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Pentagon to cut academic ties with Harvard: Statement

Pentagon to cut academic ties with Harvard: Statement

Pentagon ends Harvard fellowships, military programs citing ‘woke’ ideology, affecting education for future officers under Trump WASHINGTON: The Pentagon is to cut all academic ties with Harvard University, ending military education, fellowships and certificate programs, it said in a statement on Friday. The move is the latest in the Trump administration’s battle with Harvard over

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‘We deliver’: Housing minister says new villages nationwide shine after three years and over RM325m spent

‘We deliver’: Housing minister says new villages nationwide shine after three years and over RM325m spent

SUNGAI SIPUT, 7 Feb — The Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT), through the New Chinese Indian Villages Division (BKBCI) under the Local Government Department (JKT), has implemented a total of 2,750 development projects in Kampung Baru nationwide from 2023 to 2025. Minister of Housing and Local Government Nga Kor Ming said the public

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Trump administration re-approves twice-banned pesticide

Trump administration re-approves twice-banned pesticide

EPA under Trump re-approves dicamba for GMO crops, sparking backlash from environmental groups over drift and health concerns WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday re-approved the use of pesticide dicamba for spraying on top of genetically modified cotton and soybean crops, drawing swift backlash from environmental groups and the Make America Healthy Again

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Oxford Innotech secures second data centre contract worth RM4.8mil

Oxford Innotech secures second data centre contract worth RM4.8mil

KUALA LUMPUR: Integrated engineering solutions provider Oxford Innotech Bhd, through its wholly-owned subsidiary CG Solutions Enterprise Sdn Bhd, has accepted a second letter of award dated February 5, 2026, from the Singapore office of an Australia-based data centre and computer room infrastructure specialist. The contract involves the supply of critical steel infrastructure and precision metal

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Scammers’ abandoned Cambodia compound exposes brutality and banality of fraud

Scammers’ abandoned Cambodia compound exposes brutality and banality of fraud

Reuters uncovers abandoned scam compound near the Cambodia-Thai border, revealing documents showing large-scale cyber fraud operations O’SMACH: In a Cambodian compound with rooms designed to look like Singapore and Australia police offices, papers were strewn across desks and floors: the detritus of a fraud factory abandoned in haste. Among the documents were profiles of a

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Malaysia’s joint forces command gets new leader

Malaysia’s joint forces command gets new leader

Lieutenant-General Tengku Muhammad Fauzi takes over as Commander of the Armed Forces Joint Forces, succeeding Zahani Zainal Abidin who now heads MiDAS. KUALA LUMPUR: Lieutenant-General Datuk Tengku Muhammad Fauzi Tengku Ibrahim is the new Commander of the Armed Forces Joint Forces (PAB). He took over from Lieutenant-General Datuk Zahani Zainal Abidin at a handover ceremony

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Trump calls for federal takeover of US voting system

Trump calls for federal takeover of US voting system

Trump urges Republicans to “nationalize” voting in 15 areas, escalating attacks on the electoral system ahead of the midterms. WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has escalated his attacks on the US electoral system, calling for Republicans to “nationalize” voting in at least 15 areas ahead of this year’s midterm elections. In an interview this week, Trump

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Anwar says economic growth meaningless if ordinary Malaysians do not feel it

Anwar says economic growth meaningless if ordinary Malaysians do not feel it

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today said Malaysia’s improving economic indicators would mean little if growth does not translate into better living standards for ordinary Malaysians. Speaking at the Malaysia Economic Forum 2026 here, Anwar said that while the country was on track to record GDP growth of about

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