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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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N. Korea restoring part of launch site it promised Trump to dismantle
WASHINGTON: North Korea has restored part of a missile launch site it began to dismantle after pledging to do so in a first summit with US President Donald Trump last year, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency and a US think tank reported
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Large study again confirms MMR vaccine doesn’t cause autism
WASHINGTON: A study following more than 650,000 Danish children for over a decade has led researchers to the same conclusion as previous efforts: the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine does not increase a child’s risk of autism. The study, which followed
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Donald Trump says Ending Preferential Trade Treatment for India
Donald Trump: Ending Preferential Trade Treatment For India. Trump looked set to open a new front in his trade wars today with a plan to end preferential trade treatment for India that allows duty-free entry for $5.6 billion worth of
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Air Asia’s digital arm sets up venture capital fund
AirAsia’s digital venture arm, RedBeat Ventures, has set up a global venture capital fund, RedBeat Capital, and formed a strategic partnership with San-Franscisco-based venture capital firm, 500 Startups. Tony Fernandes on the lookout for the world’s best and brightest to
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Pak Promised Crackdown, But Jaish Is Still Active After Air Strike
Pak Promised Crackdown, But Jaish Is Still Active After Air Strike. Banned terror outfit JeM continues to air messages of hate. JeM weekly Al Qalam is still accessible online, features over 250 articles penned by Sa’adi (chief Masood Azhar,mastermind behind
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