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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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Perikatan urges government to set up RCI over FAM heritage player scandal

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) has called on the government to launch a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) following revelations of alleged document fraud involving naturalised football players in the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). The call

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Thirteen face organised crime charges in Sepang court over ‘Geng Captain Praba’ links

SEPANG, Oct 8 — Thirteen men were charged in the Sessions Court here today with being members of an organised crime group known as ‘Geng Captain Praba’. The accused, M Lavindran, 27; M Meganathan, 37; M Tinesh, 20; K Utayaragu,

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Perak police seize RM13m in drugs hidden as ‘dried durian’ after North-South Expressway chase

IPOH, Oct 8 — Perak police seized drugs worth nearly RM13 million hidden in plastic packages labelled “dried durian” following a chase involving a multipurpose vehicle (MPV) along the North-South Expressway near Slim River on Monday. Perak police chief Datuk

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