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PAS wants UMNO, Bersatu to join forces in GE15
KUALA LUMPUR: PAS wants UMNO, which leads the Muafakat Nasional, and Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu), which leads the Perikatan Nasional, to join forces in facing the 15th General Election (GE15), said its president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang. Abdul
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Myanmar agrees to start taking back Rohingya this year
DHAKA: Myanmar agreed to calls by Bangladesh at a tripartite meeting facilitated by China to start the much-awaited repatriation of Rohingya in the second quarter of this year, Anadolu Agency reported officials as saying Tuesday. Bangladesh pushed hard to begin
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Italy’s PM Conte survives confidence vote with weak majority
ROME: Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte survived a key vote of confidence in the Senate Tuesday with a thin majority, a further blow to his weakened leadership that leaves his government hanging in the balance, Anadolu Agency reported. After addressing
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Trump orders US cloud services to require identification of foreign users
WASHINGTON: US cloud services will soon be required to verify the identity of any foreign users due to national security concerns, reported Sputnik news agency, quoting President Donald Trump in an executive order. “Within 180 days of the date of
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Nigeria expects to receive 100,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines soon
ABUJA, Jan. 20 — Nigeria is to receive 100,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine by early February to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, reported Xinhua news agency, quoting an official on Tuesday. The authorities will ensure that the vaccines get to rural areas
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Family Mask’s #PPEforALL and UpLink: Accelerating Grassroots Innovation to Reset, Recover and Rebuild in the Post-Pandemic World
HONG KONG, Jan. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 has delivered the greatest shock to the global economy since World War II. Entire societies have been locked down, and people everywhere have had to adjust to new
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KPDNHEP to implement 29 initiatives to assist business community
KUALA LUMPUR: The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) will be implementing 29 targeted initiatives to assist the business community through the COVID-19 Pandemic Caring Programme. Its Minister, Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi in a statement today said the initiatives cover two
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COVID-19: Sarawak allocates RM81 mln for Jan – Jun 2021
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) has received an allocation of RM81 million from the state government to manage the COVID-19 pandemic situation for the period of January to June this year, said its chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah
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Foreign Minister to participate in virtual AMM Retreat tomorrow – Wisma Putra
KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein is participating at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat) via video conference tomorrow (Jan 21). Wisma Putra, in a statement today, said among issues that will be discussed by the foreign ministers
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Kuching division starts Sarawak’s journey of progress
KUCHING: Kuching division, with a land mass of 4,560 sq km, which is bigger than the states of Perlis, Melaka and Penang combined, provides a tremendous challenge, as well as opportunities for development initiatives in a big way. Yet, since Sarawak
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