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Anwar to attend Kedah PKR state convention on Friday
ALOR SETAR, Feb 11 — Kedah PKR will hold its convention at Hotel Raia here this Friday. Statet PKR communications director Tunku Nashrul Abaidah said the event would serve as a strategic planning platform to set the party’s priorities, chart
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No foul play in Skudai house fire that killed pregnant woman and man, Johor cops say
KULAI, February 11 — Police are ruling out foul play in the deaths of a pregnant woman and a man in a house fire in Taman Damai Jaya, Skudai near Johor Bahru yesterday. Johor police chief Datuk Ab Rahaman Arsad
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Hong Kong convicts father of wanted activist over handling of funds
HONG KONG, Feb 11 — A Hong Kong court convicted the father of a wanted pro-democracy activist today for handling money belonging to his daughter overseas, the first such verdict issued under the city’s homegrown national security law. Authorities in
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Australia charges two Chinese nationals with foreign interference
CANBERRA, Feb 11 — Australian police said today they have charged two Chinese nationals with foreign interference, accusing them of spying on a Buddhist group at the behest of police in China. The pair—a 25-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman—have
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AirAsia X picks Bahrain as strategic hub for Middle East, Europe expansion
MANAMA, (Bahrain), Feb 11 — AirAsia X (AAX) has made Bahrain as its key strategic hub for medium-haul expansion beyond Asia, a move aimed at strengthening connectivity between Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. The long-haul low-cost airline said
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Struggling brewer Heineken to cut up to 6,000 jobs
AMSTERDAM, Feb 11 — Under-pressure Dutch brewer Heineken said today that it would scrap up to 6,000 jobs as it faces what it called “challenging market conditions” with beer volumes down compared to last year. The company said it would
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Singapore man sentenced to 11 years and caning for posing as teen to rape minor
SINGAPORE, Feb 11 — A 25-year-old man was sentenced to 11 years in prison and 10 strokes of the cane yesterday for statutory rape and sexual grooming, after he deceived a 13-year-old girl by posing as a 15-year-old online. According
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Maid jailed after repeatedly using infant’s arm to strike child’s own face
SINGAPORE, Feb 11 — A 29-year-old Indonesian domestic worker was sentenced to six months in jail yesterday for ill-treating a four-month-old baby under her care by using the infant’s own arm to punch the child’s face multiple times. According to
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Classmates fundraise for woman after fatal Singapore Chinatown accident that killed daughter
SINGAPORE, Feb 11 – Friends and alumni have launched a fundraising initiative for Raisha Anindra Pascasiswi, who remains hospitalised after a traffic accident in Singapore’s Chinatown that killed her six-year-old daughter on February 6. The appeal, posted on the University
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Bersatu chiefs to face disciplinary board tomorrow sans Hamzah Zainudin who’s in Australia for daughter’s varsity enrolment
KUALA LUMPUR, February 11 — Bersatu deputy president Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin will not attend the party’s disciplinary board meeting tomorrow as he is still abroad, The Star reported today. The newspaper cited the Opposition leader’s private secretary Ahmad Ikhwan Fadhli
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