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I was duped by Mahathir
Malaysia’s Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) president Anwar Ibrahim has now realised that he was duped by Dr Mahathir Mohamad when the latter promised to pass on the country’s top job to him, Sin Chew Daily reported.
27 July 2020, 18:00 PM
China seizes Chengdu consulate
The American flag was lowered at the US consulate in Chengdu yesterday and Chinese authorities took charge of the building, as Beijing carried out a Cold War-style retaliatory closure of the mission.
27 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Google extends work from home through June next year
Alphabet Inc's Google said on Monday it would allow employees, who do not need to be in the office, to work from home until the end of June 2021.
27 July 2020, 16:25 PM
Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai, daughter, recover from Covid-19
Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her eight-year old daughter, Aaradhya, have recovered from Covid-19 and left hospital after a 10-day stay.
27 July 2020, 15:30 PM
Vietnam back on high alert after new cases in Danang
Vietnam is back on high alert after authorities confirmed the first community infections since April, all in or around Danang.
27 July 2020, 14:30 PM
West Bank mosque damaged by arson, Palestinians blame settlers
A section of a mosque in the occupied West Bank has been set on fire, and Palestinian officials have accused Israeli settlers of being behind the attack.
27 July 2020, 13:58 PM
26 missing Rohingya refugees found alive on Malaysian islet
Twenty-six Rohingya refugees, who had been feared drowned while trying to swim ashore on the Malaysian resort island of Langkawi, were found alive hiding in the bushes on a nearby islet, a senior coastguard official said on Monday.
27 July 2020, 06:49 AM
China takes over US consulate premises in Chengdu as ties worsen
China said it had taken over the premises of the US consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu on Monday after ordering the facility be shut in retaliation for being ousted from the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas.
27 July 2020, 05:56 AM
US sends envoy to press for peace talks in Afghanistan
Washington has dispatched a special envoy for Afghanistan to press for peace talks between the government and Taliban fighters, with the diplomat
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Hurricane Hanna lashes south Texas coast amid pandemic
Hurricane Hanna pummeled the south Texas coast on Saturday night with howling winds and a surging sea that threatened a broad area already
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Temperatures at Norway’s Arctic archipelago hit record high
Temperatures at Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, about midway between the mainland and the North Pole, hit a record high of 21.7 degrees Celsius on
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Prince Harry took offence at brother’s advice, says book
Britain’s Prince Harry took offence at what he thought was Prince William’s “snobbishness” when he advised his brother to “take as much time as you
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Vietnam bus crash kills 13 on school reunion trip
A high school reunion trip in Vietnam took a fatal turn yesterday when a bus carrying the alumni crashed at a bend on the highway, killing more than a
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Hundreds of firefighters battle wildfire in Portugal
More than 700 firefighters yesterday battled a wildfire sweeping across a part of central Portugal, with strong winds complicating efforts to tackle the blaze.
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Handling of Coronavirus crisis: Calls grow in Israel for Netanyahu to go
“We won’t leave until Bibi leaves.” Israel’s struggle to contain the coronavirus has stirred deep-seated resentment towards Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and protests demanding his resignation are growing by the week.
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM
UK to unveil anti-obesity plan
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to roll out a £10 million anti-obesity campaign, including junk food advert bans, following his own brush with death that he partly blamed on his weight.
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM
US race protests: Protesters clash with cops
US police used flashbang grenades, pepper spray and tear gas as protestors marched in cities across the country on Saturday amid a wave of public anger over Donald Trump’s planned “surge” of federal agents into major metropolises.
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Hundreds of firefighters battle central Portugal blaze
More than 700 firefighters have battled a wildfire sweeping across a part of central Portugal, with strong winds complicating efforts to tackle the blaze.
26 July 2020, 16:33 PM
Regis Philbin, host of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’, dies
Regis Philbin, the genial host who shared his life with television viewers over morning coffee for decades and helped himself and some fans strike it rich with the game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” has died at 88.
26 July 2020, 09:21 AM
Police declare riot at Seattle protests, make arrests
Seattle police declared a riot Saturday following large demonstrations in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood and deployed flash bangs and pepper spray to try to clear an area near where weeks earlier people had set up an “occupied protest zone” that stretched for several blocks.
26 July 2020, 06:33 AM