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Muhyiddin chairs first Cabinet meeting
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today chaired the new government’s first Cabinet meeting at Perdana Putra here today. The meeting which commenced at 9.25 am was attended by all 31 ministers who were sworn in yesterday. Muhyiddin and
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COVID-19: Farmer destroys nearly US$800k worth of chickens, eggs due to hoax
The coronavirus outbreak has not killed anyone in India so far, but it has been absolutely lethal to the poultry industry, with a false rumour leading one farmer to destroy his entire livelihood. Dr. Suresh Bhatlekar, a poultry farmer from
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COVID-19: Death toll soar in Italy, economy goes south
ROME: Shops and restaurants closed, hundreds of flights were cancelled and streets emptied across Italy yesterday, the first day of an unprecedented, nationwide lockdown imposed to slow Europe’s worst outbreak of coronavirus. Just hours after the dramatic new restrictions came
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COVID-19 : Six new positive cases in S’pore, 93 discharged
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Health Ministry (MOH) yesterday confirmed and verified six more cases of COVID-19 infection in the republic. Three of the cases are linked to the private dinner function at SAFRA Jurong on Feb 15. With the three new cases
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Najib: My Facebook posts ruined Pakatan? I’ll play video games from now on…
PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak poked fun at Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s allegation that the former was responsible for the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan government. In a Facebook post today, Najib said that he
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Dr M says Muhyiddin has won, blames Najib for downfall
PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad appeared to have accepted defeat, saying that Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin may have enough support from MPs to run the country until the next general election. “It can last until
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Jepak Holding case: RM6.5 million was withdrawn from Saidi’s bank account-witness
KUALA LUMPUR: An assistant bank manager told the High Court yesterday that Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd managing director Saidi Abang Samsudin had withdrawn RM6.5 million in cash from his bank account, through two separate transactions made in 2016 and 2017. Low Ai Lin, 52,
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MTUC hopes Saravanan will protect workers rights, unions
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) hopes the appointment of Datuk Seri M Saravanan as Human Resources Minister and Awang Hashim as his deputy will ensure that the rights of workers and unions are protected. MTUC secretary-general J Solomon in
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Air freight rates rapidly increases as people book cargo planes
LOS ANGELES/SHENZHEN: Air freight rates are skyrocketing, after the grounding of many passenger flights in Asia has left shippers scrambling to book limited spots on cargo planes as Chinese industrial production restarts, according to industry insiders. About half of the
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COVID-19: MAF proposes more local meets
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF) is proposing to increase the number of locaI meets as an alternative for national athletes to remain competitive. MAF deputy president, Datuk Mumtaz Jaafar said the move was to ensure the performance of national athletes
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