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Cathay Pacific shares up 2.3% post CEO resignation
HONG KONG: Shares of Cathay Pacific Airways rose more than 2 percent early today after CEO Rupert Hogg resigned in a shock move, as the carrier grapples with the involvement of some of its employees in the city’s anti-government protests.
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Asia stocks rise as stimulus, policy hopes calm nervous investors
TOKYO: Asian stocks rose today as hopes of more stimulus from central banks around the world and steps being taken by major economies such as Germany and China soothed investors’ fears of a sharp global economic slump. Over recent weeks,
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UN condemns bomb attack on wedding ceremony in Kabul
NEW YORK: United Nations (UN) secretary general Antonio Guterres yesterday condemned the bomb attack targeting civilians in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul Saturday night, Xinhua news agency reported. “The secretary general strongly condemns the horrific 17 August terrorist attack on a wedding
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Ringgit opens slightly higher
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened slightly higher against the US dollar on mild buying support for the domestic unit amid stronger second-quarter economic growth announced last Friday. At 9.06 am, the ringgit stood at 4.1750/1780 against the greenback from 4.1760/1810
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More mass protests for the week
HONG KONG: Hong Kong is gearing up for more protests this week after hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators braved heavy rain to rally peacefully on Sunday, marking a change to what have often been violent clashes. Sunday’s turnout of
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Couple, baby killed in Slim River house fire
IPOH: A married couple and their baby boy were killed after they were found in a razed house in Kampung Alah Batu, Jalan Kuala Slim in Slim River early this morning. A Perak Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said they
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Sathianathan peeved at Selangor’s failure to collect full points
SHAH ALAM: Selangor head coach B Sathianathan was a disappointed man last night when Selangor were held to a 1-1 draw by Police in their Malaysia Cup match at Shah Alam Stadium. Sathinathan said his charges frequently lost control of
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Mahathir: Govt to stick to experts’ report on Lynas
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today said that the government will stand firm on Lynas’ license renewal issue, saying that it will go according to the views of the experts and scientists who understand about the danger
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Dr M: Pakatan Harapan is unlike BN
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today said only the “blind, deaf and dumb” would say there is no difference between his administration and that of the previous Barisan Nasional (BN) government. He said some people only saw
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Pressure your MPs to make their stand over Lynas
KUANTAN: Bentong MP Wong Tack, an anti Lynas activist, has called upon Malaysians to pressure their elected representatives to state their stand over the Australian rare earth plant firm. “I urge the people to download the petition uploaded to Himpunan
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