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Hong Kong leader increases relief funds to tackle coronavirus
HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam today increased a relief fund to tackle the impact of the coronavirus outbreak as she urged residents to accept the government’s quarantine plans for returning passengers from a cruise ship stranded in Japan.
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India refuses entry to British lawmaker critical of Kashmir policy
LONDON: A British lawmaker, who chairs an all-party group on Kashmir, has been denied entry to India after she criticised the government’s decision to strip the disputed Himalayan region of its constitutional autonomy. Debbie Abrahams, a MP for the opposition
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Aviation student feared drowned while doing survey
PUCHONG: A man is feared drowned after he was swept away by strong current during his survey works at Sungai Puchong near Taman Angkasa, here today. During the incident, the boat ferrying Ahmad Firdaus Muhammad, 24, from Jeli, Kelantan and
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Sanders, Bloomberg cross swords as Democratic White House race heats up
RICHMOND: Democratic White House contenders Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg stepped up their attacks on each other yesterday, with Sanders accusing the media mogul of trying to buy the election and Bloomberg saying the senator and his fervent supporters were
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Japan to start trials using HIV treatment for coronavirus
TOKYO: Japan is aiming to start trials soon using an HIV treatment for the coronavirus, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said today. “We’re currently preparing to start clinical trials using HIV medication on the novel coronavirus,” Suga, the government’s top
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Syrian forces consolidate control of Aleppo, air strikes under way
BEIRUT/AMMAN: The Syrian army said yesterday that it had taken full control of dozens of towns in Aleppo’s northwestern countryside and it would press on with its campaign to wipe out militant groups “wherever they are found”. The advances were
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Baby girl dies after being left inside car
KUANTAN: A nine-month old girl died after being left inside a car by her father, who allegedly forgot about her, when he parked the car and went to work at the Tun Abdul Razak Complex here yesterday. Kuantan district police chief ACP
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Peter Anthony to sue portal for defamation
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Infrastructure Development Minister Datuk Peter Anthony will take legal action against a local portal over allegations on the award of contracts by the Sabah Public Works Department (JKR). He said his ministry had lodged a police report and is calling
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Two hectares of forest, fruit orchard razed in Perlis
PADANG BESAR: Over two hectares of forest and fruit orchard, located between Bukit Tunjong and Bukit Temiang, here were destroyed in a fire last night. Kangar Fire and Rescue Station operations commander Mohd Faizal Abu Shahid said the fire started
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China legal activist who called on Xi to ‘give way’ arrested
BEIJING: Chinese authorities have arrested a prominent rights activist and legal scholar who had called on President Xi Jinping to step down over his handling of crises, including the coronavirus outbreak, two fellow activists said yesterday. Xu Zhiyong had been
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