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Nation
A long-term fix for organ transplants
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia, which has among the world's lowest organ donations, is now pushing for an improvement – but deeper challenges remain.
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Focus
Maimed by someone else’s war
IN the dense hill forests along Bangladesh's border with war-torn Myanmar, villagers are losing limbs to landmines, casualties of a conflict not of their making.
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Focus
A giant beneath the steppe
MORE than 3.2km beneath the wind-swept steppe of western Kazakhstan, porous rock formed from the skeletons of ancient coral and marine life holds one of the world's most prolific oil deposits.
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Metro News
Liverpool seek lift-off
THE 4-1 win over Newcastle United last week was a huge result for Liverpool.
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Nation
Legal Malaysians living in fear in Minnesota
PETALING JAYA: For Sarah Ng, a 30-year-old Malaysian professional living in southern Minneapolis, a major city in the state of Minnesota, for the past decade, her daily routine was simple: driving to work and back home.
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Insight
Address stunting in children
Stunting, stemming from malnourished babies and children, is more than a matter of below-average height – it carries long-term consequences if unaddressed.
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Metro News
Momentum with Red Devils as Spurs visit
EVERYTHING points to another win for Manchester United this weekend, when they welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Old Trafford.
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Focus
Fighting for every breath
WITH pollution in Pakistan hitting record highs in recent years, citizens clutching air monitors and legal papers are taking the fight for clean air into their own hands.
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Food News
Old ingredients, newly acquainted
CENTURY egg tofu is a cold appetiser that brings together two ingredients of ancient lineage, making it a fitting, if understated, addition to the Chinese New Year table.
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Cambodia
Historical evidence sought from France on border row
PRIME Minister Hun Manet has asked France to provide historical documents to help resolve an enduring border dispute with Thailand that twice spilled over into armed conflict last year, Cambodia's foreign ministry said.
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Nation
Anti-graft activists applaud HRD Corp suspensions
PETALING JAYA: The suspension of three senior Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp) officials is a necessary step towards strengthening governance and restoring confidence in the management of employer levy funds, say anti-graft activists.
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Food News
Auspicious beginnings await this Lunar New Year
AS the Lunar New Year approaches, Pavilion Hotel Kuala Lumpur invites families, friends and loved ones to rediscover the joy of reunion.
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India
Cops probe death of three sisters
POLICE said an investigation has been launched into the death of three young sisters over concerns that they were heavily "influenced" by games and movies online that they were later denied access to.
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China
Crackdown on insurance fraud
Authorities launched a new countrywide crackdown on medical insurance fraud in mental health institutions this week, after local media reported some hospitals were offering free services to compete for patients in Hubei province.
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Japan
Nuclear power to resume soon
THE nation will switch the world's largest nuclear power plant back on next week, after a glitch with an alarm forced the suspension of its first restart since the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
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India
Teacher bags US$1mil prize
AN Indian teacher and activist known for creating hundreds of learning centres and painting educational murals across the walls of slums won the US$1mil (RM3.95mil) Global Teacher Prize.
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Nation
Fine print needs to pass real test, say policy experts
PETALING JAYA: Hope is growing around the government's proposed Base Medical and Health Insurance/Takaful (MHIT) plan, particularly following assurances that Malaysians with pre-existing conditions will be included.
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Focus
The man behind the club
FROM a television studio, Venezuela's feared interior minister would brandish a plastic club and call out the names of government critics – who knew what that usually meant. They could expect government agents to show up and take them away.
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Nation
New targeted financing schemes for MSMEs lauded
PETALING JAYA: Business groups have welcomed the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry's introduction of two new targeted financing schemes aimed at supporting micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
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Japan
Trump endorses Takaichi
US President Donald Trump gave his "total endorsement" of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ahead of a national election in Japan tomorrow, adding that he looked forward to hosting her at the White House next month.
