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Chinese businesses cautious as Mahathir, Beijing move ahead on ECRL
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s relationship with China is under scrutiny ahead of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s expected April visit to Beijing. Mainland Chinese businesses in Malaysia, in particular, are hopeful that the 93-year-old leader will be able to smooth ties with
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Robertson: Malaysia backtracking on National Security Council Act
BANGKOK: Human Rights Watch Asia’s deputy director Phil Robertson accused the Malaysian government of breaking a key election pledge by proposing to amend rather than repeal an abusive national security law. The government on April 9, 2019, put before Parliament
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Malaysia, Singapore: Mutual solution to water supply issue
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia and Singapore have agreed to find an amicable solution to the issue over the supply of water between the two countries, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today. The effort will include the possibility of dispute resolution
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MH370: Expert believes criminal act took place on doomed jet
MALAYSIA AIRLINES flight MH370 was at the center of a “deliberate criminal act”, an aviation expert claimed during his book investigating the doomed jet. MH370, which was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China, disappeared on March 8, 2014. The
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Indonesia, Malaysia mount protest to EU over palm oil curbs
JAKARTA / BRUSSELS: Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Prime Minister Mahatir Mohamad have signed a joint letter of objection to the European Union over its plan to phase out the use of palm oil in renewable fuel, and sent delegations
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Malaysia’s economy to experience moderate growth in 2019
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian economy is expected to experience moderate growth in 2019 due to challenging external factors, according to Economic Affairs Deputy Minister Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin. He said the factors include the United States federal government’s temporary shutdown
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Malaysia, Singapore mutually suspend implementation of overlapping port limits
SINGAPORE: Malaysia and Singapore today mutually suspended the implementation of their overlapping port limits and applied their port limits in effect prior to Oct 25, 2018, and Dec 6, 2018, respectively. The mutual suspension of overlapping port limits started at
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Malaysia, Singapore reach deal to end air dispute
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia and Singapore have agreed that in the spirit of bilateral cooperation, Singapore will withdraw the Instrument Landing System (ILS) procedures for Seletar Airport while Malaysia will indefinitely suspend its permanent Restricted Area (RA) over Pasir Gudang. This agreement
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Kula: Umno must be plucked out
SEREMBAN: Umno has long been sick and must be plucked out so as it would not affect the nation, said DAP vice-chairman M Kula Segaran. He reminded that the financial crisis that the country was facing now was caused by
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Malaysian critical after escaping Abu Sayyaf captors
By: Swashna Arora PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian is reportedly in a critical stage after being rescued by Philippine security forces during a gunfire exchange with Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern Philippines yesterday. A Mindanao-based news portal today reported the
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