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Long-time Trump adviser Stone to be sentenced by judge he antagonised
WASHINGTON: Since his January 2019 arrest, US President Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone has repeatedly tested the patience of the federal judge who presided over his trial. Today, that judge will tell the self-described “dirty trickster” how long he
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JTI: Malaysia is losing billions yearly due to contraband cigarettes
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has been losing RM5 billion in tax revenue annually from the sale of illegal cigarettes, according to Japan Tobacco International Bhd (JTI Malaysia). An Illicit Cigarettes Study (ICS) conducted by research house Nielsen, commissioned by the Confederation
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‘Trump offered pardon to Assange with a condition’
LONDON: US President Donald Trump offered to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he declared that Russia had nothing to do with WikiLeaks’ publication of Democratic Party emails in 2016, a London court heard yesterday. Assange appeared by videolink from
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Guan Eng did not chair meeting on Tabung Haji -Minister’s office
KUALA LUMPUR: The office of the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department denied that Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng had chaired a meeting on Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) as seen in a photo which had gone viral on social media. It explained
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Shooting in German shisha bars leaves at least eight people dead
At least eight people were killed in a shooting incident late yesterday in the German city of Hanau, mass-selling Bild newspaper reported, citing prosecutors. Police in Hanau, east of Frankfurt, could not be reached for comment. The motive for the
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Students join CNN in the fight against modern-day slavery
HONG KONG, Feb. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — This year’s #MyFreedomDay will be held on Wednesday March 11 with schools and communities around the world coming together to raise awareness of human trafficking. Students join CNN in the fight against modern-day
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China: New coronavirus spreads more like flu than Sars
Scientists in China who studied nose and throat swabs from 18 patients infected with the new coronavirus say it behaves much more like influenza than other closely related viruses, suggesting it may spread even more easily than previously believed. In
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Infinitus releases 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility Report promoting a healthy lifestyle
GUANGZHOU, China, Feb.20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The general public has come to see the taking of social responsibility as a basic requirement of all companies. On February 20, Infinitus (China) Company Ltd released its 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility Report on its
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China reports 108 more deaths, global death toll at 2,120
HUBEI: China’s central Hubei province had 349 new confirmed cases of coronavirus yesterday, the province’s health commission said today, down from 1,693 cases a day earlier and the lowest since Jan 25. That brings the total number of confirmed cases
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Two foreign fishermen die, two pass out after sniffing poison gas
SHAH ALAM: Two fishermen died while two others passed out after they were believed to have sniffed poison gas in a fishing trawler at the fisherman’s jetty, Jalan Bagan 4, Sungai Besar near here yesterday. Sabak Bernam district police chief, Supt Agus
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