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Yap soars her way to high jump gold
NEW CLARK CITY: National high jumper, Yap Sean Yee soared her way to the gold medal on the fourth day of the 30th SEA Games athletics competition here today. The 24-year-old who had to settle for the silver at the
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Immigration Department busted ‘flying passport’ syndicate
JOHOR BAHRU: The Johor Immigration Department has smashed a “flying passport” syndicate following the arrest of a man at a hotel. Johor Immigration director Baharuddin Tahir said the 41-year-old suspect was arrested at 11pm during the “Ops Serkap” after two weeks of intelligence
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Protests erupt as India pushes for religion-based citizenship bill
GUWAHATI/MUMBAI: Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in India yesterday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government tabled a controversial bill in Parliament that would give citizenship to non-Muslim minorities from three neighbouring countries. Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the
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As Democrats close in on impeachment charges, Republicans cry foul
Democrats sought yesterday to bolster the case for impeaching President Donald Trump, describing his pressure on Ukraine to investigate a political rival as a “clear and present danger” to national security and the upcoming US election. Democrats planned to make
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WHO,Unicef: Sabah polio outbreak originated from the Philippines
KUALA LUMPUR: World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) confirmed that the polio disease detected in Tuaran, Sabah is the same virus that broke out and is spreading in the southern Philippines. In a joint statement,
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Albania boycotts Nobel prize awards ceremony as ‘genocide denier’ conferred
TIRANA: Albania will boycott this year’s Nobel prize award ceremony in protest against the literature award being given to author Peter Handke. Handke is a controversial figure as he had dismissed the 1992-1995 Bosnian genocide as ‘fake’ in the past.
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Hotelbeds drives non-domestic, long-stay guests to its hotel partners
Over 50% of bookings that Hotelbeds provides its hotel partners are for at least four nights – with 24% staying seven nights or more.[1] Long-stay guest profile driven by high proportion of non-domestic guests derived from Hotelbeds’ network of 60,000+
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NZ car crash: Bodies of four Malaysian family members to be buried today
KOTA KINABALU: The bodies of the four members of a Malaysian family who were killed in a road crash in New Zealand will be buried in Christchurch at 6.30 am (Malaysian time). This was confirmed by Dr Rumihati Abd Hamid’s
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Another elephant found dead in Sabah
LAHAD DATU: Another elephant was found dead in Sabah yesterday. Lahad Datu Wildlife Department officer Sylvester Saimin said the carcass was found in Bakapit at 6.30 am by a plantation worker. “We have gone to the scene and investigations are
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Pangkor Island ready to embrace duty free status
LUMUT: With less than a month to go before the Pangkor Island to be proclaimed a duty-free island on Jan 1, new attractions and improvements are underway on the island so that when the day arrives, all facilities will be
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