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China’s citizen entry into Malaysia halted temporary
PUCHONG: All citizens from Wuhan and around Hubei province in China will be temporary denied entry in to Malaysia. In a statement today Prime Minister Office said the government has halted all immigration facilities including issuing visas for Chinese citizens
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UPKO Putatan chief, committee members quit party
KOTA KINABALU: The United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO) Putatan chief Datuk Marcus Makin Mojigoh along with almost all committee members yesterday announced quitting the party with immediate effect. Majigoh said only deputy division chief Datuk Alex Martin and committee
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Yew Sin-Ee Yi claim first title of the year
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian independent doubles Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi claimed their first title this year as the world 20th ranked pair after defeating China’s Huang Kai Xiang-Liu Cheng in the men’s double final of the 2020 Thailand Masters in
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Dr M, Mukhriz retain Bersatu division chief posts uncontested
ALOR SETAR: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his son Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir, the Kedah Menteri Besar, today retained their posts as Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) division chiefs for Langkawi and Jerlun respectively, uncontested. Kedah Bersatu secretary
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China virus deaths rise to 80 as Hong Kong bans visitors from worst-hit province
SHANGHAI: The death toll from China’s new coronavirus today grew to 80 as residents of Hubei province, where the disease originated, were banned from entering Hong Kong amid global efforts to halt the rapid spread of the outbreak. The number
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Boat capsizes: teenager drowns in Kota Tinggi
JOHOR BAHRU: A teenager drowned after the boat he was in with two others capsized in Sungai Jalan Wayang, Kampung Tembioh near Kota Tinggi yesterday. Kota Tinggi Fire and Rescue Station operations commander, senior fire officer Azman Jantan said the station
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Malaysia has experience, capacity to handle coronavirus situation – DPM
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has the capacity to deal with the 2019 novel coronavirus situation after having successfully dealt with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Ebola virus and Nipah virus in the past, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Azizah Wan Ismail
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Claims of 2019 novel coronavirus created in a lab are bogus
KUALA LUMPUR: Claims by some netizens that the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was made in laboratories with its vaccine readily available, was not accurate, said Factcheck.org, a non-profit organisation working with Facebook to debunk misinformation. In fact, it said, there
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Op Selamat: 122 deaths in 8 days
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 122 deaths in 113 fatal road crashes were recorded after eight days of ‘Op Selamat’, the road safety operation launched by the police in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebrations. Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation
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More than 2,000 now infected with coronavirus; 56 dead in China
SHANGHAI: More than 2,000 people globally have been infected with a new coronavirus, the vast majority of them in China, where 56 people have died from the disease, according to figures released on Sunday. President Xi Jinping said during a
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