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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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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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Citycism
How silence fuels KL rubbish crisis
LAST month, I joined 26 journalists from South Asia and South-East Asia at a two-day workshop in Bangkok, Thailand, titled "Combating disinformation and misinformation".
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Metro News
Pasir Gudang’s growth roadmap
Pasir Gudang City Council (MBPG) has unveiled a comprehensive roadmap featuring major infrastructure overhauls and high-value investment targets to transform the industrial hub into a "smart, sustainable, and investor-ready" metropolis.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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
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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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.
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Thailand
Tough fight to decide nation’s fate
Thais vote tomorrow in an election pitting the popular reformists who won last time against the conservative who ended up as prime minister, with ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra looming large from his prison cell.
