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Nation
Cops: No fees for job applications
KUALA LUMPUR: Scam syndicates offering part-time jobs often rely on social media platforms and instant messaging apps to lure victims.
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South Korea
Concrete mound a fatal flaw
A report commissioned by the government has found that the Jeju Air plane crash in December 2024 that killed 179 people might not have been deadly if there had not been a concrete mound at the end of the runway, an opposition lawmaker said.
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Nation
‘Meaningful reforms first’
PETALING JAYA: Bringing back the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) and Pentaksiran Tingkatan Tiga (PT3) examinations will not fix deep-seated issues in the system unless some meaningful reforms are made, say education groups and teachers.
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Letters
Give better incentives to retain local coaches
FROM C. SATHASIVAM SITHERAVELLU Former international athlete Seremban
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Focus
Jamaica’s fragile welcome mat
WITH power still out more than a week after a powerful hurricane tore through western Jamaica, Kellanie Kerr stood in the dark at the stifling souvenir shop in Negril where she works, waving a fan at her lone customer.
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Nation
Possible U-turn for UPSR and PT3
PUTRAJAYA: The primary school public examination, UPSR, and the Form Three assessment, PT3, could make a comeback, says Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek.
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Letters
Learning difficulties could be due to problems in the ear
FROM DR JEYASAKTHY SANIASIAYA Consultant paediatric otorhinolaryngologist Universiti Malaya Specialist Centre
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Nation
Parents back possible return of UPSR and PT3 exams
PETALING JAYA: The possible return of the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) and Pentaksiran Tingkatan Tiga (PT3) examinations has found support among parents who say the absence of major exams have left students without a sense of urgency and motivation in studies.
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Philippines
‘Signs of life’ under trash mountain
Rescue workers searched for dozens of people buried under a mountain of garbage that collapsed at a landfill in the central Philippines, killing at least one.
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North Korea
N. Korea’s Kim vows to ‘unconditionally support’ Putin
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged to "unconditionally support" all of Russian President Vladimir Putin's policies and decisions, Pyongyang's state media said.
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Nation
Don’t treat children like lab rats, says MCA
PETALING JAYA: Children should not be treated as "lab rats" whenever the government introduces a new policy, says MCA Youth secretary-general Saw Yee Fung (pic).
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China
China praises first ever birth of panda cub
Chinese ambassador Wang Lutong has praised Indonesia on the birth of the first panda cub in the country at the Indonesia Safari Park (TSI) in west Java, highlighting the two nations' close cooperation in natural-resource conservation.
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Philippines
Nazarene walk draws thousands
A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics joined an annual procession of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ in the Philippine capital with some using the gathering to express outrage over a corruption scandal involving influential legislators.
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Vietnam
Hanoi shrugs off Trump tariffs
Over the whine of buzzsaws and the steady whir of sanders, hundreds of Vietnamese workers in a factory outside Ho Chi Minh City hustle to fill orders for high-end furniture.
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South Korea
S. Korea’s Lee to visit Japan next week for talks with Takaichi
President Lee Jae-myung will travel to Japan next week for talks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Seoul said, days after meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.
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India
Trade deal stalled after Modi did not call Trump
THE trade pact with the United States was delayed because Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not make a telephone call to President Donald Trump to close a deal they were negotiating, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said.
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Sabah & Sarawak
Heading back to the polls
KINABATANGAN: Sabah's largest parliamentary seat Kinabatangan, nearly half the size of Pahang, is heading into election mode barely two months after the Nov 29 state polls.
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Nation
Man denies IED charges from hospital bed
SEREMBAN: A 62-year-old man was slapped with a series of explosive-related charges, all of which were read out to him in a hospital ward where he remains under treatment.
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World
Canada's unemployment rate rises to 6.8 pct in December
OTTAWA, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Canada's unemployment rate rose to 6.8 percent in December, Statistics Canada announced Friday.
