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Patriot: Just shut up Zakir Naik
PUCHONG: National Patriots Association has called upon the Indian Muslim preacher Dr Zakir to zip up his mouth instead of pitting Malaysians against one another. “Zakir spoke and questioned the loyalty of Malaysians of Indian origin, trying to curry favour
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Singapore slashes GDP forecast to the range of 0% to 1%
SINGAPORE: Singapore slashed its full-year economic growth forecast on Tuesday as global conditions were seen worsening and data confirmed the slowest growth rate in a decade amid mounting fears of recession in the city-state. The government cut its forecast range
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Typhoon Lekima death toll rises to 44
BEIJING: The death toll from typhoon Lekima in eastern China rose to 44 people on Monday morning, according to official data, as the storm continued up the coast, racking up billions of dollars in economic losses and widely disrupting travel.
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Search for Nora Anne Quoirin continues on Day 10
NILAI: The search for Franco-Irish Nora Anne Quoirin has entered its 10th day since her reported disappearance at Pantai, Seremban on Aug 4. Local and international media had been following the search-and-rescue (SAR) team since yesterday. District police chief Supt
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Kula: Action needs to be taken against Zakir Naik
PUCHONG: Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran has called for severe action to be taken against Indian Muslim preacher, Dr Zakir Naik for “questioning the loyalty of Hindu Malaysians”. “Zakir is an outsider who is a fugitive and has little knowledge
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A worried Trudeau tells China to be careful and respectful
OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday said he was very worried about events in Hong Kong, which has a large Canadian population, and urged Chinese authorities to handle the protests there with tact. “We are extremely concerned about
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Hong Kong’s airport reopens, more than 200 flights canceled
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s airport reopened on Tuesday but its administrator warned that flight movements would still be affected, after China said protests that have swept the city over the past two months had begun to show “sprouts of terrorism”.
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KLCI loses 0.82% in line with regional markets drop
KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI lost 0.82% in early trade this morning, in tandem with the decline at regional markets. At 9.10am, the FBM KLCI fell 13.11 points to 1,601.94. The early decliners included Public Bank Bhd, Petronas Dagangan Bhd,
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Wall Street falls on geopolitical tensions, recession fears
NEW YORK: U.S. stocks dropped in a broad sell-off on Monday as simmering geopolitical tensions spooked equity investors and drove a bond market rally while the protracted U.S.-China trade war stoked fears of impending recession. All three major U.S. stock
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Both Dr Mahathir and Dong Zong are wrong
Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad was wrong to brand Dong Zong as “racist”, but Dong Zong was not right to claim that the khat lesson for Chinese/Tamil primary schools’ Standard Four Bahasa Malaysia subject from 2020 was the beginning of
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