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Police identified nine associations involved in ex-communist party gathering
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have identified nine associations believed to have been involved in organising the 30th anniversary of the Hatyai Peace Accord in Kajang near here on Dec 1. Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Huzir Mohamed said police
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U.S. grounds Saudi pilots, halts military training after base shooting
WASHINGTON: Pentagon yesterday announced it was halting operational training of all Saudi Arabian military personnel in the United States until further notice after a Saudi Air Force lieutenant shot and killed three people last week at a base in Florida.
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Six dead in New Jersey shooting spree
NEW YORK: Six people including a police officer and two suspected gunmen were killed in an hours-long shootout near a cemetery and a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, New Jersey yesterday. Jersey City police chief Michael Kelly said the
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Sabah Health Dept takes steps to prevent polio outbreak
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Health Department has taken preventive steps to stop the polio disease from spreading in the state. Its Health and Wellbeing minister Datuk Poon Ming Fung said until Dec 5, 646 individual has been tested negative with
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Ask ‘old people’ for advice, world’s oldest PM tells the youngest premier
Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad, the world’s oldest serving premier, said today it would be a good idea for the world’s youngest prime minister, Finland’s Sanna Marin, to ask “old people” for their advice. Marin, 34, was the sole candidate for her
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Najib: Rosmah chose the RM466,330 watch
KUALA LUMPUR: The RM466,330 watch which was purchased by former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in Honolulu, United States, as a birthday gift for his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, was chosen by the herself. Najib, 66, told
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New Zealand launches an investigation into a deadly volcanic eruption
New Zealand police launched an investigation today after a volcanic eruption on an island popular with tourists killed five people, injured more than 30 and left eight people missing, who are presumed dead. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said reconnaissance flights
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Explainer: Malaysia’s mega 1MDB scandal that has scalded Goldman Sachs
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has vowed to bring back billions of dollars allegedly stolen from state fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), co-founded by his predecessor Najib Razak. The scandal has also embroiled US bank Goldman Sachs (GS.N), which Malaysia
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Malaysia’s palm oil stocks fall 4.08% in Nov 2019
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s total palm oil stocks eased 4.08% to 2.26 million tonnes in November 2019 from 2.35 million tonnes recorded in the previous month. In a statement today, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) said crude palm oil (CPO)
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Flood hits three districts in Sabah
KOTA KINABALU: The floods in Sabah has affected three districts namely Sipitang, Beaufort and Membakut, involving 22 villages with 76 people having been evacuated as at noon today. According to the Sabah Malaysian Civil Defence Force, said the evacuees, comprising
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