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Elijah Cummings: Iconic US congressman and fierce critic of Trump, dies
WASHINGTON: US Representative Elijah Cummings, a civil rights champion who over the last quarter century became one of the most influential Democrats in Congress and a key figure in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, passed away yesterday. He
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Typhoon Hagibis: Rescuers slog through mud as death toll rises to 74
The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan for decades climbed to 74 as rescuers slogged through mud and debris in an increasingly grim search for the missing, and as thousands of homes remained without power or water.
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Charred body found in burning container
KUANTAN: A charred body, believed to be of a woman, was found in a burnt container near the Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) early this morning. Pahang Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) public relations officer Anuar Hassan said the victim was
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IPF president Sambanthan dies
KUALA LUMPUR: Indian Progressive Front (IPF) president Senator Datuk M Sambanthan passed away yesterday night. He was 54. His second son, S Ganesh Kumar said his father died at the National Heart Institute (IJN) at 11.35 pm yesterday due to
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Typhoon Hagibis: Death toll rises to 58
TOKYO: The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan for decades climbed to 58 as rescuers slogged through mud and debris in an increasingly grim search for the missing and as thousands of homes remained without power or
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Iraqi protests: Death toll soars to 104
BAGHDAD: Death toll in Baghdad protests and other Iraqi cities rose to 104 with more than 6,000 people wounded, including security members, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior yesterday. In a press conference, spokesman
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Police shoot dead factory worker who ran amok, causing colleague’s death
GEORGE TOWN: Police shot dead a factory worker who ran amok, causing the death of one colleague and seriously injuring another, in Bayan Lepas yesterday. In the 5.45pm incident, the 25-year-old man is believed to have used a parang to
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Former MACC chief Ahmad Said dies
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan, 67, died last night at his daughter’s house in Rawang. MACC deputy chief commissioner (prevention), Datuk Shamsun Baharin Mohd Jamil said funeral rites will be performed
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Deputy minister Farid Rafik dies
PUCHONG: Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Wira Mohamed Farid Md Rafik passed away in the wee hours of this morning. He was 43. Farid, who is Deputy National Unity and Social Wellbeing Minister, died at the Pontian
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Nora Anne to be laid to rest in Belfast come Tuesday
PUCHONG: Irish teenager Nora Anne Quoirin, who was found dead in a forest near The Dusun Resort in Negeri Sembilan last month, will be laid to rest after a funeral in Belfast, Northern Ireland, next week. According to Britain’s Daily
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