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Mainland China reports 22 new coronavirus cases including 17 in Xinjiang
BEIJING: China reported 22 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for July 19, up from 16 cases from a day earlier, the health commission said on Monday. Of the new infections, 17 were in the far western region of Xinjiang,
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Floods in India, Nepal displace nearly four million people, at least 189 dead
Nearly four million people in India’s northeastern state of Assam and neighbouring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189, government officials said on Sunday. The overflowing Brahmaputra
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Florida coronavirus cases surge for fifth day as Trump pledges outbreak will be under control
Florida reported over 12,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, the fifth day in a row the state has announced over 10,000 new infections, even as President Donald Trump pledged that “it’s going to be under control.” The virus has
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Up to Adib’s family to file civil suit against police: KPKT
IPOH: The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) is leaving it to the family of the late Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim (pix) to take civil action against the police over their alleged negligence to prevent incidents that led to the
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KKMM checking whether Al Jazeera documentary received go ahead from FINAS
KUANTAN: The Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (KKMM) is checking if the controversial documentary “Locked Up In Malaysia’s Lockdown” produced by international media Al-Jazeera was licensed by the National Film Development Corporation (FINAS) before it began production, said its minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah. He said
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EU leaders’ negotiation over recovery plan enters 3rd day with no major breakthrough
BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) special summit which aims to decide on the next seven-year budget and a massive recovery fund has dragged on for the third day with no major breakthrough seen until late on Sunday, reported Xinhua news
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Newborn baby girl found in mineral water carton
KUALA LUMPUR: A newborn baby girl was found with her umbilical cord still intact at the Jalan Kabus-Jalan Bintang intersection in Ampang near here, today. Ampang Jaya District Police Chief ACP Noor Azmi Yusoff said the department received a call regarding
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Police detain local man, seize drugs worth RM100,000
KUALA LUMPUR: Police arrested a local man and seized various types of drugs estimated to be worth more than RM100,000, here, last Thursday. Members of the Kuala Lumpur Police Contingent Headquarters’ Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department arrested the 37-year-old man at Jalan
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Sarawakian graves hit by tomb raiders
MIRI: At least five graves at the Roman Catholic cemetery in Riam here were desecrated by tomb raiders in search of valuables buried with the deceased recently. Parish council member Stephen Ong told The Borneo Post that he rushed to the
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Finance Ministry to study rakyat’s proposal for Budget 2021
KOTA KINABALU: The Finance Ministry will study each proposal submitted by the people and stakeholders in drafting the 2021 Budget which is scheduled to be tabled in Parliament in November, and subsequently the tabling of the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) next
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