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Govt ready to take diplomatic steps over Israel’s detention of Malaysian Gaza mission volunteers

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — Wisma Putra is closely monitoring the situation involving nine Malaysian volunteers from Humanitarian Care Malaysia (MyCARE), who were reportedly detained by Israeli authorities while on a humanitarian mission to Gaza today. Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi

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EC schedules October 16 meeting to set key dates for Sabah state election

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — The Election Commission (EC) will convene a special meeting on October 16 to finalise key dates and other matters for the 17th Sabah state election. EC secretary Datuk Khairul Shahril Idrus said the commission received

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All stranded hikers near Everest rescued after weekend blizzard in Tibet

BEIJING, Oct 8 — Nearly 1,000 hikers and support personnel have returned to safety after heavy snowfall stranded them over the weekend on the Tibetan Plateau near Mount Everest, Chinese state media reported. Tourism in the vast, high-altitude area in

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Death toll climbs to 15 after landslide hits bus in India’s Himachal Pradesh, search continues for missing child

NEW DELHI, Oct 8 — The death toll from a landslide that struck a private bus in India’s mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh has risen to 15, with one child still missing, officials and police said today. Two children were

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Gold hits record high above US$4,000 as investors seek safety from economic turmoil

NEW YORK, Oct 8 — Gold pushed through US$4,000 (RM16,877) an ounce to hit a record today, driven by investors seeking safety from mounting economic and geopolitical uncertainty, alongside expectations of further interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve.

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Starmer visits India to deepen business ties after clinching UK’s largest post-Brexit trade deal

MUMBAI, Oct 8 — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer begins a two-day visit to India today, joined by over a hundred leaders from the business, culture and university sectors in an effort to promote a recently signed trade deal.  Britain

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Australia’s PM discusses Optus outage linked to four deaths with Singapore PM

SYDNEY, Oct 8 — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said today that he had raised the recent deadly outage at Singapore Telecommunications-owned Optus with his Singaporean counterpart, Lawrence Wong. After meeting Albanese in Australia’s capital Canberra, Wong said he expected

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Man linked to Wangsa Maju robbery, rape case dies after struggle with police

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — A man suspected of being involved in a robbery and rape case in Wangsa Maju died yesterday following a struggle with police during his arrest. Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Fadil Marsus said an emergency call

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KPDN says officers can inspect IDs to ensure smooth rollout of Budi95 petrol subsidy

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) has the legal authority to inspect consumers’ identity cards (ID) to ensure the smooth implementation of the Subsidised Petrol Control System (SKPS) and the Budi MADANI

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Fire destroys 14 squatter homes in Bintulu, 60 left homeless

BINTULU, Oct 8 — A total of 60 people were rendered homeless after a row of squatter houses at Jalan Tanjung Kidurong here were completely destroyed yesterday afternoon. Bintulu Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) chief Wan Kamarudin Wan Ahmad said

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