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Malaysia welcomes all tourists, regardless of sexual orientation
PETALING JAYA: Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Mohamaddin Ketapi’s remark that there was no homosexuality in the country was simply a misunderstanding, according to his office. In a statement issued last night (Wednesday), it claimed that Mohamaddin was merely
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Huawei sues US over government ban on its products
HONG KONG/WASHINGTON: Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies sued the U.S. government on Thursday saying a law limiting its U.S. business was unconstitutional, ratcheting up its fight back against a government bent on closing it out of global markets. Huawei
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Taiping is No 3 most sustainable city in the world
IPOH: Taiping has been recognised as among the top three sustainable cities in the world. Touted as Peninsular Malaysia’s wettest town, Taiping was placed third, behind Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, and Vancouver, Canada. Taiping was recognised during the 2019
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Anwar called upon to immediately replace Dr Mahathir as PM
GEORGE TOWN: A Pakatan Harapan (PH) lawmaker has called for Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to immediately replace Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as Prime Minister. Batu Uban assemblyman Kumaresan Aramugam said that the move would allow PH to regain the people’s
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Government drafting legislative amendments on threats to national unity, security – Gobind
KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 – The government is in the process of drafting amendments to legislations to enable them deal with threats on national unity and security more effectively. Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo said the process included
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Mahathir’s visit to the Philippines strengthening ties
MANILA, March 5 – Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s three-day visit to the Philippines beginning tomorrow is a manifestation of Malaysia’s seriousness in efforts to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries. Charge d’Affaires of the Malaysian Embassy in
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N. Korea restoring part of launch site it promised Trump to dismantle
WASHINGTON: North Korea has restored part of a missile launch site it began to dismantle after pledging to do so in a first summit with US President Donald Trump last year, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency and a US think tank reported
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Umno, PAS announce official collaboration
KUALA LUMPUR: Umno and PAS have finally team-up, but not the way some hoped for and a few expected. Today, the two parties announced that there would be a collaboration between them. What was left unsaid was that a marriage
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Imaret offers medical treatment to Rohingya refugees in Perlis
KUALA LUMPUR, March 5: The Islamic Medical Association of Malaysia Response and Relief Team (Imaret) has dispatched a team of medical volunteers to the Home Ministry’s complex in Kangar to provide medical treatment to Rohingya refugees today. Imaret coordinating chief,
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Anwar: PH has broader appeal with all races
KUALA LUMPUR: PKR President Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim appeared unfazed by a possible Umno-PAS alliance that could win over the majority support of Malays, following a meeting between the two parties today. The Port Dickson MP said not all Malays in
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