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Kit Siang receives top state honour
GEORGE TOWN: DAP veteran Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang tops the list of 1,346 recipients of the state awards, medals and honours in conjunction with the 75th birthday celebration of Yang di-Pertua Negri Tun Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak.
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Nation
New leads in probe on submarine deal
PUTRAJAYA: Graft investigators probing the Scorpene submarines deal have uncovered new leads involving a local company suspected of making RM42mil in payments without the knowledge of its board of directors.
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Other Sports
Priestman out as Canada coach after more drone spying found
MONTREAL: Bev Priestman was removed as head coach of the Canadian Olympic women’s football team Thursday night after Canada Soccer found evidence of drone spying before the Paris Olympics.
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Tennis
Kazakhstan’s Rybakina joins list of high-profile pullouts due to illness
PARIS: The Olympic tennis competition suffered another blow as women’s third seed Elena Rybakina (pic) joined a lengthy list of non-starters hours due to illness just hours after the draw took place at Roland Garros on Thursday.
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China
Gaemi displaces nearly 300,000
Authorities evacuated nearly 300,000 people and suspended public transport across eastern China as Typhoon Gaemi brought torrential rains which were already responsible for five deaths in nearby Taiwan.
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Nation
Property boom in Johor
KULAI: More than 2,000 units of unsold serviced apartments in Johor have been snapped up since last year, thanks to the development of the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
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Cycling
Denmark’s Anderson out of the Games after freak accident
PARIS: Danish road cyclist Solbjork Minke Anderson has been forced to withdraw from the Olympics after being hit by a car during a training session, the Danish cycling union said.
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Sabah & Sarawak
Nga: Sabah projects to be closely monitored
KOTA KINABALU: The Housing and Local Government Ministry will closely monitor all development projects it approved for implementation in Sabah, says its minister Nga Kor Ming.
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Boxing
Jalolov on course for early clash with Teremoana
PARIS: Defending super heavyweight champion Bakhodir Jalolov was drawn in the same quarter as Australian Teremoana Junior after the draws for the boxing tournament at the Paris Olympics were made at the North Paris Arena.
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Nation
‘DAP can help with Nenggiri by-election in other ways’
PETALING JAYA: DAP’s presence on the ground for the Nenggiri by-election may confuse voters, said Umno Veterans’ Club secretary Datuk Mustapha Yaakub.
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Other Sports
Norwegians issue cheeky challenge to hosts over Olympic food
PARIS: The Norwegian delegation engaged in some good-natured ribbing of their hosts over comments about food quality and small portions at the athletes’ Olympic village, claiming to have more medals in recent years than the French for their cuisine.
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Nation
‘Boyfriend’ cheats businesswoman out of RM385,000
MUAR: A local businesswoman claims she was cheated of RM385,000 by a foreigner who lured her into an investment scam through an online romance.
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Tennis
Nadal returns to training after injury scare
PARIS: Rafael Nadal returned to training at Roland Garros on Friday after an injury scare had put his participation at the Paris Olympics in doubt.
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Nation
Hairstylist and family living in fear of loan sharks
IPOH: Hairstylist Tan Kui Fong and her family are living in fear after their home in Pusing, Perak, was targeted by loan sharks.
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Tennis
Nadal and Djokovic fighting time and new generation on ultimate sporting stage
PARIS: Rafael Nadal will bid farewell to the Olympics on the clay courts of Roland Garros -- scene of his greatest moments -- as Novak Djokovic attempts to prevent the sun setting on tennis’ golden generation.
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Nation
Massive turnout expected at St Anne Feast
BUKIT MERTAJAM: The Feast of St Anne will culminate today with a 1.6km candlelight procession.
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Sabah & Sarawak
Inaugural carbon credit auctioned on Bursa Malaysia
KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia took a significant step towards sustainability with the successful inaugural carbon credit auction on Bursa Malaysia.
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Gymnastics
Brazil’s Andrade zones in on landing unprecedented vault
PARIS: Brazil’s most-decorated gymnast Rebeca Andrade has officially launched a bid to get a skill named after her as she will be attempting to perform a risky new vault that has never been pulled off by a woman.
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Gymnastics
Biles spearheads US bid to reassert Olympic gymnastics supremacy
PARIS: Simone Biles headlines a US women’s squad on a “redemption” mission at the Paris Olympics, where the gymnastics great is favoured to add to her stash of four gold medals after a turbulent Tokyo campaign.
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Nation
Ex-Boustead Naval Shipyard MD fails to strike out CBT charges
KUALA LUMPUR: The former managing director of Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS), Tan Sri Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor, has failed in his attempt to strike out three criminal breach of trust (CBT) charges involving RM21.08mil related to the Royal Malaysian Navy’s littoral combat ship (LCS) project.