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‘Politicians masterminded ‘unpaid taxes’ witch hunt on me’
KUALA LUMPUR: Nooryana Najwa Najib, the daughter of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, blamed politicians as the mastermind behind the witch hunt following the decision by the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) to sue for RM10.3 million in unpaid
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G7 leaders back Hong Kong autonomy, call for calm
BIARRITZ: G7 leaders meeting in France yesterday backed Hong Kong’s autonomy as laid out in a 1984 agreement between Britain and China and called for calm in the protest-hit city. “The G7 reaffirms the existence and the importance of the
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CBI remand on Chidambaram extended by four days
Former finance minister P Chidambaram’s luck did not back him yesterday. Chidambaram, who is currently under CBI and ED probe for money laundering in connection with INX Media case, faced two setbacks at two different courts today. At one hand,
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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow enforcement of asylum crackdown
US President Donald Trump’s administration yesterday asked the US Supreme Court to lift a court order preventing the government from fully enforcing a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the US-Mexico border. California-based US District Judge
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More plant protein tied to longer life
People who eat more plant-based protein may live longer than those who get more protein from meat, a Japanese study suggests. Researchers followed almost 71,000 middle-aged Japanese adults for an average of almost two decades. Compared to people who consumed
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34 years’ incarceration, 20 strokes of caning for rape, molest, sodomy of 8
SANDAKAN: A primary school disciplinary teacher in Beluran was sentenced to a total of 34 years imprisonment and a total of 20 strokes of the cane on 14 charges of rape, molestation and sodomy of eight female pupils. Sessions Court
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Is the IPCMC a discriminatory provision against the police?
The IPCMC, the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission, is intended to be a non-police, (“civilian”) institution focused on effectively handling complaints of misconduct of police officers. Today, at a meeting, I heard a retired senior police officer say that
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Trump’s aggressive, mixed signals on China whiplash Wall Street
SAN FRANCISCO: US President Donald Trump’s aggressive stance and often mixed signals in his trade war with China are taking a toll on the shares of US companies that are most reliant on the world’s second largest economy. US stocks
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Brazil tells ambassadors no time off due to Amazon fires
BRASILI: Brazil’s Foreign Ministry yesterday ordered its ambassadors in Europe and other G7 countries not to take vacation for the next two weeks in order to coordinate a diplomatic response to global concerns over the fires raging in the Amazon
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Capital punishment sought for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter
LOS ANGELES: US prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a Pennsylvania man accused of bursting into a Pittsburgh synagogue last year with a semi-automatic rifle and shooting 11 people to death, according to court papers filed on Monday. Robert
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