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Singapore ends 181 years of horse racing to make way for homes
Bloomberg, Published on 06/10/2024
» More than 180 years of horse racing came to an end in Singapore on Saturday, as the Singapore Turf Club hosted its final race day before its track is handed back to the government to provide land for new homes.
Malaysia ex-PM Najib moves from luxurious lifestyle to lockup
Reuters, Published on 24/08/2022
» KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's new prison lodgings may be less than an hour's drive from his mansion in Kuala Lumpur's affluent Bukit Tunku neighbourhood, but it is a world away from the luxury he is used to.
New Covid cluster among migrants in Malaysia
News Agencies, Published on 23/05/2020
» A new cluster of coronavirus infections has broken out in Malaysia at a detention centre for undocumented migrants, authorities said on Saturday.
Trump, Taliban political chief speak as Afghan violence rises
AFP, Published on 04/03/2020
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump made the surprise announcement Tuesday that he'd had a "very good" talk with the Taliban political chief on the Afghan peace process, despite an eruption of violence marring a brief calm in the country.
Only known albino orangutan released back into the wild
AFP, Published on 21/12/2018
» JAKARTA: The world’s only known albino orangutan has been released back into the jungle more than a year after she was found emaciated and bloody in a remote corner of Borneo, an Indonesian NGO said Friday.
$29m, over 400 handbags found in 1MDB-linked raids
Reuters, Published on 25/05/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police said on Friday that cash worth 114 million ringgit ($28.6 million) and over 400 luxury handbags were seized from several apartments as part of an anti-graft probe into a state fund founded by former premier Najib Razak.
People are pillaging the world's protected areas: study
AFP, Published on 18/05/2018
» TAMPA - Highways are being paved, oil is being drilled and entire cities are sprouting up inside many of the world's nature preserves, imperiling the very creatures they are meant to protect, researchers said Thursday.