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Bolt becomes father for first time

JAMAICA: Athletics great and eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt and his long-time girlfriend Kasi Bennett welcomed their first child on Sunday, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness confirmed in a congratulatory tweet on Monday. Jamaica’s Bolt, who holds world records in

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June 19 hearing of Ahmad Maslan’s application

KUALA LUMPUR: Pontian Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan’s application to strike out the charges on  money laundering and giving false statement to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will be heard before the Sessions Court here on June 19. Deputy

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U.S. envoy to press Taliban, Afghan officials on peace talks

WASHINGTON: A senior U.S. envoy left for Doha and Kabul on Sunday to press Taliban and Afghan government officials to open peace talks that the United States hopes will allow it to withdraw from Afghanistan, the U.S. State Department said.

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Pakistan police arrest three over ‘honour killing’ of teenage sisters

KARACHI: The father and brother of two teenage sisters shot dead in Pakistan after mobile phone video of them with a man surfaced online have been arrested, police said on Monday, drawing praise from women’s rights activists. The man who

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Businessman duped into filling fake MyBNM application

KUANTAN: A businessman has lodged a police report claiming to have lost RM33,000 in savings after providing his banking information through the purportedly Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) mobile application. Pahang Commercial Criminal Investigation Department head Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said

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Samsung Biologics Expands Business Continuity Excellence with Additional ISO 22301 Certification

SONGDO, South Korea, May 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Samsung Biologics (207940.KS) announced it has attained ISO22301 certification for additional business operations, demonstrating its unsurpassed commitment to ensuring client satisfaction and operational excellence through its world-class business continuity management system (BCMS).

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Chinese embassy says Australia claim of WHA vindication ‘a joke’

SYDNEY: The Chinese Embassy in Australia said it was “nothing but a joke” for Australia to claim that a World Health Assembly (WHA) resolution that calls for an inquiry into the coronavirus was a vindication of Canberra’s push for a

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India’s Swiggy to lay off 1,100 employees as COVID-19 hits online food orders

BENGALURU: Indian food delivery startup Swiggy said on Monday it would lay off 1,100 employees, or nearly 14% of its workforce, to cut costs, as a weeks-long nationwide lockdown to curb the coronavirus outbreak hits demand for online food ordering.

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Coronavirus deadliest in New York City’s black and Latino neighborhoods, data shows

NEW YORK: Some New York City neighborhoods have seen death rates from the novel coronavirus nearly 15 times higher than others, according to data released by New York City’s health department on Monday, showing the disproportionate toll taken on poor

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Coronavirus: Trump taking unproven drug hydroxychloroquine

NEW YORK: The phased reopening of U.S. business and social life gained traction on Monday with more Americans emerging from coronavirus lockdowns and financial markets boosted by promising early results from the first U.S. vaccine trial in humans. News of

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