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Penang land scandal: MACC arrests government agency chairman, four others over undervalued sales
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained five individuals, including the chairman of a government agency, for allegedly exploiting their positions in the disposal of […]
MACC to seek remand for former Tabung Haji chief exec over RCI findings
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 — A former chief executive officer of Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) is set to face a remand application today to assist in investigations following the findings […]
Iran’s new security team points to more confrontational stance towards US
PARIS, Aug 21 — Earlier this month Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei reshuffled Tehran’s top security team, putting his own personal stamp on the appointments and readying the Islamic republic […]
Haze: Staying indoors cuts exposure but won’t make your home pollution-free, experts say
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 — As the haze returns to Malaysia, staying indoors is often the simplest way to reduce exposure to polluted air. But how much protection do closed […]
In Senegal’s Saint-Louis, traces of slave-trading past fade away
SAINT-LOUIS (Senegal), Aug 20 — A dilapidated two-century-old building in Saint-Louis, Senegal bears testament to the island’s little-known past as part of the transatlantic slave trade, the traces of which […]
‘Ray of hope’: Gaza seed bank rebuilds stocks destroyed by war in bid to revive farming
DEIR EL-BALAH, Aug 20 — From a small makeshift tent in the central Gaza Strip, a dedicated team works to carefully store and document some of the war-shattered territory’s most […]
Kyiv flea market vendors sell salvaged goods after Russian strike destroys market
KYIV, Aug 20 — On the scorching asphalt besides what was once a bustling Kyiv flea market, vendors were trying to sell the remains of their stock, ravaged by a […]
Evergrande sentence signals no bailout for China’s troubled property sector
BEIJING, Aug 20 — For property giant Evergrande, the face of China’s real estate woes, an excruciating saga that has dragged on for years culminated on Thursday with court rulings […]
North Korea launches missiles hours after Trump says he plans to meet Kim
SEOUL, Aug 20 — North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles Thursday, Seoul’s military said, hours after US President Donald Trump said he would meet Pyongyang’s Kim Jong Un this […]
Anwar orders probe into Khazanah subsidiary Xeraya Capital over potential financial irregularities
KLANG, Aug 20 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has ordered a comprehensive investigation into Xeraya Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Bhd, to identify any potential […]