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PETALING JAYA: There has been a 123% spike in 3R cases relating to race, religion and royalty reported to the national unity ministry over the first quarter of this year, said its minister, Aaron Ago Dagang.

Kota Kinabalu: The hardcore poor in Sabah has dropped to 13,172 households as of last March 24 compared to 22,510 households three years ago, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.

Kota Kinabalu: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) Sabah branch has set a list of 19 goods to be covered under the Festive Season Maximum Price Scheme (SHMMP), which took effect from Friday (April 5) until April 19.

GUANGZHOU: US Treasury chief Janet Yellen warned during a visit to China on Friday that Beijing’s subsidies for industry could pose a risk to global economic resilience.

Kiss agreed to sell their catalog, brand name and IP to Swedish company Pophouse in a deal estimated to be over $300 million. They’re the latest to participate in an

BEVERLY HILLS: Dev Patel first pitched “Monkey Man” as “a revenge film about faith.” “Faith can be such a beautiful, powerful thing. It can bring us together. At its best, it should make us fight for each other instead of fighting against each other,” says Patel, who is making his feature directorial and screenwriting debut with the action thriller out Friday.

NEW DELHI: India’s main opposition party Congress vowed Friday to protect minorities—generally seen as a reference to the country’s Muslims—while accelerating growth and jobs in a manifesto for an election it is widely expected to lose.

Tuaran: Orphans and residents of the Maahaz Tahfiz Home here were recently given the opportunity to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) training.

BEAUFORT: A total of 4,103 National Entrepreneurial Group Economic Fund (Tekun Nasional) borrowers from around this district have been recorded since the agency’s office was opened in 1998, with a disbursement value totalling RM43.028 million.

UNITED NATIONS: Millions of people in Myanmar “cannot afford for us to forget” their suffering, a UN official said, describing mounting hunger, mass displacement and safety concerns as the conflict between the junta and ethnic minority groups drags on.