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Petrol bomb attacks on Malaysian mart raise heat on Anwar
Published on 05/04/2024
» Attacks on a Malaysian convenience store chain over an insult to Islam have the potential to rock Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s fragile coalition in the Muslim-majority nation.
Malaysian store attacked after ‘Allah socks’ outcry
Published on 30/03/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR — A Molotov cocktail was thrown into a Malaysian convenience store on Saturday, police said, after the chain’s top executives were charged with hurting religious feelings for selling socks with the word “Allah” printed on them.
Myanmar military ‘protected $14bn scam hub’
Published on 06/01/2024
» The online scam syndicates operating near the Chinese border in northern Shan State were taking in $14 billion a year and were run by four families protected by the Myanmar military, says the commander of an ethnic army fighting to take control of the region.
Japan approves Merck Covid pill
Published on 24/12/2021
» TOKYO: Japan’s health ministry has approved an oral Covid-19 drug developed by the American pharmaceutical firm Merck & Co, making it the first such pill to be used in the country.
Zambia's Kenneth Kaunda, Africa's 'Gandhi', dead at 97
AFP, Published on 18/06/2021
» LUSAKA: Zambia's founding president Kenneth Kaunda died on Thursday at the age of 97, the government announced, days after he was admitted to hospital with pneumonia.
Kaunda: Zambian liberation leader dies at 97
AFP, Published on 17/06/2021
» LUSAKA - Former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda was a hero of the struggle against white rule in southern Africa, but lost his hold on power when democracy spread across the continent.
Singapore studies effect of Covid on mother and foetus
Reuters, Published on 30/11/2020
» SINGAPORE: Doctors are studying the impact of Covid-19 on unborn babies in Singapore, where an infant delivered by an infected mother earlier this month had antibodies against the virus but did not carry the disease.
Tough security for Indian Kashmir's first vote since autonomy cancelled
AFP, Published on 29/11/2020
» SRINAGAR: Thousands of troops guarded polling stations as Indian Kashmir on Saturday held its first direct elections since the government stripped its semi-autonomy last year.
Masks on the street but not at work? Experts urge consistency
AFP, Published on 14/08/2020
» PARIS - Faced with an upsurge in coronavirus cases and alarm over images of summer crowds packing onto streets and beaches, some European governments have mandated masks even in open-air public places.
Clues sought in fatal Air India Express crash
Published on 08/08/2020
» KOZHIKODE, India: Investigators have recovered the “black box” flight recorders from an Air India Express plane that crashed in southern India killing at least 18 people, the country’s aviation minister said on Saturday.