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Extreme heat puts pregnant women and newborns at growing risk, UN climate chief warns
NADI, Oct 5 — Extreme heat is putting pregnant mothers and their newborns at increasing risk, United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell will warn today. Speaking at the “pre-COP” […]
Iran says no military solution to US war as talks over Strait of Hormuz hit impasse
TEHRAN, Oct 5 — Sebastien Ricci Iran’s top diplomat insisted yesterday that there would be no military solution to the United States’ war against the Islamic republic, with talks on ending […]
BN talks with potential Melaka election partners 95pc complete, says Zahid
SHAH ALAM, Oct 5 — Barisan Nasional (BN) has reached about 95 per cent completion in negotiations with potential partners for the Melaka election, with the coalition expected to reveal […]
Father of slain Yong Peng schoolgirl hopes justice will be served, urges public not to speculate
BATU PAHAT, Oct 5 — The father of a Form Four student who was found dead at a school in Yong Peng here hopes justice will be served for his […]
Irene Sofiya, 16, laid to rest in Batu Pahat cemetery after school hall death in Yong Peng
BATU PAHAT, Oct 5 — Sixteen-year-old Irene Sofiya Mohd Khairool Faisal, who was killed in an incident at a school in Yong Peng, was laid to rest at the Kampung […]
DKU rejects claim Tuanku Muhriz has ceased to be Negeri Sembilan ruler
SEREMBAN, Oct 5 — The Negeri Sembilan Dewan Keadilan dan Undang (DKU) has once again reaffirmed that Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir remains the Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan. DKU […]
In Egypt, displaced Gazan teacher gives uprooted children a school of their own
EL- ARISH, Oct 5 — Palestinian teacher Hadeel Zourob watches dozens of displaced Gazan children file into the region’s only Palestinian school, a place she built after war drove them from […]
Suhakam doesn’t need prosecutorial powers — but govt must answer its findings, says chairman
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) does not need prosecutorial powers to be effective, but authorities should be required to respond to its findings […]
Sabah gives more than 500 adults second chance to learn reading, writing, counting
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 4 — More than 500 adults in Sabah who missed out on formal education are being given a second chance to master basic reading, writing and counting […]
Explainer: How school grievances, social media and politics fuel France’s student protests
PARIS, Oct 4 — Protests by teenagers outside their schools have shaken France in recent days, with students blockading entrances to their institutions and security forces on occasion responding with tear […]