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Wan Azizah: Comprehensive support system empowers women
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail ( said a comprehensive support system should be drawn up to help empower women in the economic, social and political spheres. Wan Azizah, who is also Women, Family and Community Development
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Coroner’s Court: Model Ivana’s death a ‘misadventure’
KUALA LUMPUR: The death of model Ivana Esther Robert Smit who fell from a condominium unit at CapSquare Residences here two years ago, was caused by a “misadventure’, the Coroner’s Court here ruled today. Coroner Mahyon Talib, who heard the
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MH370: five years of aviation’s greatest mysteries
Five years after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370’s disappearance, we still don’t know what happened to the plane or the 239 people onboard. And despite years of effort and a multinational search in Asia and the Indian Ocean that became the
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Goh-Shevon qualifies into quarter-finals at All England open
KUALA LUMPUR, March 8: Malaysian mixed doubles pair Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai continued their brilliant momentum to move into the quarter-finals of the All England Open Badminton Championships 2019 at Arena Birmingham on Thursday (early Friday Malaysia time). Goh-Shevon knocked
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Happy International Women’s Day
Dear Women, When you were a little girl, what did you love to do? Where did your imagination take you? How did you express yourself? Did you dance, sing, spend hours in nature, paint your face, make up stories, or
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International Women’s Day celebration across Europe
Friday March 8 is International Women’s Day, an annual event recognised across the world celebrating and supporting the women’s rights movement. The first gathering was in 1911 in the US, and since then it has grown into an international festival
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Malaysia welcomes all tourists, regardless of sexual orientation
PETALING JAYA: Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Mohamaddin Ketapi’s remark that there was no homosexuality in the country was simply a misunderstanding, according to his office. In a statement issued last night (Wednesday), it claimed that Mohamaddin was merely
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Huawei sues US over government ban on its products
HONG KONG/WASHINGTON: Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies sued the U.S. government on Thursday saying a law limiting its U.S. business was unconstitutional, ratcheting up its fight back against a government bent on closing it out of global markets. Huawei
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Zuckerberg: Facebook’s Future Is Going Big On Private, Secure Chats
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook, which grew into a colossus by vacuuming up your information in every possible way and using it to target ads back at you, now says its future lies in privacy-oriented messaging that Facebook itself can’t read. Mark Zuckerberg,
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Taiping is No 3 most sustainable city in the world
IPOH: Taiping has been recognised as among the top three sustainable cities in the world. Touted as Peninsular Malaysia’s wettest town, Taiping was placed third, behind Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, and Vancouver, Canada. Taiping was recognised during the 2019
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