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Third and final attempt to disqualify Gopal Sri Ram fails
PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s third and final attempt to disqualify Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram from being the lead prosecutor in three of his cases has failed. The application to oust Gopal was unanimously rejected by
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Azeez’s corruption trial to begin on Sept 25
KUALA LUMPUR: The corruption trial against former Tabung Haji chairperson Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim involving RM144.6 million will begin on Sept 25, decided Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court judge Azura Alwi. She also heard from DPP Azlinda Ahad that the prosecution
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New Zealand’s central bank stuns markets with 50-bp rate cut
WELLINGTON: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) stunned markets today by cutting the official cash rate (OCR) by a bigger-than-expected 50 basis points to 1.00%, as it looks to prop-up a cooling economy in the face of intensifying global
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SAR for Nora Anne Quoirin continues
NILAI: It has been 72 hours since the search and rescue (SAR) operations activated to locate Nora Anne Quoirin, 15, a missing Irish teenager. The scope of this SAR operation which entered its fourth day, has been expanded to include
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At large millionaire murderer of Malaysian wife apprehended
LOS ANGELES: A British-born millionaire who went on the run for more than four years has been arrested in Mexico and extradited to the US to face trial for the murder of his wife at their California home. Peter Chadwick,
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New chief judge of Malaya and other promotions on the bench
PETALING JAYA: Senior Federal Court judge Tan Sri Azahar Mohamed has been appointed as chief judge of Malaya (CJM), a post left vacant since May, sources say, FMT reported. Azahar, 63, had been performing the duties and functions of the
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Bournemouth takes Liverpool’s Harry Wilson on loan
BOURNEMOUTH: Bournemouth have brought in Liverpool’s versatile 22-year-old Wales midfielder Harry Wilson on a season-long loan, the two Premier League clubs announced on Tuesday. Wilson, who came through the ranks at Anfield and can play wide or centrally, scored 17
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Lost finger, torn ear, broken carpal in Ops Icebreaker
GENTING HIGHLANDS: Over two weeks ago, police launched Ops Icebreaker to raid the hotspots of drug dealers and drug addicts across the country, during which more than 8,000 people were detained and nearly 30 kgs of drugs worth RM3.48 million
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China woos Myanmar with BRI sweeteners
YANGON: The National League for Democracy was forged in an uprising against one-party rule. Its activists spent years in jail under Myanmar’s military junta. But since taking power three years ago, the party led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu
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Dead man stuffed in suitcase found
KUALA LUMPUR: The body of a man stuffed inside a suitcase was found at Jalan 3, Pandan Industri in Pandan Indah, Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The victim, who is believed to have been murdered, was bundled up in a rug and
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