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World Leaders Brave Coronavirus for Peace Talks in Asia
SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Despite the global panic around the coronavirus outbreak, 7,000 heads of state, entrepreneurs, academics, media and religious leaders journeyed to the KINTEX Exhibition Center in Korea from February 3-5 for peace talks
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Dr M: Learning Science in English helps us keep up with rapid progress
PUCHONG: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said people will better understand Science better if the subject was taught in English. The acting education minister said this was because the English language is commonly used in the working world. “English
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AirAsia X forms committee to review Airbus bribery allegations
Malaysian long-haul budget airline AirAsia X has formed a board committee to review corruption allegations by Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO), a stock exchange filing showed yesterday. The AirAsia X committee will comprise non-executive members of the board excluding Kamarudin
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Saifuddin: Government agrees to bring back selected civil servants from China
BENTONG: The government has agreed to bring back certain home-based staff of Wisma Putra and other government agencies located in China with their wives and dependents following the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) case in that country. Foreign Minister
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Israeli troops kill Palestinian in West Bank protest: medics
HEBRON: Israeli troops shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian who was taking part in a violent protest yesterday against US President Donald Trump’s peace plan, witnesses and medical officials said. Mohammed al-Hadad was the first Palestinian killed in unrest since Trump
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US Speaker Pelosi ripped up Trump’s speech because it ‘shredded the truth’
WASHINGTON: US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi had not planned to tear up President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech but decided to do so after she could not find a page “that didn’t have a lie on
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MACC audio recordings: Process to summon Najib, Rosmah still underway
MELAKA: Police are still in the process of summoning former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) ex-chief commissioner Tan Sri Dzulkifli Ahmad to give their statements on the audio
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Police seize 1.8 tonnes of ketum leaves hidden in cowshed
PADANG BESAR: General Operations Force (PGA) has seized 1.8 tonnes of ketum leaves in 76 sacks which were hidden in a cowshed in Kampung Sena, near here. PGA central brigade commander SAC Abdul Ghani Mohamad Ji said two local men, aged 23 and 37,
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PMO: Attack on Syed Saddiq rude and unlawful
KUALA LUMPUR: The recent incident of attack on the Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman at an event in Ulu Tiram, Johor was uncouth and did not reflect good morals. The Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement that
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Pakistani Citizen Jointly Wins Innovative Individual Award – Youth at the 2nd Cycle of the Mohammed bin Rashid Global Water Award
DUBAI, UAE, Feb. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Dr Muhammad Wakil Shahzad from Pakistan won jointly the Innovative Individual Award –Youth Award category at the 2nd cycle of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award. HH Sheikh Ahmed bin
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