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Anwar to discuss further action on Sarawak haze with Abang Jo
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 — Further action, including the possibility of declaring a disaster emergency following an Air Pollutant Index (API) reading exceeding 500 in Serian, will be discussed with the Sarawak government, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
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Pattaya port call sees minor drama as two US sailors are sent back to carrier
BANGKOK, Sept 4 — Two sailors from the US aircraft carrier making a port call to Thailand were sent back to the ship after a drunken altercation, Thai police said today. Police were alerted to a “small scuffle” involving the
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MAG says mass drug screenings for Malaysia Airlines crew near 100pc
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 — Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) has completed drug screenings for nearly all Malaysia Airlines cabin crew following the arrest of a pilot in Jakarta, president and group chief executive officer Capt. Nasaruddin A. Bakar said today.
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Anwar vows to strengthen MITRA and expand Indian community support
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 — The Indian community will not be sidelined in the national development agenda, with the Madani government continuing to expand efforts to improve the community’s standard of living, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He
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Nepal tragedy: Support group seeks Tamil counsellors for victims’ families
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 — Solidariti Malaysia: Keluarga Dalam Harapan (MASFIH), a support group for families of victims in the Nepal flash flood tragedy, has appealed for certified Tamil-speaking counsellors to provide psychological support to affected relatives. MASFIH representative Dr
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Lim Guan Eng calls for Penang fee, quit rent and water tariff hikes to be deferred
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 — DAP’s Air Putih assemblyman Lim Guan Eng has urged the Penang government to emulate Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim by deferring increases in fees, quit rent and water tariffs to ease the financial burden
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Volkswagen to cut 100,000 jobs by end of decade in biggest-ever auto industry restructuring
FRANKFURT, Sept 4 — German car giant Volkswagen said yesterday that management and unions had agreed to cut a total of 100,000 jobs by the end of the decade, the biggest-ever restructuring in the global auto industry. The company said
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Nvidia buys Hugging Face for US$12.9b — and tightens its grip on the AI ecosystem
WASHINGTON, Sept 4 — Nvidia announced yesterday it will buy artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for US$12.9 billion (RM52 billion), as the chipmaking giant seeks to diversify its hold on the AI sector. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed the deal
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Iran targets US bases in Gulf after deadly wedding strike blamed on Washington
TEHRAN, Sept 4 — Iran said it hit US military bases in Kuwait and the UAE yesterday, vowing to avenge a wedding attack it blamed on Washington as US Vice President JD Vance said the strike was being investigated. The
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More than 700 fall ill in latest food poisoning linked to Indonesia’s free school meals
SEMARANG, Sept 4 — Hundreds of students and teachers in Indonesia have fallen ill after eating free school meals, their principal said yesterday, the second major food poisoning this week linked to the government’s hallmark programme. The multi-billion-dollar meal scheme,
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