BEIJING, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang heads to Serbia, Thailand and Kazakhstan next week, but three of the most touchy topics he…
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Policeman found dead at home from gunshot wound
LABUAN: A policeman was found dead from a gunshot wound in the head in his house early today, and a pistol was found beside the…
View More Policeman found dead at home from gunshot woundKornreich to be Alliance Banks new Group CEO
KUALA LUMPUR: Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd has appointed Joel Kornreich as its group chief executive officer effective from January 1 next year. To continue reading…
View More Kornreich to be Alliance Banks new Group CEOHK media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested over democracy protest, quits tabloid
HONG KONG: Hong Kong publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai, an outspoken critic of Beijing, has stepped down as editor-in-chief of the popular Apple Daily after being…
View More HK media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested over democracy protest, quits tabloidHuman trafficking victims rescued, three foreigners arrested
SUNGAI PETANI: Police rescued 46 Myanmar and Bangladeshis who were cramped in a double-storey house in Taman Sejati Indah by a human trafficking syndicate this…
View More Human trafficking victims rescued, three foreigners arrestedEditor accused of blasphemy over IS cartoon
JAKARTA: The chief editor of a leading English-language newspaper in Muslim-majority Indonesia has been named a suspect in a blasphemy case after the publication of…
View More Editor accused of blasphemy over IS cartoonAustralias ˜macho PM points finger at sexism
SYDNEY: Australias Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who was famously accused of misogyny by former leader Julia Gillard, on Friday suggested sexism was behind criticism of…
View More Australias ˜macho PM points finger at sexismAb Halim is MISCs new chairman
KUALA LUMPUR: MISC Bhd has named Datuk Ab Halim Mohyiddin as its new chairman effective December 15 and Yee Yang Chien as its new chief…
View More Ab Halim is MISCs new chairmanBar manager accused of insulting Buddhism
YANGON, Myanmar: A New Zealand bar manager in Myanmar has been arrested for allegedly insulting Buddhism after posting an online advertisement showing a psychedelic image…
View More Bar manager accused of insulting BuddhismContra traffic flow on North-South Expressway near Seremban
KUALA LUMPUR: Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama Berhad (Plus) is to activate a contra flow of traffic between Km259.50 and Km261.10 of the North-South Expressway between the…
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