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Early-morning landslide buries part of Seremban house, family of six affected
SEREMBAN, Nov 28 — A family of six faced anxious moments when part of a slope in the Taman Bukit Berlian housing area here collapsed at about 3 am this morning, causing the back of their house to be buried. Hun
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Terengganu still records highest flood evacuees as numbers rise in Selangor and Pahang
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 — Terengganu continues to record the highest number of flood evacuees, with 5,009 people from 1,488 families housed at 77 temporary relief centres (PPS) as of midday. Based on the Social Welfare Department (JKM) Disaster Information website,
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Sweden’s new Saab‑built A‑26 submarines: Conventional, stealthy, designed for seabed warfare
STOCKHOLM, Nov 28 — Poland picked Sweden on Wednesday to supply it with three A-26 or Blekinge-class submarines being built by Saab, which are specially designed to operate in the Baltic Sea. Following are details about the submarine, which is
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What challenges lie ahead for UK’s RM179b plan to expand Heathrow Airport?
LONDON, Nov 28 — Britain selected Heathrow Airport’s plan to build a new runway on Tuesday, as the government pushes ahead with the country’s most controversial infrastructure project as part of its drive for growth. But the £33-billion (RM179 billion) plan
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From Gurney Drive glory to a global regatta
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 28 — Long before Hong Kong hosted the first international dragon boat race in 1976, Penang held the very first one to mark the centennial celebration of the municipality of George Town in 1956. Penang sent a
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Bull shark kills woman, injures man off Australia’s New South Wales beach
SYDNEY, Nov 27 — A bull shark killed a woman swimming off a remote beach in Australia’s eastern state of New South Wales Thursday while a man was seriously injured and may have been saved by the “heroic” efforts of
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Magnitude 6.6 quake hits off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra, no tsunami threat
JAKARTA, Nov 27 — A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit an island off the coast of Sumatra in western Indonesia on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), with no immediate reports of damage or tsunami warning. The strong
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Malaysia’s palm oil sector remains bullish, CPO expected above RM4,000 by year-end
PETALING JAYA, Nov 27 — The palm oil sector in Malaysia is expected to remain stable by 2026, in line with the rebound in soybean oil prices that will narrow the large price gap between the two oils, said Plantation
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Bank of Singapore ramps up hiring, tech push in bold bid for Asia’s top five
SINGAPORE, Nov 27 — Bank of Singapore plans more investment in hiring and technology as it aims to climb into Asia’s top five private banks within five years after assets under management rose nearly 20 per cent to exceed US$145
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Singapore man allegedly doxxed by loan sharks with ‘God of Fortune’ poster, sent funeral wreaths and cement
SINGAPORE, Nov 27 — A man in Yishun was allegedly harassed by loan sharks who put up a “God of Fortune” poster at his HDB lift lobby, exposing his name and address, and sent him bags of cement and funeral
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