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“Azmin out to defend position as minister?”
KUALA LUMPUR: PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim hinted that his deputy, Azmin Ali was emotional and out to defend his position as a cabinet minister. Azmin is the Economic Affairs Minister. “I think he needs to cool himself a
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Selangor Sultan wants MACC to remain independent, function without fear or favour .
SHAH ALAM: The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, today advised the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to remain independent, transparent and bold and to discharge its duty without fear or favour. The Ruler said the MACC must function without
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“Dr Mahathir is no dictator as he was elected democratically”
KUALA LUMPUR: PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang has come to the defence of Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as a result of Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar describing the premier as dictator. “He is not a
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New Zealand DPM on two day working visit here
KUALA LUMPUR: New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters is on a two-day working visit to Malaysia beginning today, said Wisma Putra. Peters is scheduled to meet his counterparts Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan
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Bangladesh celebrates 49th Independence Day
BANGLADESH: Marking the separation of what was East Pakistan and Pakistan, Bangladesh Independence Day is a national holiday celebrated on 26 March. On that date in 1971, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman signed a declaration making East Pakistan the sovereign and independent country of Bangladesh It
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LFL pans Home Ministry over stateless children stand
PUCHONG: Legal rights NGO Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) panned Home Ministry over its stand on stateless children. “By virtue of the 2nd schedule part 2 section 1(a) of the constitution, as long as one of the parents of the child
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PM Mahathir: LIMA triggers Malaysia to keep up with growing defence industry
LANGKAWI: The introduction of Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) in 1991 has helped to trigger Malaysia keep up with the catalytic and rapidly growing defence industry, said Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The Prime Minister, when launching LIMA ‘19
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In an unfortunate mix-up, British Airways plane lands in Scotland, not Germany
The flight on Monday seemed to go perfectly well, until passengers realized that their plane had landed in both the wrong city and the wrong country. The British Airways flight from London City Airport was supposed to head to Duesseldorf,
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Dr Mahathir: I’m also disappointed with remarks by Nurul Izzah
ALOR SETAR – PKR’s Nurul Izzah Anwar has come under fire from PPBM leaders over an interview with Singapore’s Straits Times in which she called party chairman and Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad a former dictator. “Never mind, many people
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Trump recognizes Golan Heights as Israeli, boosting Netanyahu and angering Syria
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday recognized Israel’s 1981 annexation of the Golan Heights in an election boost for visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, prompting a sharp response from Syria, which once held the strategic land. With Netanyahu
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