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Sabah & Sarawak
Sabah tourism authorities following up on Chinese tourist paragliding incident, says Liew
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah tourism authorities are looking into a paragliding accident in the state involving a Chinese tourist.
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Brunei
Asia-Pacific business leaders must rally for robust global trade, says Brunei top official
The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) now serves as a crucial platform for business leaders to discuss key economic issues and strategies for fostering regional cooperation and sustainable growth.
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Cricket
Cricket-Pant included in India's T20 World Cup squad, Rahul misses out
(Reuters) - India have included wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant in their 15-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies and United States in June, the country's cricket board (BCCI) announced on Tuesday.
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Nation
Don't jump to conclusions on MACC probe on Perlis MB, says Zahid
PUTRAJAYA: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi urged all parties to exercise ‘husnuzon’ (positive presumptions or thoughts) towards the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) after the agency recorded a statement from Perlis Mentri Besar Mohd Shukri Ramli to assist in the investigation into allegations of abuse of power.
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India
Cricket - New Delhi's pride Rishabh Pant back in India squad for T20 World Cup; KL Rahul dropped
Cricket superstar Rishabh Pant was named on Tuesday in India's squad for the T20 World Cup in June, his first return to international cricket after a horror car crash in late 2022.
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Nation
KKB polls: 'Don't be a sexist,' Fahmi tells Afif over 'proxy' remarks
KUALA LUMPUR: Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil has slammed Bersatu supreme council member Dr Afif Bahardin for making sexist remarks against Pakatan Harapan’s Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election candidate Pang Sock Tao.
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Myanmar
Myanmar and Philippine sweltering under the sun as heatwave continues to bake South-East Asia countries
Large swaths of Asia are sweltering through a heatwave that has topped temperature records from Myanmar to the Philippines and forced millions of children to stay home from school.
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Japan
Japan PM Kishida says he will not dissolve parliament despite main party's failure in three by-elections
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday that he took his party's failure in the three recent by-elections to the Japanese parliament's lower house very seriously but was not planning to dissolve the legislature, reported Xinhua.
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AseanPlus News
Emerging Markets - Asian currencies stay tepid despite stocks rally; Thai baht falls 0.2%
Most Asian emerging market equities rose on Tuesday, while currencies were subdued, as investors awaited a series of economic data due this week and the outcome of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting. Indonesian stocks led gains in the region, jumping 1.2%.
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AseanPlus News
Oil stays steady as investors eye Mideast talks and await rates meeting
Oil steadied on Tuesday after the previous day's drop as Israel-Hamas talks offered hopes of a ceasefire even as Red Sea attacks continued, while investors awaited signals on US interest rates ahead of a key meeting on Wednesday.
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Nation
Setapak lad saluted for being first Chinese commando in decades
PETALING JAYA: When news broke of Leftenan Muda Chan Ming Youn qualifying for one of the world’s toughest military units, many Malaysians took to social media to congratulate the first Malaysian Chinese to pass out as a commando in decades.
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AseanPlus News
The Sound of Music, Hong Kong’s first Broadway musical since the pandemic, co-presented by a Chinese state-owned company
The Sound of Music, which runs until June 9 at the Xiqu Centre, is the first Broadway musical to be put on in Hong Kong since The Lion King in 2019, co-presented by the state-owned China Arts and Entertainment Group, which stages more than 5,000 cultural events around the world every year.
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Markets
FBM KLCI steps back 0.42% as YTL Power weighs
KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI snapped its two straight sessions of gains as investors decided to take some money off the table and YTL Power weighed.
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Cambodia
Brunei Sultan pays social call on Cambodia's Hun Sen
PHNOM PENH: Senate president Hun Sen greeted close personal friend Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei as he arrived in the kingdom on Monday (April 29) night.
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Sabah & Sarawak
Sabah police reviewing contents of mobile phone in Lahad Datu police chief's daughter's death investigation
KOTA KINABALU: The police forensics unit is reviewing the contents of the mobile phone belonging to the Lahad Datu police chief’s daughter, who died from a gunshot from the pistol belonging to her father
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Nation
Sungai Golok blast: M'sian-Thai border, including at Rantau Panjang, open as usual, say cops
PASIR PUTEH: The Malaysia-Thailand border, including in Rantau Panjang, is open as usual after a bomb explosion occurred in Gualosira, Pasemas District, Sungai Golok in Southern Thailand on Monday (April 29).
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Social media
India’s influencers still struggle years after TikTok ban
The world’s most populous country offers a glimpse of what the social media landscape could look like in the United States next year, if a move to block local access to the Chinese-owned short video app goes ahead.
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AseanPlus News
Poor weather, weak yuan threaten HK's Golden Week plans for mainland Chinese tourists
HONG KONG: Hong Kong has pulled out all the stops to welcome at least 800,000 mainland visitors during China’s five-day Labour Day holiday, but stormy weather and a weak yuan threaten to throw a wrench into the works.
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Economy
Hong Kong businesses shut shop as city struggles to revive post pandemic
HONG KONG: When Jacky Yu, 48, opened his Japanese gift shop in Hong Kong more than a decade ago, the tourist and shopping district of Mong Kok was a bustling hub packed with stalls, street food and tourists.
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Social media
Baby who fell out of mother’s arms onto roof panel rescued by neighbours in India in viral video
At the start of the video circulating on social media, a group of 14 to 15 people can be seen holding a large sheet as the baby is seen lying face down on the metal roof of a second-floor apartment.