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UK’s Farage sets out plan for ‘mass deportation’ of asylum seekers
LONDON, Aug 24 —Former Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage set out plans yesterday for “mass deportations” of migrants who have crossed the English Channel on small boats if his Reform UK party forms Britain’s next government. In an interview with yesterday’s
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India investigator files criminal case against tycoon Anil Ambani
MUMBAI, Aug 24 —India’s national investigative bureau opened a criminal case against tycoon Anil Ambani after receiving a complaint from the country’s biggest bank alleging fraud, the agency said yesterday. Anil, the younger sibling of Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani,
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Trump crime crackdown deploys troops in Washington’s safest sites
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 — Hundreds of National Guard soldiers in military fatigues and combat boots mingled with tourists, posed for selfies, and treated themselves to ice cream from food trucks on Thursday along Washington’s National Mall, one of the safest
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Trump plan to convert 20 tonnes of Cold War plutonium into nuclear fuel — critics call it ‘insanity’
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 — The Trump administration plans to make available about 20 metric tonnes of Cold War-era plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads to US power companies as a potential fuel for reactors, according to a source familiar with the
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19-year-old motorcyclist dies after falling 21 metres from DASH flyover near Shah Alam
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 — A 19-year-old private college student died after his motorcycle veered off a flyover and plunged 21 metres from the Damansara-Shah Alam Elevated Expressway (DASH) near Shah Alam yesterday morning. Shah Alam district police chief Assistant
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Defence opens new tender for helicopters after King’s safety call over ageing Black Hawks
KOTA TINGGI, Aug 24 — The Ministry of Defence has opened a new tender for the leasing of four helicopters for the Malaysian Army Aviation Unit (PUTD) following the cancellation of the previous award to a company that failed to
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Court awards Sanusi RM670,000 in defamation case over REE and Marris remarks, orders Saifuddin Nasution to apologise
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 — Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor won his defamation suit against Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail over allegations of rare earth element (REE) theft and financial mismanagement. The Alor Setar
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From shaky Subuh prayers to spilt nasi lemak: How Johoreans felt the Segamat quake
JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 24 — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Segamat this morning caused panic among residents, particularly those preparing to start their daily routines. Nur Hafiz Mukmin, 32, said his house in Jalan Tasek Alai suddenly shook at around
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Warisan says only pact is with Sabahans, party won’t ride on Perikatan, GRS or anyone else’s ticket in state polls
KOTA KINABALU, Aug 24 — Parti Warisan has dismissed claims of working with Perikatan Nasional (PN), maintaining that it will contest the 17th State Election on its own. Warisan Information Chief Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman said the party’s stand remains
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Does our Sabah Moto Day look like a joke to you? Hajiji asks as 60,000 riders roll in
KOTA KINABALU, Aug 24 — The Sabah Moto Day 8.0 is far from being merely an entertainment event or a “joke” as alleged by some quarters, but rather a major platform that unites the voices, spirit and aspirations of motorcycling
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