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Tam, Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhino is no more
PUCHONG: Malaysia’s last surviving male Sumatran rhino, Tam, breathed its last today following severe health complications. Veterinarians, Sabah Wildlife Department and Borneo Rhino Alliance said Tam has been suffering from kidney and liver damage for some time. Tourism, Culture and
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Breaking: Man shot at in Begusarai for his ‘Muslim name’
A video of the injured youth speaking about the incident has gone viral on social media. A youth Mohd. Qasim was shot at in Begusarai district on Sunday morning allegedly after he was asked his name. An FIR has been
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Abe: Trump supports meeting with Kim over abductions
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that US President Donald Trump supported his intention to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in order to resolve the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean security services between 1970s
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Heartbreaking footage of orangutan trying to fight off excavator
Deforestation alongside global warming are the major causes of extinction. While humans are destroying their homes, animals are nothing but helpless witnessed. However, when saw his home is going to be erase from the Earth, this orangutan decided to fight
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Myanmar soldiers jailed for Rohingya killings freed in less than a year
NAYPYITAW: The Myanmar government has granted early release to seven soldiers jailed for the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and children during a 2017 military crackdown in the western state of Rakhine, two prison officials, two former fellow inmates
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Modi meets mum, 95, after Indian election landslide
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi dropped in on Sunday on his 95-year-old mother after his election landslide, a day ahead of a victory rally in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi. Modi, 68, told his 47.6 million Twitter followers that
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Trump backs Kim’s assessment on Biden
TOKYO: US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un agree on their assessment of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said, aligning the president with an authoritarian foreign leader over a former US
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Policeman killed, 4 others injured in Songkhla bombing
SONGKHLA: A policeman was killed while four others were injured when a bomb, believed to have been buried underground, exploded when police were carrying out checks behind a railway station in Chana, Songkhla. Ninth Division police chief Police Lieutenant General
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All political parties warned against using mosque and suraus for politics
PUCHONG: Perak ruler Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah today issued a stern warning against attempts to hold political events at any mosques and surau in the state by both sides of the political divide. The statement came amid uproar over an
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Brickbats and bouquets for Najib and Dr Mahathir over video clip
PUCHONG: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and current Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad received brickbats and bouquets following a Twitter message posted by the former who appeared in a music video clip featuring new singer, Fazz Ahmad.
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