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Russia bars only anti-war party from elections
MOSCOW, Aug 11 — Russia’s Supreme Court yesterday barred the country’s only anti-war party, Yabloko, from contesting September’s parliamentary elections. The court thereby upheld a suit brought by a pro-Kremlin nationalist party, stripping voters opposed to the four-and-a-half-year war in
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Dewan Rakyat Speaker confirms Wong Chen’s resignation as Subang MP, says EC notified of vacancy
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 — Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul today confirmed Wong Chen’s resignation as Subang MP. He said that he has informed the Election Commissions (EC) regarding the matter. “As everyone is aware, the Honourable Member
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AirBorneo joins FLYsiswa, offers RM400 flight subsidy to eligible students
KUCHING, Aug 11 — AirBorneo Airways Sdn Bhd has joined the government-backed FLYsiswa air travel subsidy initiative, offering eligible Malaysian students a RM400 digital voucher to subsidise domestic economy flight tickets, the airline said in a statement today. According to
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Rafizi: Govt has yet to fully settle RM12.5b Tabung Haji commitment
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 — The government has yet to fully settle its RM12.5 billion financial commitment to Lembaga Tabung Haji following the maturity of a Sukuk Urusan Jamaah Sdn Bhd (UJSB) instrument in May, former economy minister Datuk Seri
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Anwar thanks well-wishers, to follow special Parliament sitting on Tabung Haji RCI report
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has thanked everyone who prayed for his wellbeing and sent him birthday wishes as he turns 79 today. The Prime Minister’s Office said Anwar’s health was improving and that
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Meta pushes global AI vision amid race with OpenAI, Anthropic and China
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 11 — Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg laid out a vision for how the United States and the social media giant could win a global race to dominate AI amid fierce competition from China. In a long essay
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Despite no evidence vaccines cause autism, Trump order pushes for overhaul of childhood vaccine schedule
WASHINGTON, Aug 11 — US President Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday pushing for a rethink of school vaccine mandates and repeating calls for the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine to be separated into three individual shots. Many medical
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Trump says will demand conflict compensation from Iran
WASHINGTON, Aug 11 — US President Donald Trump said yesterday he would seek conflict compensation from Iran as part of any peace negotiations, citing attacks and killings stretching back decades allegedly backed or perpetrated by Tehran. Negotiations on ending the war
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US judge ends graft case against India’s Adani, who shares lawyer with Trump
NEW YORK, Aug 11 — A US judge threw out a case against Indian billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani yesterday after the Trump administration decided to drop the fraud and bribery allegations against him. Court filings showed Brooklyn federal judge Nicholas Garaufis
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Decades on, Merdeka spirit still burns bright among older Malaysians
IPOH, Aug 10 — Do you still remember names such as Ali, Siti, Muthu, Jarjit Singh and Ah Meng that often appeared in our primary school textbooks once upon a time? Those names, once so familiar to earlier generations, seem
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