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PAS: Only a Malay-Muslim should helm the Education portfolio
KUALA LUMPUR: Only a Malay-Muslim should be appointed as the Education Minister, said a PAS MP. In a statement, Kuala Terengganu MP Ahmad Amzad Hashim also alleged that Maszlee Malik may have been forced out from the Education Ministry in
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Iran’s Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s Abu Mahdi killed in US airstrike
General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds force, has been reported killed alongside six others following a US airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport. Iraqi officials and the state television reported that aside from Soleimani, Iraqi militia commander Abu
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Vietnam’s First P2P Lending platform – Vaymuon.vn declares its profitable business and celebrates strategic partnership with Vietnam Payment Gateway – Nganluong.vn
HANOI, Vietnam, Jan. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Vaymuon.vn (known as Lendmo.asia in English) – the First and Largest P2P Lending Platform in Vietnam has disclosed that it becomes profitable after 2 years of official operation, successfully connected more than 2 million borrowers to
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Najib: Was Maszlee’s exit triggered by his feud with YTL Communications?
PUCHONG: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak alluded that Education Minister Maszlee Malik could have been forced to quit due to his decision on the YTL-Bestarinet issue. In a Facebook post yesterday, Najib said that one should decipher
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Australian PM jeered by angry bushfire victims
MELBOURNE: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison faced enraged hecklers and an angry firefighter in a town ravaged by bushfires, piling pressure on the leader amid an unprecedented crisis that has killed at least 18 people. A firefighter refused to shake
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Australians flee massive bushfires as new fire threat looms
The Australian navy today began the evacuations of some of the thousands of people stranded on the east coast of the fire-ravaged country as a searing weather front was set to whip up more blazes across the states of Victoria
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Rockets hit Baghdad airport, killing five Iraqi paramilitary, two ‘guests’
BAGHDAD: Three rockets hit Baghdad International Airport, killing five members of Iraqi paramilitary groups and two “guests”, Iraqi paramilitary groups said today. The Katyusha rockets landed near the air cargo terminal, burning two vehicles, killing and injuring several people. Iraqi
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Margaret Ma Connolly appointed President – Asia, Informa Markets
HONG KONG, Jan. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Informa Markets has today announced the appointment of Margaret Ma Connolly as President – Asia, Informa Markets, effective 1 January 2020. The Informa Markets business in Asia delivers over 300 exhibitions across Mainland China, India,
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Australian bushfires: Wisma Putra issues travel advisory
PUCHONG: Wisma Putra today issued travel advisory to Malaysians travelling to Australia as fires ravage parts of the nation Down Under. In a statement, the government advised Malaysians to postpone their travels to areas affected by the raging fires until
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Damaged roads leave Gua Musang Orang Asli stranded
GUA MUSANG: Over 5,000 Orang Asli people in this district will be cut off each time the access roads from their settlements to the town are damaged and muddy during the monsoon season. As a result, settlers of the affected
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