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Pre-dawn fire guts wire harness store for Perodua factory in Batang Kali
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — A wire harness store for the Perodua factory along Jalan Ipoh, Batang Kali, near here, was about 80 per cent destroyed in a fire early this morning. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director of
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Now a crime, penalties prescribe iail, fines for harassment, doxing and threats
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — The long-standing issue of bullying, which has caused deep public concern, is now being addressed more decisively through the enforcement of the Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2025 and the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act 2025,
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Six Kelantan teens released on bail after alleged bullying of Form Three student
PASIR MAS, Aug 25 — Six Form Four students who were remanded over the bullying of a Form Three student at a secondary school here have reportedly been released on police bail. According to report in Sinar Harian, Pasir Mas district
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‘She was always strong’, dad recalls 18-year-old child’s last words before Rompin crash; other daughter fights for life
KUANTAN, Aug 25 — Siti Auni Syafiqa Sheikh Ali, 18, who was killed in an accident along Jalan Bahau-Keratong near Kampung Bukit Serok, Rompin, yesterday, had made a video call with her father the day before, telling him how much
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Loke says DAP keeps party, government resources strictly separate
IPOH, Aug 25 — DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook reportedly said yesterday that the party will not use government funds to finance any of its political programmes. According to Sinar Harian, during a DAP dinner event in Ipoh last night,
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Family trip turns fatal as car collides with 4WD in Rompin, leaving three dead, including toddler
KUANTAN, Aug 25 — Three people, including a child, were killed and four others injured in a collision between a car and a four-wheel-drive vehicle at kilometre 142 of the Kuantan-Seremban Road near Bukit Serok, Bandar Tun Abdul Razak, yesterday.
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Massive fire guts Shah Alam workshop, destroys 37 cars, seven bikes, injures worker
SHAH ALAM, Aug 25 — Thirty-seven cars and seven motorcycles were destroyed in a fire at a workshop in Seksyen 24 here last night. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) Operations Assistant Director Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said an emergency call
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At least 42 killed in Israeli strikes as fighting intensifies in Gaza
GAZA, Aug 25 — Gaza’s civil defence agency reported at least 42 people killed in Israeli attacks on Sunday, as the Israeli army prepared for a new assault on the Palestinian territory’s largest city. Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal said
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Venezuelan designers turn used garments into avant-garde fashion statements in national competition
CARACAS, Aug 25 — Ninety fashion aficionados showcased lace, denim, cotton, satin and recycled garments in an eclectic “battle of outfits” on Saturday at Venezuela’s National Art Gallery in Caracas, challenging conventional fashion and embracing their “unusual” identities. On a
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India’s Modi dangles tax cuts as US tariffs loom
MUMBAI, Aug 25 — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push to slash consumption taxes on everyday goods could deliver billions of dollars in annual relief and boost demand in an economy bracing for painful US tariffs, experts say. US President
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