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Melaka seat swaps on the table for Perikatan, Samsuri tells BN
TAIPING, Aug 9 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) is open to talks with Barisan Nasional (BN), including possible seat swaps, ahead of the Melaka state election, PN chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar reportedly said today. Utusan Malaysia reported Ahmad Samsuri as
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Samsuri says Bersatu remains in Perikatan despite Hadi’s claim
TAIPING, Aug 9 — Bersatu remains a member of Perikatan Nasional (PN) despite claims that its membership had automatically lapsed over plans for a new political coalition, PN chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar reportedly said today. Utusan Malaysia reported Ahmad
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Houthis claim drone strike on Saudi oil refinery in latest Red Sea flare-up
SANAA, Aug 9 — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said on Sunday they had struck an oil facility on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast after the Gulf kingdom said it had extinguished a fire at the site. The group’s military spokesman
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Football vs Wall Street: Inside the fight for the World Cup’s soul
LONDON, Aug 9 — What does artificial intelligence (AI) have to do with the World Cup? Quite a lot, according to the tech investors who were prepared to put billions of dollars into Fifa’s proposed private investment vehicle before fierce
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Indonesian firefighters take to the skies as Mount Bromo wildfire forces park closure, fifth in 2026
JAKARTA, Aug 9 — Indonesian authorities have closed access to a national park on Java island as firefighters battle a wildfire that has raged for nearly a week. The blaze has razed 176 hectares (435 acres) since breaking out on
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Iran puts a price on reopening Hormuz Strait
DUBAI, Aug 9 — Iran has set a list of demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, including compensation for war damages, complicating efforts to restore passage through the waterway vital to the global economy. Tehran has imposed an effective
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Jetstar plane forced to brake hard to avoid Qatar jet at Sydney airport, one crew member injured
SYDNEY, Aug 9 — Safety regulators launched an investigation on Sunday into a “near collision” between two passenger aircraft at Australia’s busiest airport that injured a crew member. The incident, which involved a Jetstar pilot being forced to apply sudden
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Grassroots activists wage war on US police tracking their cars, one disabled camera at a time
WASHINGTON, Aug 9 — A growing grassroots backlash against surveillance cameras that scan vehicle number plates is spreading across the United States, with privacy activists organising online campaigns and some even vandalising the equipment. The surveillance start-up Flock has installed
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Umno‑PAS pact not for Sabah, Salleh Keruak says politics driven by autonomy rights
KOTA KINABALU, Aug 9 — Any political understanding between Umno and PAS that may work in Peninsular Malaysia may not necessarily be suitable for Sabah, where political realities are markedly different, said Umno Sabah treasurer Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak.
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DAP congress set for Aug 16 showdown, stalled reforms and grassroots frustration to dominate agenda
KOTA KINABALU, Aug 9 — National DAP organising secretary Datuk Chan Foong Hin said concerns over the lack of progress on institutional reforms, partly due to insufficient parliamentary support, will be addressed at the party’s national congress on August 16.
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