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A wonderful season for JDT
KUALA LUMPUR: Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) head coach Benjamin Mora could not put it in more sweeter words. “With three titles, it’s been a wonderful season for the Southern Tigers,” he said after seeing his charges secure their second Malaysia
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Flood alleviation infrastructure without maintenance
By Fadzli Ramli MELAKA: Each year the government allocates millions of ringgit to construct flood alleviation infrastructure with the latest in July this year when the Melaka state government gave RM10 million to improve the water control gate in Sungai
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Malaysia trail 1-4 to Great Britain in Tokyo 2020 play-off
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has an uphill task in the second leg of their 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifiers playoff after losing 1-4 to Great Britain in the first leg in London early today (Malaysian time). Besides having to display a courageous
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Lack of exercise, unhealthy diet may lead to metabolic syndrome disease
SEREMBAN: Lack of exercise and unhealthy diet practices are among the reasons more Malaysians are at risk for metabolic syndrome disease, according to National Heart Institute (IJN) Clinical Cardiology Specialist Dr Lim Kien Chien. “Most people have become so busy
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Palestinian killed by Israeli Forces on Gaza Strip border
GAZA: A Palestinian man died as a result of Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, Sputnik news agency reported Ashraf al-Qidra, a spokesman for Gaza’s Health Ministry, as saying Saturday. Earlier, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said that Israeli combat
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Good samaritans help clean up homes of flood victims in Kuala Selangor
KUALA SELANGOR: A total of 642 volunteers from various government agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGO), have gathered today to undertake a mass clean-up of homes of flood victims in this district. The programme which started at 8.30am, is aimed at
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Mahathir: ASEAN must speak with one voice in economic matters
BANGKOK: For ASEAN to emerge as a more prominent organisation and assert its position as an economic power, it must stand together and speak with one voice, especially when dealing with other big economies in the global stage, said Tun
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Smooth sailing for Tanjung Piai by-election nominations
PONTIAN: The nomination of candidates for the Tanjung Piai parliamentary by-election took place smoothly at Dewan Jubli Intan Sultan Ibrahim here today, with no untoward incident recorded, said Pontian district police chief Supt Mustafa Bakri Salleh. A total of 1,185
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Mahathir: No to Goldman’s 1MDB offer of under US$2b
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has rejected an offer from Goldman Sachs of less than US$2 billion (RM8.33 billion) in compensation – over the 1MDB scandal, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad told the Financial Times on Friday – compared with its publicly stated demand
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MACC: Half of those served compound fine orders want extension, exemption, settlement
PUTRAJAYA: Half of the 80 individuals and entities served with compound fines for illegally receiving 1MDB funds have responded by asking for exemption or are willing to cooperate on exposing the end-users, said the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). “(They) either
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