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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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Nation
‘Pengerang TB cluster originated from elderly woman’
JOHOR BARU: The tuberculosis (TB) cluster in Johor, where 33 people tested positive, originated from a female senior citizen, says state health and environment committee chairman Ling Tian Soon (pic).
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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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Nation
Perak official urges public caution as dry spell drags on
IPOH: The people need to be mindful of starting an open fire during the current hot weather, says Datuk Sayani Saidon.
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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.
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Nation
IJM chairman held over RM2.5bil assets abroad
KUALA LUMPUR: The IJM Corporation Bhd chairman has been detained by graft busters.
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Japan
Mount Fuji cherry blossom festival cancelled due to overtourism
A CHERRY blossom festival boasting a highly Instagrammable view of Japan's Mount Fuji has been cancelled after residents complained of overtourism fuelled by the weak yen.
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Nation
Over 155,000 foreigners join Migrant Repatriation Programme
KUALA LUMPUR: More than 155,000 foreign nationals have registered under the Migrant Repatriation Programme, with over 138,000 successfully repatriated to their countries of origin to date.
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Metro News
Happy home in Gelugor
ENGINEER Mohammad Fakruf Aiman Abdul Ghani and his wife, Aida Yasmin Ahmad Azmi, a bank employee, are glad that their loan application for an affordable housing unit in Penang was approved without much hassle.
