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Ex-military intel duo already remanded also linked to MACC’s tobacco smuggling ring raided yesterday
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 — The two former Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) intelligence officers arrested by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) earlier this month may also be linked to the tobacco, cigarette and cigar smuggling operation raided yesterday. New Straits Times (NST)
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French streamer Jean Pormanove dies during live event, autopsy ordered after scenes of ‘absolute horror’
NICE, Aug 21 — French police are hoping an autopsy will help shed light on a 46-year-old man’s death during a live-streamed event that a government minister said involved scenes of “absolute horror”, a prosecutor said yesterday. Raphael Graven, known online
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India test-fires Agni-5 missile capable of striking any part of China
NEW DELHI, Aug 21 — India said yesterday it had successfully test-fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile which, when operational, should be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to any part of China. The Agni-5 missile was successfully launched in India’s eastern Odisha
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‘Enormous Erin’ nears North Carolina, triggers evacuations amid flood threat
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 — Hurricane Erin was nearing North Carolina’s coast yesterday, threatening huge waves and flooding as the strengthening Category 2 storm triggered mandatory evacuation orders despite its offshore path. The US state, still reeling from last year’s deadly
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Trump escalates feud with Fed, calls Lisa Cook to step down over mortgage questions
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 — President Donald Trump ramped up pressure on the US central bank yesterday with a call for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to step down, as he repeatedly criticizes Fed Chair Jerome Powell for not lowering interest rates. “Cook
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US demand for RVs driving deforestation in Indonesia’s Borneo, say NGOs
JAKARTA, Aug 21 — Tropical wood demand from some of America’s top RV brands is fuelling deforestation on the Indonesian island of Borneo, home to Asia’s last great rainforest, according to a new investigation by environmental NGOs. The recreational vehicle
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China to parade military hardware with Putin in attendance
BEIJING, Aug 21 — China will unveil a slate of new domestically produced military hardware that will showcase its “powerful capability to prevail in modern war” at a parade next month, officials said Wednesday. The event, marking 80 years since the
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Can Trump deploy the National Guard to US cities? Here’s what the law says
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 — US President Donald Trump has called upon governors from several Republican states to deploy their states’ National Guard to Washington, DC, which Trump has claimed is ridden with crime. As troops poured into DC, Trump on
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Azalina confirms MACC police report against Bloomberg over Anwar interference claim, case now with AGC
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 — Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said has confirmed a police report by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) against a Bloomberg report alleging Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s interference into its investigations. The minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law
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PM defends govt’s appeal over ruling that decriminalised ‘offensive’ online remarks, says reforms not just up to courts
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today the government is appealing the Court of Appeal’s ruling that decriminalised “offensive” online remarks as the law needs a review. He said the government respects the court’s
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