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Keling and Kumang the cows? Dayak group demands answers from Sarawak Agrofest organisers
MIRI, Oct 4 — Dayak Native Initiative (Dani) has criticised the use of the names Keling and Kumang for two cattle featured at the Sarawak Agrofest, saying the choice was […]
Indian police detain dozens of protesters demanding election chief resign over voter-roll irregularities
NEW DELHI, Oct 4 — Indian police yesterday detained dozens of youth protesters in New Delhi on the second straight day of demonstrations demanding the chief election commissioner’s resignation over […]
Ex-PM says Putin cannot admit ‘mistake’ over Ukraine as he bets on war of attrition
PARIS, Oct 4 — Despite growing economic trouble and rising unease among ordinary Russians and the elite, President Vladimir Putin is not ready to negotiate an end to the war […]
Tennessee execution scandal: Prison chief who oversaw botched lethal injection resigns, says governor
WASHINGTON, Oct 4 — The prison commissioner in the southern US state of Tennessee has resigned over the botched execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike, Governor Bill Lee said yesterday. […]
She wanted to stay home, but a Kuching father’s insistence saved her when their house fell into the river
KUCHING, Oct 4 — Isniah Daud was tending to her kuih stall with her three daughters when a neighbour called to tell her that their riverside house near Kampung Bintawa […]
Rescued once, stranded again: False killer whale dies at Sarawak beach
KUCHING, Oct 4 — A false killer whale died yesterday after becoming stranded twice along the Pueh coastline in Sematan. Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) general manager Abang Arabi Abang Aimran […]
Aramco facility fire amid Houthi attacks sparks new concerns over Saudi oil security
RIYADH, Oct 4 — Flames and smoke were seen rising from a facility belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco south of the kingdom’s capital Riyadh yesterday, an AFP journalist said. […]
Did you feel that? MetMalaysia says 5.8 Sumatra quake could rattle western peninsular Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — A moderate earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale was detected in North Sumatra, Indonesia, at 7.37am today. The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia), in a […]
Palestinians injured as Israeli forces help settlers seize West Bank olive groves
BEITA (Palestinian Territories), Oct 4 — Israeli soldiers yesterday backed settlers who seized Palestinian olive groves at the start of the harvest season, with injuries reported in several places across […]
Houthis say struck oil facility near Riyadh, as Saudis hit Sanaa
SANAA, Oct 4 — Yemen’s Houthis claimed an attack on an oil facility near the Saudi capital yesterday, where an AFP journalist saw flames and smoke, and accused the Gulf […]