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6.3 MAGNITUDE QUAKE HITS JAPAN – METMALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR, A strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake was detected in Shikoku, Japan at 10.14 pm earlier tonight.

The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) reported that the

2 firms eye Islamic banking operations in PH

MANILA: Maybank Philippines and a foreign company plan to establish Islamic banking operations in the country, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Wednesday.

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US, Chinese defense chiefs hold 1st talks since 2022

WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke via video teleconference on Tuesday with his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun in their first engagement in more than a year, the Pentagon said.

They discussed bilateral relations as well as regional and…

YUSOF HASLAM: ‘SHERIFF’ MY MOST HONEST WORK

KUALA LUMPUR, Having been involved in the movie industry for more than 40 years, director and producer, Datuk Yusof Haslam, a name synonymous with police dramas and films, described his latest offering, titled ‘Sheriff’, as the most honest work he ha…

FLOOD: TWO PPS OPEN IN SELANGOR, ONE IN NEGERI SEMBILAN

SHAH ALAM, Two relief centres (PPS) have been opened in Selangor to accommodate flood victims following heavy rain in the state yesterday, causing some areas in Sungai Buloh and Subang, near here, to be flooded.

Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department …

Comelec: Voter registrants for 2025 midterm polls top 2M

MANILA: More than two million Filipinos have applied to become registered voters for the May 2025 midterm elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported on Wednesday.

Based on the poll body’s latest data, it has already processed 2,082,744…

Iloilo eyes tents as temporary classrooms

ILOILO CITY: The Iloilo provincial government is studying the possibility of using tents as catch-up classrooms while the construction of permanent structures is ongoing.

‘(The strategy is) to have a facility that can help us catch up soon while we a…