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Richard vies for more success in 2020 LTdL after curtain-raiser win
KOTA KINABALU: Winning the 2020 Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) curtain-raiser, Kota Kinabalu Criterium Race yesterday, has lifted the spirits for German rider, Maximilian Richard Walscheid to chase for more glory at the Asian premier cycling race. The 26-year-old who
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Coronavirus: 1,800 workers, volunteers on standby for Thaipusam at Batu Caves
KUALA LUMPUR: More than 1,800 workers and volunteers including 300 Health Ministry staff are on standby to ensure that the Thaipusam celebration goes smoothly, especially in monitoring the 2019 novel coronavirus infection. Sri Maha Mariamman Temple Devasthanam Batu Caves temple trustee Datuk Dr
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Ayob Khan appointed Johor police chief
KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter-Terrorism (E8) principal assistant director Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay has been appointed as the new Johor police chief effective March 6. Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) Corporate Communications Head Datuk Asmawati Ahmad, in a statement said Ayob
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Safura won gold for her Nasi Lemak Bunga Telang in 2020 Chef Ireland Culinary Comp.
KUALA LUMPUR: Local chef Siti Safura Mohd Tawil won a gold medal for her Nasi Lemak Bunga Telang in the Asia-India category of the 2020 Chef Ireland Culinary Competition yesterday. In the competition held in Dublin, Ireland, organised by a
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Yazidi girls sold as sex slaves create choir to find healing
LONDON: When Rainas Elias was 14, Islamic State militants overran her Yazidi homeland in northern Iraq, kidnapped her and sold her to a fighter who repeatedly raped and tortured her before selling her to an even more brutal monster. Two
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S. Korea: another evacuee confirmed to be infected, total now at 24
SEOUL: South Korea on Friday confirmed another case of novel coronavirus infection, bringing the total here to 24, with the latest case involving a South Korean airlifted from the Chinese city of Wuhan last week, reported Yonhap News Agency. The
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No risk of recession for Malaysia, says Lim
Malaysia is not facing any risk of recession despite the government’s plan to expedite the introduction of the planned economic stimulus package, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng. The package, to be unveiled soon following the outbreak of the 2019
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US kills al-Qaeda leader in Arabian Peninsula hiding in Yemen
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said yesterday that the US had killed Qassim al-Raymi, the leader of Islamist group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), in a counter terrorism operation in Yemen. “Under Rimi, AQAP committed unconscionable violence against
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Zuraida: Decision to take leave to ensure probe outcome is impartial
PUTRAJAYA: PKR vice president Zuraida Kamaruddin said she decided to take leave from all posts in the party to ensure the decision made by the party political bureau on her disciplinary case would be more transparent. This was because she was
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Australia welcomes drought-easing drenching, even as it brings floods
SYDNEY: The east coast of Australia welcomed the heaviest drenching in years today, dousing some of the country’s most damaging and long-running wildfires and easing a drought that has crippled farming across two states. Sydney alone had seen more than
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