AMONG the headlines for Wednesday, September 28, 2022, more than 660,000 Malaysians have signed a petition against Generational End Game (GEG), a call to stop the Control of Tobacco Product and Smoking Bill 2022.

Also, Cuba has suffered a nationwide blackout due to a breakdown in the electrical system as a result of the passage of Hurricane Ian over the island, according to local authorities.

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AMONG the headlines for Tuesday, September 27, 2022,  PDRM’s principal assistant director, ACP Siti Kamsiah Hassan today said that the division had been getting regular reports on sexual crimes involving child pornography.

Also, Vietnam today urged more people to evacuate as an intensifying Typhoon Noru barrelled towards the southeast Asian nation, after causing at least eight deaths and widespread flooding in the Philippines.

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AMONG the headlines for Thursday, August 18, 2022, a prostitution syndicate operating from a condominium unit in Cyberjaya got busted, with seven Tanzanians and three Ugandans arrested  for involvement in prostitution and other immoral activities during a raid yesterday by the Immigration Department.

Also, the death toll from the huge explosion at a crowded mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul yesterday, has risen to 30, with more than 40 people injured.

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AMONG the headlines for Wednesday, August 17, 2022, Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today charged a 17-year-old teenager with smuggling 25 Myanmar migrants in a Toyota Vellfire vehicle.

Investigations found that all the illegal immigrants were brought from Rantau Panjang, Kelantan to Kuala Lumpur, for a payment of RM6,000 per person. 

Also, Spain and Portugal are bracing for wildfires in the coming days with temperatures forecast to exceed 40°C on the Iberian peninsula. 

Portugal’s prime minister warned today that the hot weather increases the threat of blazes.

  

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AMONG the headlines for Tuesday, August 16, 2022,  former navy chief Tan Sri Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor pleaded not guilty at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court earlier today,  to three charges of criminal breach of trust over the littoral combat ship scandal.

Ahmad Ramli is accused of fraudulently approving payments worth RM21.08 mil to three firms in his capacity without the company’s board agreement.

Also, a Chinese research ship has docked in Sri Lanka's Hambantota port despite Indian concerns.

The Yuan Wang 5 was given permission to dock on the condition it would not carry out research while in Sri Lankan waters, said port officials. 

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AMONG the headlines for Monday, August 15, 2022, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin earlier today said, to ensure Malaysia has a world-standard public health system, the ministry is seeking for public health spending to be increased to 5 pct of the GDP.

Also, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accuses ex-prime minister Scott Morrison of secretly appointing himself to three roles in the ministry during the pandemic.

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AMONG the headlines for Friday, August 12, 2022, Bank Negara Malaysia earlier today said, the nation's payment systems remain secure despite a potential data breach announced by payment gateway service provider iPay88 (M) Sdn. Bhd.

According to the central bank, forensic investigations are still ongoing.

In a statement, Bank Negara said the breach originated from and is confined to iPay88's payment card systems and does not involve vulnerabilities in the banks' systems.  

Also, South Korea’s Ministry of Justice said, Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee will receive a presidential pardon on Monday.

The pardon will erase Jay's criminal record from his 2017 conviction, paving the way for the heir to the country’s biggest company to regain power at the top.

The special pardon will enable him to officially participate in management, restoring his right to work at the giant tech company. 

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AMONG the headlines for Wednesday, August 10, 2022, former Navy Commander Tan Sri Ahmad Kamarulzaman Ahmad Badaruddin said the launching and naming of a warship before it is fully completed is a tradition and practice of the Royal Malaysian Navy for a long time.

Kamarulzaman has rubbished claims that a 2017 launch event for the multi-billion ringgit littoral combat ship  project was intended to deceive the public, as the ship was not fully complete at the time.

Also, Russian shelling has killed at least 13 people in Ukraine’s central Dni-prope-trovsk region.

Meanwhile, European Union member states will not be allowed to import any more coal from Russia after the transitional period for the bloc’s embargo ends today by midnight.

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AMONG the headlines for Friday, August 5, 2021, with a 2-1 majority decision today, the Court of Appeal ruled that a child born abroad to a Malaysian mother married to a foreigner is not legally entitled to Malaysian citizenship.

Also, several batches of Chinese warplanes and warships conducted exercises around the Taiwan Strait and crossed the median line of the strait.

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AMONG the headlines for Thursday, August 4, 2022, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said that the police are reviewing their plan to transfer to Sarawak nine officers who are under investigation for alleged extortion.

This came as there were  protests from the people and governments of Sabah and Sarawak,  expressing their concern about the government's handling of such officers, disagreeing with the transfer to their states.

Also, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed to support denuclearizing North Korea and said she plans to visit an inter-Korean border area during her trip to South Korea.

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