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EU sends aircraft and villagers evacuate as Belgium battles record wildfire

Firefighters in Belgium battled one of the country's worst-ever wildfires late on Saturday as a rapidly growing blaze scorched more than 2,700 hectares of land. The EU scrambled helicopters and water bombers as hundreds of villagers were under evacuation orders.

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Saifuddin: Poverty, drug abuse bigger threat to Malays than presence of other races

THE Malay community faces greater threats from poverty and drug abuse than from the presence of other ethnic groups, PKR vice-president Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said today.

  • Saifuddin states poverty and drug abuse threaten Malays more than other ethnic groups.
  • Malays at risk due to economic hardships and drug-related offenses.
  • Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu have drug offense rates over 1,000 per 100k.

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