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Southeast Asia’s landmine clearers face closure as global aid shifts to new wars

En Poy was minding cattle in a former Khmer Rouge stronghold in Cambodia when he set off his first landmine. The blast from the rusty relic he picked up cost him an arm and an eye. It also inspired his career with non-profit organisation Cambodian Self Help Demining, which clears landmines and unexploded ordnance across the country, deadly remnants of wars from the last century. Groups like Poy’s…

Southeast Asia’s landmine clearers face closure as global aid shifts to new wars

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Former investment bank CEO charged with RM139.8m fraud

FORMER Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UBB Investment Bank Limited pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to a charge of cheating a managing director over a payment totalling RM139.89 million…

  • Former UBB Investment Bank CEO Razlan Raghazli charged with RM139.8m fraud
  • CEO pleaded not guilty, alleging deception about payment schedule
  • Bail set at RM60,000 with one surety, communication restricted

Gully erosion threatens homes, farmlands in Gombe community

Residents of Kumo, headquarters of Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State, have raised the alarm over the worsening gully erosion threatening homes, farmlands and roads in several parts of the…

  • Gully erosion threatens homes and farmlands in Gombe community.
  • Residents of Kumo express concern over intensifying erosion.
  • Gombe State Government urged to take immediate action.

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