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Kamarudin, Tony Fernandes to relinquish executive posts amid Airbus bribery probe
KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia Group Bhd (AAGB) executive chairman Datuk Kamarudin Meranun and CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes will relinquish their executive positions within the group, effective immediately, following an Airbus bribery probe. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the airline
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Coronavirus: China virus death toll passes 400 mark
BEIJING: China said it would welcome assistance from the US to fight a coronavirus outbreak, a day after it accused Washington of scaremongering, and as the death toll rose today by a new daily record to more than 420. The
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Health screenings at Langkawi International Airport to continue
KUALA LUMPUR: Health screenings will continue at Langkawi International Airport (LIA) although all direct flights between China and Langkawi Island have been temporarily suspended, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said. He said passengers and airline crew would continue to
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Coronavirus: Returning Thais to be quarantined at Chon Buri
BANGKOK: All Thais evacuated from Wuhan, the epicentre of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in China, tomorrow will be examined and quarantined for 14 days at naval base Chon Buri. In a statement today, Royal Thai Navy spokesperson Prachachart Sirisawat said five buildings
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In death, Iran’s Soleimani bequeaths perilous dilemma for Iraq
BAGHDAD: A month after a US missile killed him, Qassem Soleimani looms as large over Iraq’s fractured democracy as he ever did alive. The death of the Iranian general removed a shrewd guiding hand on the pro-Tehran Shiite militias who
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Malaysians from Wuhan arrive at KLIA
SEPANG: The special flight carrying Malaysian nationals from Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), arrived safely at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) early today. The AirAsia flight chartered specifically for the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR)
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Two dead, one wounded in shooting at Texas university campus
Two women were killed and a toddler was wounded yesterday in a shooting at a residence hall on the Texas A&M University campus in Commerce, authorities said. The wounded toddler, a boy about 2 years old, was in stable condition
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Two die after their motorcycle crashes
NIBONG TEBAL: Two men were killed after their motorcycle hit a car before crashing into an oncoming lorry in Jalan Datuk Keramat here today. In the incident at about 4.50 pm, A. Durairash, 20, was riding a Honda Ex-5 motorcycle while his colleague Ellarasan, 22, was the pillion rider. Both
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Coronavirus: China accuses US of whipping up panic
BEIJING/SHANGHAI: China has agreed to allow US health experts into the country as part of a World Health Organization (WHO) effort to help fight the fast-spreading coronavirus, as the number of cases and deaths continued to mount. In central China’s
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Democrats criticise Trump at trial as threat to American democracy
Even with acquittal seemingly assured, the Democrats prosecuting President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial made a forceful appeal for conviction yesterday, calling him a man with no moral compass who must be removed to protect American democracy. Congressman Adam
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