Sabbath cafe clash lays bare Israel faultlines
JERUSALEM, Aug 18 — Alma Ronen has been fighting in the Israeli military nearly constantly for more than two years. Spending her Saturday not in uniform but in a T-shirt and
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Explainer: What makes a by-election necessary in Malaysia, and when it is not?
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — The Election Commission (EC) has said there will not be a by-election held in the Subang parliamentary constituency following its incumbent Wong Chen’s resignation. A
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Jason Arday: UK academic who died amid plagiarism storm
LONDON, Aug 17 — Jason Arday, the ex-Cambridge professor found dead amid a growing furore over claims of academic plagiarism and personal life embellishments, rose from humble roots in Britain
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Photos, memories all that remain for Colombia’s bereaved after quake
CALI, Aug 17 — In Torres del Limonar, a Cali residential complex that collapsed in Monday’s earthquake, people pick through rubble to recover victims’ belongings and return them to grieving families.
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Residents jeer French PM on visit to fire-hit region
LA PORGE (France), Aug 17 — Dozens of residents today jeered the French prime minister as he arrived in a region hit by wildfires earlier this summer, in a show of
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Ringgit gets a boost at market close as US data cools, Fed hike expectations fade
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 — The ringgit closed higher against major and regional currencies on Monday, including the greenback, as softer US economic data dampened expectations of a US Federal
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No licence, no insurance, so no Mercedes: Langkawi JPJ seizes Bangladeshi farmer’s luxury ride
ALOR SETAR, Aug 17 — The Kedah Road Transport Department (JPJ) seized a Mercedes-Benz vehicle used by a Bangladeshi man during Ops Luxury around Jalan Padang Matsirat, Langkawi, yesterday. In
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RM3.4m bill stands for former MARA Corp CEO after appeal fails over 25 hires
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 17 — The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s decision in ordering Majlis Amanah Rakyat Corporation Sdn Bhd (MARA Corporation) former group chief executive officer (CEO)
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Viral sword threat in Langgar lands Kedah-born man in Perlis police custody for three days
KANGAR, Aug 17 — Police detained a 46-year-old man over a viral social media post allegedly containing a threat to injure an individual with a sword. Perlis acting police chief
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High Court lets Aliff Syukri defer apology to ex-minister Abdul Kadir in RM30m investment suit pending appeal
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 — The High Court today allowed businessman and cosmetics entrepreneur and social media personality Datuk Seri Aliff Syukri Kamaruzaman’s bid to defer his apology to veteran