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Greenback’s appeal drawing investors away from the ringgit
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened lower versus the US dollar today as the greenback continued to strengthen its appeal as a safe-haven currency amidst the risk-off sentiment in the market, analysts said. At 9am, the local currency slipped to 4.4580/4.4610
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Xinhua Silk Road: E. China’s Wuxi city steps up biomedical industry development
BEIJING, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The 2022 Taihu Bay Future Healthcare Conference held Thursday in Wuxi City in east China’s Jiangsu Province witnessed the launch of Wuxi Intellectual Property Protection Center with 52 biomedical projects contracted, involving a total of
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Former Sarawak Border Scout Nyayang an unsung hero
KANOWIT: It happened nearly five decades ago but the chilling memories of an incident that took place in the Lubok Garan area on March 30, 1973, remain firmly etched in Nyayang Angie’s mind. He and three other members of the
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Israel and Palestine declare Gaza truce
GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group declared a truce late on Sunday, raising hopes of an end to the most serious flare-up on the Gaza frontier in more than a year. Israeli forces pounded Palestinian targets through the
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Ukraine power plant shelled again, Zelenskiy rails at Russian ‘nuclear terror’
Ukraine said on Sunday that renewed Russian shelling had damaged three radiation sensors and hurt a worker at the Zaporizhzhia power plant, in the second hit in consecutive days on Europe’s largest nuclear facility. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called Saturday
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Baidu Granted China’s First-Ever Permits for Commercial Fully Driverless Ride-Hailing Services
– Baidu has become the first and only company to offer fully driverless robotaxi services to the public in China, without human drivers in the car. – The new permits will also allow Baidu to put fully driverless robotaxis on
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Police deny viral post triggered racial tension
SUNGAI PETANI: The police have denied allegations that there was an incident of a racial quarrel here, as viraled on Facebook recently. Kuala Muda District police chief ACP Zaidy Che Hassan said the news spread by irresponsible parties had stoked
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Job seekers fail to take advantage of career carnivals
TAWAU: Jobseekers in the state have not taken the opportunity to fill job vacancies offered at the four career carnival series held in the state since last January, said Sabah Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Yakub Khan. He said
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LoanQ a Finalist in the Australian Mortgage Awards
Transformational broker solution shortlisted as excellence awardee SYDNEY, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Innovative Australian fintech loan origination and lead generation solution for mortgage brokers, LoanQ, has been announced as an excellence awardee finalist in this year’s Australian Mortgage Awards.
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Qmed Asia launches Qmed GO “Mini Clinics” to Solve Rising Employee Healthcare Costs
Disrupting the medical landscape through an innovative internet-enabled clinical kiosk. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Qmed Asia launched the Qmed GO at the recent Malaysia International Retail and Franchise (MIRF) Exhibition 2022 held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention
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