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Zamst announces sponsorship with Yuji Nishida, Professional Volleyball Player
TOKYO, Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Nippon Sigmax Co., Ltd., owner of Zamst, a brand of athletic braces and care products headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, has entered a sports sponsorship agreement with Yuji Nishida, Japanese men’s professional volleyball player for
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125 missing after glacier burst in Indian Himalayas, many believed trapped in tunnel
LUCKNOW, India: Hundreds of military personnel were deployed in the Indian Himalayas on Monday to help find at least 125 people unaccounted for after a part of a glacier broke away, setting off a torrent of water, rock and dust
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Six Chinese nationals involved in online gambling nabbed
KUALA LUMPUR: Police arrested six Chinese nationals suspected of being involved in an online gambling syndicate in Mont Kiara, yesterday. Brickfields district police chief ACP Anuar Omar said at 7 pm they raided a gambling house located in the area
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HRDF: e-LATiH to provide unlimited free training courses for Malaysians
PUTRAJAYA: A new e-learning hub, e-LATiH, was launched by the Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) as part of its effort to assist Malaysians during this difficult period of combating COVID-19 to enable the people prepare for the future by accessing hundreds
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South Africa putting vaccination with Astrazeneca on hold as study reveals low efficacy
MOSCOW: South Africa is halting its vaccination plans involving the AstraZeneca vaccine, because it appears to be highly ineffective against the South African coronavirus strain, reported Sputnik news agency. “From next week for the next four weeks we expect that
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Israel approves huge deal to buy US military equipment
JERUSALEM: Israel approved a plan late Sunday to strengthen its air forces with billions of dollars in US warplanes and advanced military equipment, Anadolu Agency reported. State-owned KAN TV reported the decision was made with three years of delay following a seven-hour-long
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17 compounded for violating MCO
LANGKAWI: Police issued compounds of RM1,000 each to 17 individuals for violating the standard operating procedures (SOP) during the Movement Control Order (MCO) by holding a birthday celebration at a villa, in Ulu Melaka, here, early today. Langkawi district police chief, ACP Shariman Ashari said
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Ismail Sabri: EMCO at Bentong and Taiping prisons extended until Feb 22
KUALA LUMPUR: The Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) at the Bentong Prison in Pahang and the Taiping Prison in Perak and their staff quarters has been extended another 14 days until Feb 22, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail
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J&T Express apologises over violent handling of customers’ parcels
IPOH: Courier company J&T Express has apologised for the violent handling of its customers’ parcels as depicted in a video that has gone viral on social media recently. The management of Perak J&T Express in a statement uploaded on J&T
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Covid-19: Melaka records highest infectivity rate – Health DG
KUALA LUMPUR: Melaka has recorded the highest Covid-19 daily infectivity rate (Rt), at 1.17, in the country as of yesterday. Based on infographics shared on his Twitter account, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pix) said Selangor had
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