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Corporate News
Awantec to strengthen its synergistic offerings to drive growth
PETALING JAYA: Awanbiru Technology Bhd (Awantec) will be focusing on strengthening its synergistic offerings to drive its future growth.
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Myanmar
An Analysis - In Myanmar war, crucial window looms for junta and rebels
In the jungles of southeastern Myanmar's Dawna Hills, rebels from an armed ethnic group are fighting to hold back columns of reinforcements sent by the country's ruling junta to try to reclaim Myawaddy, a critical trading outpost on the Thai border.
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Nation
KL tree mishap: DBKL instructed to set up new guidelines to manage ageing trees
KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has been instructed to come up with new guidelines to manage the city's ageing trees and prevent future accidents.
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Entertainment
Malaysian director Amanda Nell Eu to receive Women In Motion Emerging Talent Award at Cannes
Her debut feature 'Tiger Stripes' premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023 and won the Critics’ Week Grand Prize.
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Markets
Bursa Malaysia hits all-time high market capitalisation of more than RM2 trillion
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia today hits a new record of more than RM2 trillion in equities market capitalisation.
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Nation
Drug addicts need treatment, not scorn, says Wan Azizah
KUALA LUMPUR: Negative stigma surrounding drug addiction must be changed so addicts can receive treatment and professional support, says Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.
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Sabah & Sarawak
Technician dies after falling into ship’s fuel tank off Kota Belud
KOTA KINABALU: A technician died not long after falling into the fuel tank of a ship at an offshore platform off Sabah’s northern Kota Belud district, some 100km from here.
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Nation
KKB polls: Early voting centres closed
HULU SELANGOR: The early voting process for the Kuala Kubu Baharu state by-election has concluded, with two polling centres closed at 5pm.
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World
Russia, Ukraine trade allegations of chemical weapons use at global watchdog
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine have accused each other at the global chemical weapons watchdog in The Hague of using banned toxins on the battlefield, the organisation said on Tuesday.
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Corporate News
Sapura Energy gets US$1.8bil worth of PLSV-related contracts
PETALING JAYA: Sapura Energy Bhd’s joint venture entities, Seabras Sapura Holding GmbH and Seabras Sapura Participacoes SA, have been awarded contracts worth US$1.8bil for its six multi-purpose pipe-laying support vessels (PLSVs), as part of a competitive Petrobras tender process.
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World
Stormy Daniels offers unflattering testimony about sex with Trump
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Porn star Stormy Daniels described her 2006 encounter with Donald Trump in unflattering terms at his criminal trial on Tuesday, testifying she tried not to think about the sex while it took place and feared it would become public.
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Nation
Two Malaysians injured in Narathiwat bomb blast
NARATHIWAT: Two Malaysian tourists were among the four injured in a bomb blast in Narathiwat, southern Thailand on Monday (May 6).
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Nation
Najib's decisions on SRC International investments never questioned by top management, Shahrol tells court
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak's decisions relating to investments by SRC International Sdn Bhd were not questioned by the company's top management, the High Court heard.
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South Korea
South Korea records hottest April in half a century
SEOUL: South Korea experienced its hottest April since comprehensive records began in 1973, the state weather agency said Tuesday (May 7), with average daily temperatures more than 2.5 degrees higher than in previous years.
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Corporate News
OCK enters tower leasing agreement, marks debut into Laos
PETALING JAYA: OCK Group Bhd has entered into a tower leasing agreement with Best Telecom Co Ltd, marking the group’s official entry into Laos.
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Entertainment
Paris Hilton producing ‘Toxic’ docuseries on mistreatment of female celebs in the early 2000s
The book, on which the docuseries is going to be based on, centres on the misogyny that fuelled tabloid coverage of celebs such as Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Janet Jackson, Amy Winehouse, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Aniston and Britney Spears.
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Nation
Dewan Negara president receiving treatment at National Heart Institute
PETALING JAYA: Dewan Negara president Datuk Mutang Tagal is currently being treated at the National Heart Institute.
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Singapore
Singapore: Two men convicted in S$3bil money laundering case deported to Cambodia
Two men convicted in Singapore’s largest money laundering case were deported to Cambodia on Monday evening.
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World
Fire and hide: Ukraine's artillery pinned down by Russian drones
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) - Rumbling out of its forest hideout, the hulking German-supplied howitzer has only a few minutes to fire before slipping back under cover to evade Russian surveillance in the skies above.
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Sabah & Sarawak
Sarawak ports now under a centralised authority for competitive and efficient services, says Deputy Premier
KUCHING: Ports in Sarawak will come under a single central authority with the passing of the Sarawak Ports Authority Bill in the state legislative assembly on Tuesday.