KUALA LUMPUR: A tower crane operator was confirmed dead after he was found unconscious inside a crane that was about 20 metres high at a construction site in Persiaran KLCC near here this afternoon. Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department senior operations commander Mior Muhammad Fikri Mohd Zaini said the department received an emergency call …
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GUA MUSANG: Police have confirmed the identity of the man who was mauled to death by a tiger at Kuala Wok near Pos Pasik here yesterday. District police chief Superintendent Sik Choon Foo said the victim was a 42-year-old Indonesian national, known as Lalu Sukarya Yahya, a rubber tapper. “We received a report on the …
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NEW DELHI: Crying in a hospital bed with a nebuliser mask on his tiny face, one-month-old Ayansh Tiwari has a thick, hacking cough. His doctors blame the acrid air that blights New Delhi every year. The spartan emergency room of the government-run Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya hospital in the Indian capital is crowded with children …
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PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia hopes to see more investments from China in Tanjung Malim, Perak, as it strives to be the biggest automotive city in the region. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said he hoped to see an increased annual production target of 500,000 vehicles. “China’s vice president (Han Zheng) is expected to arrive in Malaysia …
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KUALA LUMPUR: Labelled as supporters of the Jews and subjected to various insults and criticisms from the community. This is the fate faced by approximately 21,000 McDonald’s Malaysia employees, following a boycott campaign against the fast-food chain, along with being alleged to be involved in channelling money to the third country, as reported by Harian …
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Paris: World number one Djokovic is the last of the top four seeds standing at the Paris Masters as he battled past unseeded Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, despite a stomach issue, on Thursday. It was not the routine victory Djokovic enjoyed in his return to action a day earlier against Tomas Etcheverry, …
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KARAGANDA: Kazakhstan held nationwide mourning on Sunday (Oct 29) after 42 people died in a blaze at an ArcelorMittal mine, the worst accident in the Central Asian country’s post-Soviet history. The tragedy, which struck at the Kostenko coal mine in the Karaganda region on Saturday, came after a series of deadly incidents at ArcelorMittal mines …
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DHAKA: Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at huge crowds of Bangladesh opposition supporters on Saturday (Oct 28) to break up a giant protest against the prime minister, with one officer killed and scores of people injured in several hours of violent clashes in central Dhaka. More than 100,000 supporters of two major Bangladesh …
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KUALA LUMPUR: The government’s initiatives to assist rubber smallholders, who are facing the challenge of low rubber prices and the conflict in Palestine, are among the issues which will be discussed at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today (October 26). According to the Order Paper published on Parliament’s website, Datuk Adnan Abu Hassan (BN-Kuala Pilah) is …
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KUALA LUMPUR: More than 1,000 people wore traditional batik and participated in the “Batik Fun Walk” at the Lanai, Malaysia Tourism Centre (MaTiC) here, on Sunday. This year marked the 18th edition of the event, which started in 2003. Participants walked a 2.5km route from MaTiC in Jalan Ampang, passing through Jalan Sultan Ismail, Jalan …
