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China urges food producers to resume production amid virus outbreak
BEIJING: China’s agriculture ministry on Thursday urged feed producers and slaughter houses to speed up the resumption of production, in a bid to increase supplies amid the outbreak of the new coronavirus. Factories typically shut down during the Lunar New
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Japan’s quick action on Tun Mahathir’s request for joint oil spill response
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — Japan has taken quick action on a request by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe for joint collaboration between the two countries in oil spill response, especially in the
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Iranian factory makes U.S. and Israeli flags to burn
KHOMEIN: Business is booming at Iran’s largest flag factory which makes U.S., British and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn. At the factory in the town of Khomein, southwest of the capital Tehran, young men and women print the
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Mali plans to increase the size of its army to rein in jihadists
BAMAKO: Mali will increase the size of its army by about 50% in a recruitment drive this year aimed at uprooting jihadist groups, Prime Minister Boubou Cisse said on Wednesday. The plan is to hire 10,000 new soldiers in the
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India backs looser abortion laws in boost for women
NEW DELHI: In a boost to female reproductive rights, India’s cabinet on Wednesday backed giving women more time to seek an abortion in a bill aimed at helping the young, disadvantaged and the raped. The government said the cabinet had
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Virus anxiety weighs on Asian stocks, boosts safe-haven bid
SINGAPORE: Asian stocks slipped while gold and bonds were in demand on Thursday as worries about the spread of a new virus from China sent investors heading for safety. The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, as expected,
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More Japanese evacuated from China virus epicenter as death toll climbs
TOKYO/SHANGHAI: A plane of Japanese evacuees from the virus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan arrived in Tokyo on Thursday as the total number of confirmed deaths from the newly identified pathogen in the country rose by 38 to 170 and infections
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Dr.Mahathir: Govt in talks with China to evacuate citizens from Wuhan
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia is in talks with Beijing to bring back Malaysians who are currently in Wuhan, China right now. Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said there are presently 78 Malaysians in Wuhan which has imposed a lockdown due to
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Passionate teacher seeks public help as she suffers from a rare disease
PUCHONG: Nithiya Samuganardan, was diagnosed with the Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APLS) back in 2018. APLS is an auto-immune disease where the antibody ‘attacks’ the host’s own body resulting in blood clots. She is getting regular treatment at the Universiti Malaya Medical
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Proton-packed Geely takes on Honda and Toyota in Southeast Asia
KUALA LUMPUR: Li Chunrong was hired by Chinese automaker Geely to revive the fortunes of the Proton brand in Malaysia, and it took him two years to eclipse Japanese giants Honda and Toyota. Now he plans to take the fight
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