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Heritage pride, yes; public holiday, no: Melaka govt sets the record straight on Aug 21 despite Unesco heritage link
MELAKA, Aug 12 — There will be no public holiday in Melaka on Aug 21, as the date is not listed in the state’s 2026 Public Holiday Schedule and no occasional holiday has been declared. State secretary Datuk Salhah Salleh
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All registered Malaysians in Colombia safe after 7.4-magnitude quake, says Wisma Putra
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 12 — The Foreign Ministry has confirmed that all registered Malaysians in Colombia are safe and accounted for following a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck western Colombia on Monday. In a statement issued on Tuesday (Aug 11), the
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Tabung Haji’s RM27.5b UJSB sukuk safe, govt will honour guarantee, says Amir Hamzah
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 — The government always ensures that its debts are repaid, said Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan. He said government debt instruments such as Malaysian Government Securities (MGS) and Treasury bills, for example, are
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Tabung Haji’s losses weren’t due to market slump, its stocks fell much harder, says Amir Hamzah
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 — Claims that Tabung Haji (TH) suffered losses due to a stock market downturn are baseless, as the stock market remained strong and reached its highest level in 2018, while the decline that year was only
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Drug smuggling via KLIA: 14 Malaysians arrested abroad since January, say police
SHAH ALAM, Aug 11 — A total of 14 Malaysians have been arrested overseas for alleged drug smuggling activities after departing on outbound flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) between January and July this year, federal narcotics police said
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Airbus sends experts to India to assist probe into Air India flight’s sudden plunge
NEW DELHI, Aug 11 — Airbus is sending experts to New Delhi today to assist investigators probing an Air India flight that plunged dramatically, injuring 17 in terrifying mid-air ordeal, the company said. The probe into the flight comes as “confirmatory”
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AI’s hunger for power sparks US private gas plant boom
WASHINGTON, Aug 11 — As US tech companies race to build the data centres fueling the AI boom, they are increasingly putting up their own power plants — off the grid and running on gas — to get online faster. Analysis
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Oil prices jump further as hopes for Hormuz deal fade
HONG KONG, Aug 11 — Oil prices extended a strong rally today as hopes for a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz fade, fanning fresh inflation fears and ramping up bets on at least one US interest rate hike this year.
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Australia to vaccinate birds against H5 avian influenza
SYDNEY, Aug 11 — Australian authorities said today they would vaccinate bird species deemed to be especially vulnerable to the highly contagious H5 bird flu virus. The country was for years the only continental landmass free of the H5 strain,
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MyAngkasa Capital Sdn. Bhd. Appointed To Raise Up To US$1 Billion For 65 MW Ai Data Centre At Cyber Valley
Kuala Lumpur, 11 August 2026 — MyAngkasa Capital Sdn. Bhd. has been appointed to raise up to US$1 billion to finance the development of a 65 MW next-generation Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Centre at Cyber Valley, Selangor. The mandate was
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