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Persatuan Kebajikan Sayap Kasih Malaysia pleads for help as the caregivers need a new home to look after the children

Persatuan Kebajikan Sayap Kasih Malaysia urgently appeals to the public for help as they have been informed that they need to move from their current home in Jalan Gasing in Petaling Jaya.

Technology

SpaceX negotiating underwriting fees under 0.75% for IPO, Bloomberg News reports

June 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's ⁠SpaceX is negotiating with banks underwriting its initial public offering ⁠to pay fees of less than 0.75% on the roughly $75 billion ‌it aims to raise this month, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday.

Singapore

Three Chinese nationals arrested after locking woman and child on balcony of Singapore's Marina Bay Sands hotel during robbery

SINGAPORE: Three Chinese nationals were arrested after they allegedly robbed a 45-year-old woman, then locked her and her child on the balcony of Marina Bay Sands hotel on Monday (June 1).

World

Five US passengers from hantavirus-hit ship return to home states

June 2 (Reuters) - ⁠Five U.S. residents who were ⁠on the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius ‌cruise ship have returned to their home states following three weeks of monitoring ​at the National Quarantine ⁠Unit at the ⁠University of Nebraska Medical Center, the ⁠facility ‌said on Tuesday.

China

Robot patrol dogs could be coming to Taiwan’s South China Sea islands

TAIPEI: The Taiwan military's top weapons development institute showed off on Tuesday (June 2) three robot patrol dogs that could one day be used on Taiwan's islands in the disputed South China Sea.

Technology

Cisco rolls out software tools to protect IT systems from AI agents

SAN FRANCISCO, June ⁠2 (Reuters) - Cisco Systems on Tuesday announced a new suite of software ⁠tools that businesses can use to build their own armies of bots ‌known as AI agents, to protect their IT infrastructure against cybersecurity threats.

Tennis

Tennis-Kostyuk comes out on top in all-Ukrainian match to reach last four in Paris

PARIS, June 2 (Reuters) - Marta ⁠Kostyuk came through an emotional all-Ukrainian match to reach a ⁠Grand Slam semi-final for the first time as she beat ‌Elina Svitolina 6-3 2-6 6-2 at the French Open on Tuesday.

Nation

Police obtaining witness statements to wrap up slapping case probe

KUANTAN: Pahang police will record the statements of several witnesses to complete its investigation into claims that a public university student was slapped by a politician in Janda Baik, Bentong.

Singapore

New species of venomous box jellyfish discovered off the coast of Singapore's Sentosa

SINGAPORE: Researchers from Singapore and Japan have discovered a new species of box jellyfish near Sentosa, and have advised beachgoers to take precautions.

Tennis

Tennis-Destiny's child Andreeva rides belief into Roland Garros semi-finals

PARIS, June 2 (Reuters) - Mirra Andreeva ⁠said she believed destiny was guiding her French Open run as the Russian teenager charged ⁠into the semi-finals on Tuesday 12 months since her tearful implosion after being targeted by the ‌Roland Garros crowd.

Indonesia

Indonesia develops new pyrolysis technology to convert plastic waste into fuel

JAKARTA: (Bernama-Xinhua) Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has developed a second-generation pyrolysis technology capable of converting plastic waste into industrial fuel, with a processing capacity of 1.25 tonnes of waste per day, reported Xinhua.

Bangladesh

Five killed as private car crashes into truck in Bangladesh

DHAKA: (Bernama-Xinhua) Five people, including three members of a family, were killed after a private car rammed into a truck waiting in a toll queue on an expressway in Faridpur district, about 101 km away from the capital Dhaka, early on Tuesday (June 2), reported Xinhua

AseanPlus News

Over 600 animals culled in western Mongolia due to foot-and-mouth disease

ULAN BATOR (Mongolia): (Bernama-Xinhua) At least 602 animals have been culled in Mongolia's western province of Bayan-Ulgii following an outbreak of the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Xinhua reported, citing local media and the provincial veterinary department.

Myanmar

Trilateral highway fast-tracked as Myanmar President visits India

NEW DELHI: India and Myanmar have agreed to fast-track major regional infrastructure initiatives, spearheading their bilateral agenda with a commitment to accelerate the construction of the long-delayed India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway.

AseanPlus News

Top Asia Pacific research and communication group, Sandpiper, launches new office in Malaysia

The Sandpiper Group, the largest independent communications, public affairs, and research group headquartered in Asia Pacific and operating globally, has announced the opening of a new office in Malaysia.

World

Poland to ban phones in schools, restrict access to pornography

WARSAW, June 2 (Reuters) - Poland wants ⁠to ban under-16s from using mobile phones in schools from September ⁠1 and plans to introduce stricter age verification rules to access ‌pornography, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday. 

Nation

Penang cops tracking down cable theft suspects following viral video

GEORGE TOWN: Police are actively tracking down suspects believed to be involved in a telecommunications cable theft incident at Jalan Batu Uban here, after a video of the incident went viral on social media on Tuesday (June 2).

Philippines

Palace warns: Nonstop Philippine Senate chaos to delay Marcos priority bills

MANILA: Malacañang raised concerns that the weeks-long political turmoil in the Senate may impede the passage of priority measures of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. before Congress takes an almost two-month break starting on Saturday (June 6)

Technology

Analysis-How a nudge from Nvidia propelled frugal Micron into the AI boom and a $1 trillion market cap

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2 (Reuters) - Micron Technology's march toward ⁠a $1 trillion valuation is nothing if not dramatic: a year ago it was a little over $100 billion.

World

Sweden prepares prisons for 13-year-old gang killers

(Removes repetiton of date of parliamentary vote in paragraph 19)