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Fiery engine blast forces United Flight 803 back to Washington minutes after takeoff for Tokyo
NEW YORK, Dec 14 — A United Airlines Boeing 777 bound for Tokyo had to turn back to Washington’s Dulles International Airport on Saturday after an engine failed during takeoff, igniting a brush fire near the runway, officials said. No
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German police arrest five men over suspected Islamist plot to attack Christmas market in Bavaria
BERLIN, Dec 14 — German authorities said Saturday they had arrested five men on suspicion of involvement in an Islamist plot to plough a vehicle into people at a Christmas market. Officials have been on high alert during the festive
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Brown University campus on lockdown after gunman kills two and critically injures eight
NEW YORK, Dec 14 — A gunman killed two people and critically wounded eight others on Saturday afternoon at prestigious Brown University, authorities said, urging people in the area to remain in lockdown as the attacker was still at large.
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Proposed Israeli media laws spark outrage over threat to press freedom
JERUSALEM, Dec 14 — A raft of proposed measures from Israel’s ruling coalition targeting the media has sparked outrage, with critics warning the planned reforms would deliver a blow to press freedom. Suggested changes to public broadcasting, coupled with a bid
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Kuala Terengganu High Court orders retrial in Clare Rewcastle-Brown defamation case
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 — The Kuala Terengganu High Court today ruled that the defamation trial of Clare Rewcastle-Brown over alleged defamation of the Sultanah of Terengganu, Sultanah Nur Zahirah, was invalid. Kosmo! reported that High Court judge Datuk Seri Mohd
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MetMalaysia issues warnings for Pahang, Perak, Johor, Kelantan, Terengganu and Sarawak until Dec 18
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 — The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a warning of continuous heavy rain expected to affect several states until Thursday (December 18). In a statement today, MetMalaysia director-general Mohd Hisham Mohd Anip said severe continuous
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Zahid cautions BN component parties against exit, says there will be ‘no way back’
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 — Barisan Nasional (BN) has warned that any of its component parties considering leaving the coalition should be prepared to accept the consequences of that decision, with its chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi saying there
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UEC recognition a constitutional right, not threat to Bahasa Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 — The youth wing of the DAP has thrown its full support behind the push to recognise the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC), arguing that it is not only a Pakatan Harapan manifesto pledge but is also
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No request yet from Anwar on Cabinet reshuffle names
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has yet to request names to fill vacant posts, despite speculation that a Cabinet reshuffle is imminent. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said he had not received
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KTMB announces new Klang Valley Komuter timetable from Jan 1 amid KVDT2 works
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 — A new timetable for the Klang Valley KTM Komuter service will take effect from January 1, covering the Tanjung Malim–Pelabuhan Klang and Pulau Sebang–Batu Caves routes. Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) said in a statement
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