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Floodwaters destroy Pos Brooke suspension bridge, leaving villagers isolated
GUA MUSANG, Oct 21 — A flash flood, accompanied by surging waters and a mudflow, caused the Kampung Brooke Lama suspension bridge across Sungai Belatop in Pos Brooke here to collapse yesterday afternoon. The collapse cut off the main access
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MCBA chief Shuhaily charged with assaulting Special Branch duo at KLIA
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — Malaysian Checkpoints and Borders Agency (MCBA) director-general Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain was charged at the Magistrate’s Court here today to two counts of assaulting police personnel at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) last
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Closing pig farms could weaken food security
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 21 — Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) vice-president David Ong has criticised a proposal to shut down pig farms nationwide and rely on imported pork, saying it could undermine Malaysia’s food security, local agriculture and multicultural values. Ong was
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Perak Perhilitan monitoring elephant herd after crop destruction complaints
IPOH, Oct 21 — The Perak Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) has received six official complaints this year from oil palm smallholders in Kampung Perlop 1, Sungai Siput, over wild elephants destroying crops and plantation infrastructure. Its director,
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King Charles praises Oman’s Middle East diplomacy during historic UK state visit
LONDON, Oct 21 — King Charles III praised Oman’s peacemaking attempts in the Middle East yesterday as Sultan Haitham bin Tariq began the first state visit by an Omani ruler to the UK in nearly half a century. Hailing longstanding
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Seven Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza despite ceasefire
GAZA CITY, Oct 21 — Israeli strikes on separate locations in the Gaza Strip killed seven Palestinians yesterday, according to the territory’s civil defence rescue service and several hospitals. Two men were killed in Israeli strikes in the town of
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Africa’s Ebola outbreak widens with first Nigeria case, ninth in Kenya
LAGOS, Oct 21 — Nigeria said yesterday it had recorded its first Ebola case of Africa’s latest outbreak, as Kenya declared its ninth case, prompting a regional health official to warn of “an extremely serious threat”. The case in Nigeria,
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US restores intelligence warnings to Ukraine following ‘very productive’ Oslo talks
OSLO, Oct 21 — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the United States hailed “very productive” talks in Oslo yesterday amid efforts to draw a line under a bitter feud between Kyiv’s leader and US President Donald Trump over the war
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French PM vows ‘massive’ police deployment for new demonstrations
PARIS, Oct 21 — French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu yesterday vowed a “massive” police presence at fresh protests called for the coming weekend, as he faced criticism over the handling of recent street violence. The eurozone’s second-largest economy was rocked
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Oil, AI and a feud with Musk: India billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Jio launches US$3.2b IPO
MUMBAI, Oct 21 — The digital arm of conglomerate Reliance Industries launched its potentially record-breaking IPO today, testing billionaire owner Mukesh Ambani’s digital ambitions after a turbulent year marked by energy conflicts and clashes with Elon Musk. Jio Platforms, home
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