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Clean up ‘disgusting, rat and rodent infested’ district: Trump to Cummings
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump hit out at a prominent African-American critic on Saturday, calling him a “brutal bully” who should concentrate on cleaning up his “disgusting, rat and rodent infested” Baltimore district rather than criticizing the work of U.S. immigration
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Dr M: World terrorism ends when Israel’s injustice is stopped
ANKARRA: The never ending Palestinian conflict caused by Israel is the main cause of terrorism, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, reported Turkish news agency, Anadolu. “The main thing that we think we should always stress is the causes
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Bodies of 60 migrants recovered off Libya’s western coast
TRIPOLI: Libyan Red Crescent on Friday recovered 60 bodies of illegal immigrants off the western coast, Xinhua news agency reported. “We recovered 60 bodies of immigrants, including women and children, whose boat sank Thursday off the coast of the city
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“Free Hong Kong” converge at airport
HONG KONG: Several hundred protesters calling for democracy and some chanting “free Hong Kong” converged on the Chinese-ruled city’s airport on Friday as neighbouring Singapore advised its citizens to avoid parts of the territory. Airport authorities said operations wouldn’t be
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Murder conviction quashed because of police informant – lawyer
SYDNEY: An Australian man’s conviction for a gangland murder has been quashed, after a high-profile scandal where his lawyer was revealed to be a police informant. Faruk Orman was freed on Friday after serving 12 years in jail for the
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80,000 tons of recyclables used for Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals
The Tokyo 2020 Medal Project sparked the collection of nearly 80,000 tons of mobile phones and small electronic devices around Japan, which will be used in the crafting of every gold, silver and bronze Olympic and Paralympic medal awarded to
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Echoing Trump, newly minted UK PM says, ‘I’ll make Britain great again’
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised yesterday that Brexit would make Britain the greatest place on Earth, echoing the patriotic rhetoric of US President Donald Trump in his first speech to Parliament as prime minister. Johnson, who was hailed
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N Korea: Missiles firing a warning to Seoul
SEOUL: North Korea has fired its “new tactical guided weapon” under its supreme leader Kim Jong Un’s guidance in a demonstration of power, Yonhap news agency reported, quoting North Korean official media report today, a day after the communist state
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Dr M: Revive the once great Islamic civilisation
Prime Minister Dr Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad spoke in Ankara, Turkey, yesterday of the need for Muslim countries like Malaysia, Turkey and Pakistan to pool their resources to make Islamic civilisation great again. He said the Muslim world today was
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US blocks UN rebuke of Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes
UNITED NATIONS: The US blocked an attempt by Kuwait, Indonesia and South Africa yesterday to get the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes on the outskirts of Jerusalem, diplomats said. Israel said the 10 apartment
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