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First Dubai-Singapore flight brings home stranded travellers amid Middle East crisis
SINGAPORE, March 5 — Singapore residents stranded in the Middle East finally returned home on Thursday, with the first repatriation flight landing at Changi Airport after days of uncertainty and repeated cancellations. According to CNA, Emirates flight EK314 departed Dubai
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Singapore to fly citizens home from Muscat on March 7 amid Middle East disruptions
SINGAPORE, March 5 — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said Singapore will operate a repatriation flight from Muscat, Oman on March 7 to bring citizens stranded in the region back home, The Straits Times reported. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
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Singapore to subsidise genetic testing for high-risk breast, ovarian cancer patients
SINGAPORE, March 5 — From December, Singaporeans identified as high risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) will be able to access subsidised genetic testing, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on Thursday (Mar 5). According to CNA, eligible
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Sabah allocates RM164m for human capital development under 13MP, says CM
KOTA KINABALU, March 5 — The Sabah government has allocated RM164.01 million for human capital development under the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP), Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said. He said the allocation would focus on empowering Technical and Vocational
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PLUS: Traffic diversions and lane restrictions on NSE Johor stretch to begin March 10 for blasting works
KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 — PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PLUS) has activated temporary traffic diversions and restricted lane arrangements to facilitate rock blasting works for t for the North‑South Expressway (NSE) Widening Project in Johor. In a statement today, PLUS said
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NSC: Security issues should be kept above politics to protect Malaysia from foreign influence
KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 — National security issues should not be used as political capital, but resolved through bipartisan agreements to ensure the country’s stability and sovereignty continue to be preserved from any elements of foreign influence. National Security Council
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Four men plead not guilty to machete attack that left man injured at Penang mall
GEORGE TOWN, March 5 — Four men pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to a charge of conspiring to cause grievous bodily harm to a man using a machete last week. Shop assistant Kisheaan Gunasegaran, 29; plumber
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Myanmar national held over fatal throat‑slashing of woman at Nilai workers’ hostel
NILAI, March 5 — Police arrested a 42-year-old Myanmar national early today to assist in the investigation into the murder of a female compatriot at a foreign workers’ hostel here last Monday. Nilai police chief Supt Johari Yahya said the
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KTMB auxiliary police nab man over attempted cable theft along Telok Gadong–Teluk Pulai rail sector
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 5 — Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) has detained a foreign man suspected of attempting to steal railway cables near KM 37.478 along the Telok Gadong–Teluk Pulai sector yesterday evening. The suspect was apprehended at about 6.45pm
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Man dies of rabies in Sarawak, marking Malaysia’s first fatality this year, says health minister
PUTRAJAYA, March 5 — A 44-year-old man died from a rabies infection in Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, on Feb 25, marking the country’s first recorded death from the disease this year, according to Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad. He said that since
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