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81 quarantined people who returned from Italy allowed to go home
NILAI: A total of 81 people comprising Malaysians and their families, as well as six non-Malaysians, who arrived from Italy on March 26 were today allowed to go home after undergoing 14 days of quarantine at the Higher Education Leadership
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The financial blow of the Coronavirus on businesses and events
PUCHONG: Government should take immediate action as most of the businesses are facing a huge loss due to COVID-19, said My Events International Founder/president, Shahul Hameed Dawood. As events are cancelled because of COVID-19, event planning industry takes hit as
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UK post-Brexit rules to ‘turn off tap’ of low-skilled foreign labour
LONDON: Britain will “turn off the tap” of foreign, low-skilled labour and require all skilled workers wishing to come to the country to have a job offer and meet salary and language requirements as it sets post-Brexit rules from next
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Man shot dead by UK police wanted girlfriend to behead her parents
LONDON: Sudesh Amman, the man shot dead by police in what officials described as a terrorism incident in south London, had been jailed for promoting violent Islamist material and had encouraged his girlfriend to behead her parents. Amman, 20, was
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UK: Man shot dead by police after terrorism linked attack
LONDON: A man has been shot dead by police in South London after stabbing several people yesterday, Anadolu Agency quoted British police as saying in a statement. “A man has been shot by armed officers in Streatham,” Metropolitan Police said
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Britain finally leaves EU, future uncertain
The UK finally cast off from the European Union yesterday for an uncertain Brexit future, turning its back after 47 years on the post-World War Two project that sought to build the ruined nations of Europe into a global power.
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EU clears Brexit deal, UK set to leave today
BRUSSELS: On behalf of the European Union (EU) member states, the Council of the European Union has adopted the decision to conclude the United Kingdom’s (UK) withdrawal agreement, the Council said in a statement yesterday. Xinhua news agency reported that
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Lim: Three existential threats to mankind – nuclear weapons, climate change and Internet information warfare
Sixteen-year-old Swede, Greta Thunberg has been named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019. The teenage climate activist was the odds-on favourite to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, but it was awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed,
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Welcoming new lawmakers, Johnson vows a speedy Brexit
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson will welcome 109 new Conservative lawmakers to Parliament today, promising to honour his election pledges to get Brexit done as soon as possible and boost funding to the state health service. After winning a commanding
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No posters or street campaigns, UK goes for landmark election
MANCHESTER: The United Kingdom goes for a landmark general election today as it would set the country’s future direction in the region and the world. This is UK’s second general election since 2017 and the third in under five years.
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