonya popo: Differing religions not an obstacle to social harmony
MALACCA: “Differing religions should not be an obstacle for people to live together in harmony and acceptance,” said a Buddhist grandmother who brought up her Muslim granddaughter for 23 years. Tan Guan Neo, 75, who is more popularly known as
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Missing boy for more than two years found in the closet of a child pornography suspect
PUCHONG: In a news report by CNN yesterday, a teenager who has been missing for two and half years has been found alive in a closet of a child pornography suspect in west Germany. According to the police, the 15-year old boy
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Australia burns as government resists calls for climate action
Australia’s government is resisting growing calls for a more ambitious response to climate change, even as the country battles devastating bushfires triggered by record temperatures that have sent air pollution to critical levels. Hundreds of homes were confirmed lost last week as enormous
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No water supply until odour pollution reading reaches 0 level – Air Selangor
KUALA LUMPUR: Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor) is unable to resume operations of the water treatment plants at Sungai Semenyih and Bukit Tampoi until the odour pollution reading in Sungai Semenyih reaches 0 tonne level. Air Selangor said
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Dengue cases in Negeri Sembilan on the rise, 10 deaths recorded so far
SEREMBAN: The rise in the number of dengue fever cases in Negeri Sembilan continued to persist as a total of 2,205 cases with 10 deaths have been recorded from Jan 1 to Dec 14 this year. State Health, Environment, Cooperatives
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Tens of thousands flee as Syrian forces continue Idlib advance
Tens of thousands of civilians have fled parts of Syria’s northern Idlib province towards the border with Turkey as Russian-backed Syrian forces gain ground following days of renewed attacks against the last rebel-held enclave. Civilians have been fleeing bombardment en masse
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Microsoft and KKBOX Group launch global strategic partnership
TAIPEI, Dec. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Microsoft Taiwan and Asia’s leading media technology company, KKBOX Group, jointly announced today the launch of a global strategic partnership that will migrate the group’s subsidiary KKBOX’s music streaming services to the Microsoft Azure
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IGP: Finding Jho Low is tough, foreign nations not helping us much
KUALA LUMPUR: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador said the police are frustrated in the efforts to bring back fugitive businessman Jho Low, or Low Taek Jho, after failing to get cooperation from foreign authorities. Hamid
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IGP: Yusoff’s polygraph test is inadmissible as evidence
KUALA LUMPUR: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador said former PKR research officer Muhammad Yusoff Rawther’s polygraph test was only meant to facilitate investigation. Hamid also stressed that the test cannot be accepted as evidence in
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Tesco suspends Chinese supplier after suspected prisoner message
British supermarket giant Tesco suspended a Chinese supplier of Christmas cards yesterday after a press report said a customer found a message written inside a card saying it had been packed by foreign prisoners who were victims of forced labor.
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