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ASEAN+
UN: Nearly a half-billion still hungry
BANGKOK: Nearly a half-billion people in the Asia-Pacific are still malnourished and eliminating hunger by 2030 requires that millions escape food insecurity each month, according to a report released by UN agencies.
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Swimming
Coach Chris: Don’t worry, there’s light in the pool
THE swimming team failed to meet their three-gold target but coach Chris Martin does not think they did too badly. In fact, he believes this team are destined for big things in the future.
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Athletics
High-quality stuff from Haiqal
THE crowd was thin, only about a quarter of the 20,000-capacity stadium was filled, probably because the local big star was not there. But that did not take away from the highlight of the track and field events at the SEA Games.
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Squash
Training stint to harden squash players for Stiff competition
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia are banking on a one-month training stint in Bristol, England, to break into the top 10 in the World Team Squash Championships.
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Football
Cash-strapped Melaka to play in home tourney before next season
PETALING JAYA: Melaka have taken steps to be financially prudent in their preparation for the 2020 M-League season.
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Badminton
Slow off the mark
KUALA LUMPUR: The old and young fell flat as Malaysia got off to a slow start on the first day of the World Tour Finals in Guangzhou, China.
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Letters
Truths about Xinjiang the Western media won’t tell
FROM BAI TIAN , Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Malaysia
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Football
Azamuddin out to use his experience to soar higher with Red Eagles
PETALING JAYA: Kedah veteran winger Azamuddin Mohd Akil is hoping to play a bigger role with the Red Eagles in the M-League next season.
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ASEAN+
Contraband cigarettes hidden in loaves of bread
SINGAPORE: A man’s efforts to smuggle contraband cigarettes into the country went stale on Sunday morning as Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers found 32 packets of the cigarettes hidden in loaves of bread at Woodlands Checkpoint.
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ASEAN+
Thai party faces dissolution over leader’s RM26mil loan
BANGKOK: Thai opposition party Future Forward is facing dissolution as the Election Commission (EC) agreed to file a motion at the Constitutional Court to dissolve the party over a loan from its leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit.
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ASEAN+
‘There was no genocidal intent’
The Hague: Former peace icon Aung San Suu Kyi told the UN’s top court there was no “genocidal intent” in Myanmar’s crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, despite admitting that the army may have used excessive force.
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ASEAN+
New heights reached to protect wildlife
XI’AN: The Qinling Mountains, a natural boundary between the country’s north and south, have witnessed huge improvements in wildlife protection in recent years.
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ASEAN+
More than US$28bil spent on cats, dogs in 2019
CHENGDU: Urban residents in China are estimated to spend a total of 202.4 billion yuan (RM120bil) on their pet cats and dogs in 2019, up 18.5% year on year, according to a report jointly published by Goumin.com and Pet Fair Asia.
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ASEAN+
US practises ‘double standards’
BEIJING: China slammed the United States over the latter’s poor human rights conditions for Muslims, and said Washington is telling lies about China’s policies in the Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region.
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Metro News
Poverty leads to poor dietary habits
THE urban poor are often faced with food insecurity.
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Nation
10 give statements on Chin Peng’s ashes
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have taken statements from 10 individuals over investigations into Chin Peng’s ashes which were brought back into the country, says Comm Datuk Huzir Mohamed.
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Letters
Questioning the statistics on lightning fatalities
FROM HARTONO ZAINAL ABIDIN , Kuala Lumpur
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ASEAN+
Govt calls for expertise on aged care services
BEIJING: China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs is recruiting experts in the field of elderly care services to promote the healthy development of the sector and better cope with an ageing population.
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Athletics
Those who wield the hammer turn out to be not deserving
ONE could say Malaysia got hammered in the SEA Games – the biggest flops in track and field were hammer throwers Jackie Wong Siew Cheer and Grace Wong Xiu Wei who lost the gold medals they won in KL two years ago.