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Hollywood directors ratify labour pact as writers keep picketing
LOS ANGELES, June 24 ― Film and television directors voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year labour contract with major Hollywood studios on Friday, averting a second work stoppage that would have added to upheaval caused by an ongoing writers’
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Canadian safety regulators open probe into fatal loss of Titan submersible
OTTAWA, June 24 ― Canadian government regulators yesterday opened a safety investigation into the undersea implosion of a tourist submersible that killed all five people aboard during a voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic. A debris field from
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Perak tahfiz student found safe after going missing for four days
IPOH, June 24 — Tahfiz student, Muhammad Naufal Adzimi Mohd Harris, 17, who went missing at a rubber smallholding in Kampung Tanjung Sejarah, Kampung Tawai here four days ago, was found safe this morning. Perak Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM)
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11 injured in HK in Cathay Pacific flight incident
HONG KONG,June 24- Eleven people were injured on Cathay Pacific’s flight CX880 at Hong Kong’s international airport early on Saturday after the carrier aborted its take off due to a technical issue, Cathay said in a statement. The flight, from
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Taiwan says Chinese air force approached close to island’s coast
TAIPEI,June 24- Eight Chinese war planes crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line and approached close to the island’s contiguous zone that is 44km off its coast on Saturday, the Taiwanese defence ministry said, in a further rise in tensions. China’s
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Australia sanctions 3 involved in downing of MH17
SYDNEY,June 24- Australia on Saturday announced financial sanctions and travel bans on two Russians and a Ukrainian involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in 2014. Canberra officials said the sanctions target Russian national Sergey Dubinsky and Ukrainian
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Tony Pua’s remarks on Umno uncalled for, says DAP secretary-general
PETALING JAYA ,June 24- DAP secretary-general Loke Siew Fook says former Damansara MP Tony Pua’s remarks on Umno last night were uncalled for. At a DAP fundraising dinner here last night, Pua said Pakatan Harapan (PH) supporters must prove that
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Cops take down 77 over forex investment scam
PETALING JAYA ,June 24- Police have rounded up 77 individuals suspected of being involved in an online foreign exchange (forex) scam syndicate. They were operating from a shoplot in the Klang Valley and were targeting both local and foreign investors,
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‘Ah Long’ nabbed inside aircraft
JOHOR BARU, June 24 — A man alleged to have been involved in “Ah Long” (loan shark) activities was arrested on board an aircraft at the Senai International Airport here two days ago. Johor Baru Selatan district police chief ACP
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Sarawak will not raise electricity tariff
KUCHING, June 24 — The state government will not raise the electricity tariffs, despite being the lowest in Malaysia, Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg said tonight.He said if the tariffs are too high, foreign investors will not come to
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