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Jertih home fire leaves family with severe burns, neighbour among first responders
JERTIH, April 4 — A mother and her son suffered burns to almost half of their bodies while trying to escape an early morning fire at their home in Kampung Oh here. Jertih Fire and Rescue Station chief Mustafa Ismail said
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Naked man disrupting traffic in Langkap detained for psychiatric evaluation
IPOH, April 4 — Police detained a man who was behaving erratically and disrupting traffic in the town of Langkap, near Teluk Intan, yesterday. Hilir Perak police chief ACP Chua Kok Lian said a report was received at 9.35 pm about
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Anwar urges Malaysians to stay grateful, united amid economic growth and global pressures
IPOH, April 4 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has urged Malaysians to remain grateful and united as the country continues to post strong economic growth despite global uncertainties. “Just last week, Bank Negara announced that our economic growth at
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Anwar says large projects on hold amid rising costs, but rakyat-focused initiatives will continue
IPOH, April 4 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim says several large development projects will be postponed due to rising costs caused by the ongoing conflict in West Asia, but projects directly benefiting the rakyat will continue. “These include
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Toxic haze sends PM2.5 soaring to ‘extremely dangerous’ levels in Chiang Mai
CHIANG MAI, April 4 — Northern Thailand is once again under a blanket of toxic haze, with Chiang Mai facing one of its worst air pollution episodes in recent months as fine particulate levels surged to “extremely dangerous” levels, according
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Projectile lands near Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, one killed, no damage reported
TEHRAN, April 4 — A projectile from a US-Israeli attack hit near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran today, killing one person, state media reported. “Following the US-Zionist criminal attacks, this Saturday morning, around 8:30am, a projectile hit
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Iran attacks spill into Gulf, injuring four in Bahrain, hitting Dubai sites
MANAMA, April 4 — Shrapnel from intercepted drones injured four people in Bahrain, authorities said today, as Iran pressed its attacks on its Gulf neighbours. Separately, two buildings in Dubai were hit by debris, including one housing the US cloud
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Blast hits pro-Israeli centre in Netherlands, no injuries reported
AMSTERDAM, April 4 — A blast hit a pro-Israeli centre in the Netherlands, police said today, adding it caused minimal damage and no injuries. A police spokesman told AFP no one was inside the site run by Christians for Israel,
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US-Israeli strikes on Iran petrochemicals hub wound five
TEHRAN, April 4 — US-Israeli strikes today targeted a petrochemicals hub in southwestern Iran, wounding five people, Iranian media cited an official as saying. “Explosions occurred in the Special Petrochemical Zone of Mahshahr,” said Fars news agency, citing the deputy
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‘Inevitable price rises’: Singapore widens crisis response to global supply shock
SINGAPORE, April 4 — A ministerial committee set up by the Singapore government to respond to the Middle East conflict is expanding its focus beyond energy disruptions to include food supply shocks, security risks and diplomatic fallout, in a sign
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