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Baltimore shipping set to resume by end of April with full capacity by end of May
BALTIMORE, April 5 — The US Army Corps of Engineers said yesterday it expects to open a new channel to the Port of Baltimore by the end of April, freeing up commercial shipping blocked by a collapsed bridge, and then
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hilippines reports H5N1 bird flu outbreak on poultry farm
PARIS, April 5 — The Philippines has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on a poultry farm in the centre of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (Woah) said yesterday. The
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US this week approved transfer of thousands of bombs to Israel, official says
WASHINGTON, April 5 — The United States granted approval this week for the transfer of thousands of additional bombs to Israel although they will not be delivered until at least next year, a Biden administration official said yesterday. The official
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Taiwan rescuers free nine from cave after quake
HUALIEN, April 5 — Nine people were freed from a winding cave in Taiwan’s mountainous east, while two others were located but feared dead, as rescuers pressed on with their search Friday for those still missing after the island’s biggest
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Mitsui and Rohto to buy US$594m Singapore-based Chinese medicines company Eu Yan Sang
SINGAPORE, April 5 ― Japan’s Mitsui & Co said yesterday it had teamed up with Rohto Pharmaceutical Co, to buy Eu Yan Sang International in a deal valuing the Singapore-based traditional Chinese medicines firm at S$800 million (RM2.8 billion). Mitsui
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PAS sec-gen tells interfaith council to stop being a ‘busybody’ over proposed amendments to Act 355
KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan today slammed an interfaith council for saying the proposed amendments to the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 (Act 355), which includes the proposal to increase penalties for Shariah
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Cabinet did not discuss Dr Akmal’s stance on ‘Allah’ socks controversy specifically
KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — The Cabinet has yet to discuss about Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh’s stance in calling for the boycott of KK Mart, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil. According to a report in Free Malaysia Today,
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Nadma reports another death due to heat stroke in Kelantan
KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 ― One new death due to heat stroke was reported this week, bringing the number of heat-related deaths to two, according to the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma). Based on a brief report on the hot
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Driver who shared video of himself speeding on Pan Borneo Highway slapped with summons, pickup-truck seized
KUCHING, April 5 ― The driver of a modified pick-up truck who shared a video of himself speeding along the Pan Borneo on April 2 has been slapped with a summons while the vehicle has been seized by the police.
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Bersatu Youth chief says Dr Akmal’s arrest expected, to prevent tensions from boiling over
KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — The detention of Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh is an expected pre-emptive measure to quell escalating racial and religious tensions in Malaysia, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia’s (Bersatu) Youth chief, Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan
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