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Indonesia
Indonesian crew member dies in cruise ship blaze
A fire on a cruise ship killed one crew member and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of passengers, the city-state's maritime and port authority said.
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Metro News
Workshops to move out of housing areas
AUTOMOTIVE workshops in Selangor are being directed to relocate from residential areas to designated light industrial zones.
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Star Biz7
Watts from water
Nestled amid oil palm estates in Bestari Jaya, Kuala Selangor, a vast former tin mining pond is being transformed into one of South-East Asia's largest floating solar facilities.
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Metro News
Kepong resident wants unused bus stop in front of home removed
A LONG-TIME resident of Jalan Bangau, Kepong, is urging Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to demolish an abandoned bus stop in front of her home, claiming that it has become a target for crime.
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India
Call for ‘human control’ of AI
A new UN panel on artificial intelligence aims to "make human control a technical reality", the global body's chief said as leaders at a New Delhi summit weighed their message on the future of the divisive technology.
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Focus
Struggling to keep the lights on
IT is pre-dawn in the historic Podil district of the Ukraine capital, Kyiv, and warm light from the Spelta bakery-bistro's window pierces the darkness outside.
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Metro News
Klang Valley traders keep price hike palatable
AMID financial pressures and tighter budgets among customers, petty traders in the Klang Valley are keeping their price increase to a minimum this Ramadan.
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Focus
A 500,000-year headstart on ingenuity
EARLY hominins in Europe were creating tools from raw materials hundreds of thousands of years before Homo sapiens arrived there, two new studies indicate, pushing back the established time for such activity.
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Focus
Tokyo hardens for a hotter future
INSTEAD of revising from textbooks, a group of Tokyo teenagers are ankle-deep in tidal mud, hauling plastic waste from the shallows of the city's waterfront.
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Why Not?
Of road signs and roads that sing
With so many vehicles around, we could do with some signs of harmony on the roads.
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Pakistan
Pakistan, US sign pact to redevelop Roosevelt Hotel
The nation has agreed with the US government to jointly redevelop New York's Roosevelt Hotel, the government in Islamabad said, allowing Islamabad to unlock value from its major overseas investment.
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Metro News
Breaking fast without breaking the bank
EVERY year, Mohd Shahrin Abdullah, 31, eagerly braves the elements and crowds at Ramadan bazaars, stopping by after work to buy dishes for iftar before heading hom
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Insight
Hire for the mission
Senior recruitment fails more often than most boards admit. Not because candidates aren't talented, but because hiring starts from the wrong place.
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South Korea
Yoon remains defiant after life term
Ousted president Yoon Suk-yeol remained defiant in his first reaction to a life sentence for rebellion handed down by a Seoul court the previous day.
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Thailand
Thai police go undercover as lion dancers to nab burglar
When Thai police were having trouble catching a serial burglar who repeatedly slipped through their fingers, they came up with a creative plan: going undercover in a traditional lion costume to get close to their elusive quarry.
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North Korea
Kim opens rare party congress
The ruling party has opened a landmark congress, state media said, launching a political spectacle expected to unveil the next phase in the nation's nuclear weapons programme.
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Insight
AI in the layman’s eye
The subject of artificial intelligence (AI) has become so dominant that the World Economic Forum in Davos recently reputedly devoted 200 sessions for corporate leaders to discuss AI from multiple angles.
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Japan
Takaichi vows growth push, defence reset
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to make Japan "strong and prosperous", while pledging to keep "hitting the growth button" following her party's landslide election win.
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Philippines
Former leader Duterte faces pre-trial ICC hearing
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (pic) faces a pre-trial hearing at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over crimes against humanity allegedly committed as part of a brutal crackdown on drugs.
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Indonesia
Prabowo clinches US trade deal, slashing tariffs to 19%
The White House announced a reciprocal trade agreement with Indonesia while President Prabowo Subianto was in Washington to attend the first meeting of President Donald Trump's Board of Peace.
