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Winners of PR Newswire Vietnam National PR & Communications Awards to be Unveiled on July 23
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, July 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — PR Newswire, the leading global provider of news distribution and earned media software and services, will announce the winners of the National PR & Communications Awards in Vietnam in a ceremony and gala dinner
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Blue secures six wins at Bloomberg Businessweek Financial Institution Awards 2020
HONG KONG, July 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Blue, Hong Kong’s first digital life insurer, landed multiple accolades at the prestigious Bloomberg Businessweek Financial Institution Awards 2020. The company took home a total of six awards, making it one of the annual event’s
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Lima ’21 cancelled due to economic factor, COVID-19 pandemic
KUALA LUMPUR: The 2021 Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA ’21), scheduled to be held from March 16-20 next year, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Defence Ministry said. “The Defence Ministry and Transport Ministry, as
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Sultan Selangor consents to increased number of worshippers at daily, Friday congregational prayers
SHAH ALAM: Sultan Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has consented to increasing the number of worshippers performing daily and Friday prayers in mosques and surau in the state in accordance with the capacity of the actual space, effective today. Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS)
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Oil prices steady as clouds gather over fuel demand, looser supply curbs
MELBOURNE: Oil prices were unchanged on Friday, with trading marked by growing uncertainty about global recovery in fuel demand as new COVID-19 cases surge in several countries just as major producers get set to loosen production curbs. U.S. West Texas
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U.S. targets all Chinese Communist Party members for possible travel ban: source
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is considering banning travel to the United States by all members of the Chinese Communist Party and their families, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday, a move that would worsen already tense U.S.-China
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Outrage in India over Dalit farmers’ suicide attempt after police beating
LUCKNOW: A lower-caste Dalit couple in India attempted suicide after police beat them and destroyed their crops, triggering calls on Thursday for an end to brutal evictions of poor minorities. An online video showing half a dozen police officers dragging
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U.S. shatters coronavirus record with over 77,000 cases in a day
The United States shattered its daily record for coronavirus infections on Thursday, reporting more than 77,000 new cases as the number of deaths in a 24-hour period rose by nearly 1,000, according to a Reuters tally. The loss of 969
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96.7% of wage subsidy applications approved by Socso
KUALA LUMPUR: The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has approved 96.7% or 314,844 applications for the Wage Subsidy Programme as of Wednesday, Chief Executive Datuk Seri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed said. He said since the Wage Subsidy Programme was introduced on
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Malaysiakini headline in BM version incorrect, misleading – KPPK
KUALA LUMPUR: The Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry (KPPK) wants news portal Malaysiakini’s Malay language version to correct the headline regarding a statement by its minister, Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali, in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday which it described as
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