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Technology
Carmakers, rental and leasing firms urge EU to avoid mandatory EV fleet targets
BRUSSELS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Carmakers BMW and Toyota and auto rental and leasing firms from across Europe urged the European Commission on Monday not to set mandatory targets for electric vehicle purchases for corporate fleets, arguing it would be cripplingly expensive and counter-productive.
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Vietnam
Japan pulls out of key Vietnam nuclear project
Japan has dropped out of plans to build a major nuclear power plant in Vietnam because the time frame is too tight, Japanese ambassador Naoki Ito said, potentially complicating Vietnam's long-term strategy to avoid new power shortages.
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Eating Out
Hearty roasts, seasonal delights take centre stage
Watching chefs carve hearty roasts under heat lamps, fire up seasonal favourites or dress desserts in holiday motifs, adds a certain kind of magic.
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Auto
Indonesia signs MoU for national car
JAKARTA: Indonesia's bid to mass-produce cars of a homegrown brand in 2027 is "highly ambitious", experts say.
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Focus
No country for young people
IN his hometown of Chamkhar, a tiny village of breathtaking beauty nestled into the hillside about an hour from Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, 22-year-old Rajendra Tamang sits plotting his future.
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Focus
Voices of a lost metropolis
IT was a metropolis of the ancient Americas, a city where about 125,000 people lived at its peak and where the Aztecs, centuries later, stood in wonder at the titanic pyramids they found in ruins.
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Indonesia
Hardships mount as flood tolls rise
Officials in flood-hit parts of the country reported shortages of food, shelter and medicine as the death toll reached 950 following weeks of heavy rain.
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Focus
Crypto shields a squeezed Venezuela
AFTER a brief, almost fragile stretch of stability, Venezuela is bracing for yet another economic storm.
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Focus
20 years on, Darfur nightmare returns
TWO decades ago, the word "Darfur" rippled across the world as a symbol of unchecked atrocities in a distant land.
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South Korea
‘Bamboo alone not to blame’
Residents, construction professionals and former senior officials are pushing back against the idea that bamboo scaffolding was the main reason flames spread so quickly in the city's deadliest blaze in decades, as a debate flares over whether it should be replaced.
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South Korea
AI reimagines missing kids
Over 90% of missing people in the country are found within a year, but 1,050 individuals who disappeared as children still remain unaccounted for this year.
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Bangladesh
Tangail weavers seek Unesco heritage status
The weavers' neighbourhood near Dhaka echoes with the constant clatter of the looms with rhythmic hand movements as the artisans use colourful silk and cotton threads to weave the iconic Tangail saree.
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Bangladesh
Exhumation begins for mass grave from 2024 uprising
Local police have begun exhuming a mass grave believed to contain around 114 unidentified victims of a mass uprising that toppled autocratic former prime minister Sheikh Hasina last year.
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Corporate News
Parkson renews lease on retail space in China
PETALING JAYA: Parkson Retail Group Ltd (PRGL), the 54.97%-owned Hong Kong-listed subsidiary of Parkson Holdings Bhd, has renewed the tenancy of its Hefei City retail space in China's Anhui province, under a six-year supplemental agreement valued at about RM91.2mil.
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Indonesia
First locally-born giant panda cub bears hope for conservation
The first giant panda cub born in the country is noisy, nursing well and showing other signs of good health, the conservation park where he was born said.
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Cambodia
Border peace in tatters as war flares again
Thailand launched airstrikes on its neighbour Cambodia, with both sides trading blame for renewed fighting on their disputed border that has killed four Cambodian civilians and a Thai soldier.
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Letters
Digital power for a secure Malaysian food supply
FROM AHMAD NIZAM CHE KASIM DR MOHD KHAIRULNIZAM ZAHARI Faculty of Business & Communication Universiti Malaysia Perlis
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Golf
Edven swings into history as first Malaysian winner in Thailand Open
PETALING JAYA: Edven Ying (pic) continued his hot streak when he became the first Malaysian golfer to win the Thailand Open in Pathum Thani.
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Corporate News
Tanco signs deal for EPC work on container port
PETALING JAYA: Tanco Holdings Bhd has entered into a heads of agreement (HoA) with CCCC Dredging Southeast Asia Sdn Bhd (CDSA) to detail further aspects of the development of a proposed smart container port in Port Dickson, Negri Sembilan.
