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JAKARTA: Jakarta governor Joko Widodo is expected today to be declared the winner of Indonesia’s tightest presidential election since the end of authoritarian rule, after his opponent ex-general Prabowo Subianto accused him of cheating.
GERIK: An 18-year-old teenager was killed on the spot after a freight elevator landed on her head.
JAKARTA: The likely loser in Indonesia’s presidential race made a last-gasp attempt to delay the announcement of the official election results today, expected to declare Jakarta Governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo as the nation’s next leader.
KUALA LUMPUR: AmInvest, AMMB Holdings Bhd's funds management arm, was named the country's "Best Investment Management Company" at the World Finance Management Awards 2014 for the third consecutive year.
JOHOR BARU: The RM600 billion Forest City development will bring more positive impact than negative ones to the people of Johor.
KUALA LUMPUR: The authorities are taking various measures to ensure an accident-free drive home during the Aidilfitri holidays beginning this weekend.
KUALA LUMPUR: Following is the full statement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on the MH17 agreement with Alexander Borodai, prime minister of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic. The agreement was clinched last night.
ALOR STAR: Southern Kedah is blanketed by haze as the Air Pollutant index (API) in Sungai Petani and Bakar Arang hit the unhealthy level of 111 as of 9am today.
BANGKOK: Thailand’s military leader, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, is due to meet the king today to secure endorsement from the head of state for an interim constitution, the palace said.
WASHINGTON: Researchers in Saudi Arabia said today they have found genetic traces of the dangerous Middle East respiratory virus, MERS-CoV, in the air of a barn that housed a sick camel.
KUALA LUMPUR: Think tank Malaysian Institute of Economic Research is maintaining its economic growth forecast of 5.3 per cent for 2014.
COTABATO, Philippines: An escalation of fighting between the Philippine army and a breakaway Muslim rebel group in the country’s south killed 18 people in a single day of violence, the military said today.
MANILA: The Philippines raised storm alert levels on today as Typhoon Matmo threatened to drench the extreme north of the main island of Luzon with heavy rain as it churned toward Taiwan and mainland China.
SHANGHAI: A toxic food scandal in China is spreading fast, dragging in U.S. coffee chain Starbucks , Burger King Worldwide Inc and others, as well as products of McDonald’s Corp as far away as Japan.
PETALING JAYA: The iconic A&W drive-through here would make way for two office towers to be built by its franchise holder, KUB Malaysia Bhd.