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At least 31 dead after riot and mass asphyxiation at Ecuador prison
QUITO, Nov 10 — Authorities said at least 27 inmates were found dead by asphyxiation yesterday afternoon at an Ecuadoran prison where an armed riot left four others dead and dozens injured in the morning. In a statement, prison authorities
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US govt shutdown may end after 40 days as Senate prepares vote
WASHINGTON, Nov 10 — The US Senate yesterday moved toward a vote on reopening the federal government amid optimism that an end to the historic shutdown, now in its 40th day, is within reach. Senators expect a Sunday night vote
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BBC boss and news chief quit after Trump speech editing scandal, bias claims
LONDON, Nov 10 — The BBC’s boss and its head of news quit yesterday following accusations of bias at the British broadcaster, including in the way it edited a speech by US President Donald Trump. The BBC had been under
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Super Typhoon Fung-wong makes landfall in Luzon, kills two, displaces over a million
MANILA, Nov 10 — Super Typhoon Fung-wong slammed into the Philippines’ eastern seaboard yesterday, the national weather service said, after killing at least two people and forcing more than a million to evacuate. The storm, with a radius spanning nearly
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Local funds buy RM280.7m on Bursa, extending five-week streak
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — Local institutions extended to a five-week consecutive streak of net purchases, recording inflows of RM280.7 million last week. In its fund flow report for the week ended Nov 7, MBSB Investment Bank Bhd (MBSB) said
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Bursa Malaysia opens higher on buying interest, ringgit strength supports sentiment
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — Bursa Malaysia started the week on a high note with buying support on selected heavyweights and the ongoing strength in the ringgit should entice some inflow of funds into the domestic market despite a mixed
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Singapore police nab two Malaysians in RM1.28m gold scam involving fake govt officials
SINGAPORE, Nov 10 — Two Malaysian men have been arrested in Singapore for allegedly masquerading as government officials to defraud a woman of more than S$400,000 (RM1.28 million), The Straits Times reported. According to Singapore police, the suspects, aged 22 and 38,
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Malaysian man gets over nine years’ jail in Singapore for molesting three toddlers at pre-school
SINGAPORE, Nov 10 — A Malaysian man who worked as a cook at a Singapore pre-school was sentenced today to nine years, four months and seven weeks in jail for molesting three toddlers under his care. According to The Straits Times,
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BN fields over 80pc new faces in Sabah polls to woo young voters
KOTA KINABALU, Nov 10 — Sabah Barisan Nasional (BN) is banking on renewal, fielding a line-up dominated by new faces in what its chief Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin described as a bold bid to rejuvenate the coalition and reconnect
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Six more bodies, including a girl, found in Langkawi waters after migrant boat capsizes near Malaysia-Thai border
ALOR SETAR, Nov 10 — Six more bodies of migrants, including a girl, believed to be from a boat carrying about 100 migrants that capsized Saturday along the Malaysia-Thai maritime border were found floating in Langkawi waters yesterday. Kedah and
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