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Sweden’s new Saab‑built A‑26 submarines: Conventional, stealthy, designed for seabed warfare
STOCKHOLM, Nov 28 — Poland picked Sweden on Wednesday to supply it with three A-26 or Blekinge-class submarines being built by Saab, which are specially designed to operate in the Baltic Sea. Following are details about the submarine, which is
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What challenges lie ahead for UK’s RM179b plan to expand Heathrow Airport?
LONDON, Nov 28 — Britain selected Heathrow Airport’s plan to build a new runway on Tuesday, as the government pushes ahead with the country’s most controversial infrastructure project as part of its drive for growth. But the £33-billion (RM179 billion) plan
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Bull shark kills woman, injures man off Australia’s New South Wales beach
SYDNEY, Nov 27 — A bull shark killed a woman swimming off a remote beach in Australia’s eastern state of New South Wales Thursday while a man was seriously injured and may have been saved by the “heroic” efforts of
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Magnitude 6.6 quake hits off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra, no tsunami threat
JAKARTA, Nov 27 — A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit an island off the coast of Sumatra in western Indonesia on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), with no immediate reports of damage or tsunami warning. The strong
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India lodges strong protest with China over detention of Indian woman
MUMBAI, Nov 26 —India said it had registered a strong protest with China over what it said was the arbitrary detention of an Indian citizen at Shanghai Airport. Indian media reported that a UK-based woman holding an Indian passport was
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Half of South Sudan in acute hunger while at aid at lowest ever
NAIROBI, Nov 26 — Nearly half the population in South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, faces acute hunger and has never received so little aid, Oxfam said today. The UK-based charity said only 40 per cent of South Sudan’s US$1.6
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New Zealand woman jailed for life over ‘suitcase murders’ of her two children
WELLINGTON, Nov 26 — A South Korean-born New Zealand woman was sentenced to life in prison today for murdering her two young children, whose bodies were discovered in suitcases in an abandoned storage locker more than three years ago, New
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Burqa stunt earns Pauline Hanson seven-day suspension amid fierce condemnation from Australian Senate
SYDNEY, Nov 25 — Australia’s Senate on Tuesday suspended far-right Senator Pauline Hanson for seven sitting days after she wore a burqa to Parliament as a political prop in her campaign to ban the Muslim garment in public, triggering condemnation
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Deadly Pakistan air raids on Afghanistan claim 10 lives, including nine children, stoking fears of escalating conflict
KABUL, Nov 25 — Overnight Pakistan strikes on neighbouring Afghanistan killed at least 10 people, the Taliban government spokesman said Tuesday. “The Pakistani invading forces bombed the house of a local civilian resident… As a result, nine children (five boys
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Pentagon threatens to prosecute Senator Mark Kelly by recalling him to Navy service
WASHINGTON, Nov 25 — The Pentagon yesterday threatened to recall US Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain, to active duty status in order to prosecute him after what it described as seditious behavior by the former astronaut and decorated
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