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50 flights delayed, 9 diverted at Changi control tower
SINGAPORE: Flight operations at Singapore’s Changi Airport were disrupted at 12.10 am today due to evacuation at the Changi Control Tower. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), the Tower had to be evacuated as the fire suppression
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16 people monitored for contact with US coronavirus victim
At least 16 people had close contact with a Washington state man diagnosed as the first US case of the coronavirus and are being monitored for the illness that has killed 17 people in China and sickened hundreds more, local
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World Court to rule on emergency measures in Rohingya genocide case
THE HAGUE: The International Court of Justice today will rule on a request for emergency measures by Gambia, which has filed a case against Myanmar accusing it of genocide against the Muslim minority Rohingya population. The small West African country
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199 express bus drivers undergo urine test for CNY
MELAKA: A total of 199 drivers of express buses operating at the Melaka Sentral bus terminal underwent urine tests for drug in an operation conducted since four days ago in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration. State Health and
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Democrats to Republicans: The world is watching us!
WASHINGTON: Democrats accused President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial yesterday of a corrupt scheme to pressure Ukraine to help him get re-elected and warned that America’s global prestige would suffer if the US Senate acquits him. The Republican Trump
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Xinhua Silk Road: “Ecosphere Economy” to inject new impetus into globalization, Yili chairman
BEIJING, Jan. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — “Ecosphere Economy” featuring openness, inclusiveness, innovation and win-win cooperation will inject new impetus into economic globalization, stated Pan Gang, chairman of China’s dairy giant Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co.Ltd. Tuesday. Pan Gang, chairman
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FICO Survey: Real-time Payments Platforms Have Increased Fraud Losses for 4 out of 5 APAC Banks
SINGAPORE, Jan. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — 4 in 5 Asia-Pacific banks have seen fraud losses increase due to real-time payment platforms. Highlights: 4 out of 5 Asia Pacific banks (78%) say the introduction of real-time payments platforms in their country has
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Coronavirus outbreak: Wuhan under quarantine – Health Ministry
KUALA LUMPUR: China has imposed a quarantine on Wuhan in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak there, the Health Ministry shared on its official Twitter site today. Its Twitter feed said the 11 million people living there are barred from
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11 Kelantan Exco, 3 ex-officio members get RM50,000 payout each
KOTA BHARU: Eleven members of the Kelantan state executive council and its three ex-officio members have received a special payout of RM50,000 each. Kelantan deputy menteri besar Datuk Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah said the special payout was given to members
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Dr M receives courtesy call from Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad received a courtesy call from Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his delegation at his office in Perdana Putra yesterday. In several tweets with attached pictures on his Twitter handle @chedetoffical, Mahathir said during
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