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Laos
Immigrant from Laos wins US$1.3bil Powerball jackpot
SALEM, Oregon: One of the winners of a US$1.3 billion Powerball jackpot this month is an immigrant from Laos who has had cancer for eight years and had his latest chemotherapy treatment last week.
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Economy
China's factory, services activity growth slows in April
BEIJING: China's manufacturing and services activity both expanded at a slower pace in April, official surveys showed on Tuesday, suggesting some loss of momentum for the world's second-biggest economy at the start of the second quarter.
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Corporate News
Samsung first-quarter profit up 10-fold on memory chip recovery
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics reported on Tuesday a more than 10-fold rise in its first-quarter operating profit, as memory chip prices rose steeply from a severe downturn thanks in part to a boom in artificial intelligence.
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Forex
Ringgit opens slightly lower against US$ ahead of FOMC meeting
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened marginally lower against the US dollar today ahead of the highly anticipated Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting which will begin tonight.
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Singapore
Murder in Spain: Cops probing origins of note on loan, CPF nomination on Audrey Fang’s iPad
MADRID: Police investigating the death of Singaporean Audrey Fang are looking into the origins of a note left on her tablet that appears to justify a change in her Central Provident Fund (CPF) nomination to a “trusted confidant”.
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Cricket
Cricket-Australia sets out targets in 10-year plan to boost women's game
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Cricket Australia (CA) are targeting a five-fold increase in average attendances at women's matches and quadrupling participation rates among young girls as part of a 10-year plan for the women's game.
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Nation
Close eye on Klang air quality after paint factory fire
PUTRAJAYA: The Environment Department has placed two air quality measurement tools at Sekolah Kebangsaan Meru, Klang, following a fire at a paint processing factory in Meru Industrial Park on Monday (April 29) where thick plumes of smoke were released into the air.
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Markets
Growth momentum continues on Bursa
KUALA LUMPUR: The upbeat momentum on Bursa Malaysia resumed on Tuesday as foreign funds continued to flow into the market on rising appetite for equities.
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World
Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupts, more than 12,000 people evacuated
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupted on Tuesday, spewing lava as lightning flashes lit up its crater, prompting authorities to raise the alert status and evacuate more than 12,000 people living on a nearby island.
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Nation
Ab Rauf in Netherlands to examine world's oldest written record on Hang Tuah
MELAKA: Delegates from the Melaka government are in The Hague, Netherlands to examine a 265-year-old manuscript that could shed more light on the legendary Malay warrior Hang Tuah.
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Entertainment
K-drama 'Queen Of Tears' finale sets record viewership ratings as tvN’s most-watched series finale
Despite its commercial success, the last two episodes of 'Queen Of Tears' sparked online backlash among viewers for their slow and unrealistic plot development.
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Economy
Country’s trading with China strengthened with China-Asean Expo
PETALING JAYA: Made-in-Malaysia products will find enormous business opportunities in China, says China-Asean Expo (CAEXPO) secretariat deputy secretary-general Liang Yiguang.
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Philippines
Region swelters in extreme heat
The country cancelled in-person sessions in public schools for two days from yesterday, warning that the power grid on its main island of Luzon could be strained in a heatwave that is also broiling other parts of South-East Asia.
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Thailand
‘Pocket parks’ sprout along Bangkok’s highways
Between crumbling concrete blocks and sweeping tarmac highways, slivers of verdant “pocket parks” are sprouting in Thailand’s capital Bangkok.
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Thailand
Foreign minister resigns after Cabinet reshuffle
The nation’s Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara (pic) has resigned, the government said, after being removed from the post of deputy prime minister in a Cabinet reshuffle, at a time when the South-East Asian country seeks to help resolve a conflict in Myanmar.
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China
Aerial photos show devastation by deadly tornado
AERIAL photos posted by Chinese state media showed wide devastation in parts of the southern city of Guangzhou after a tornado swept through the day before, killing five people, injuring dozens others and damaging more than 140 buildings.
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Thailand
Leading activist jailed for two more years over royal insult
A COURT in Bangkok sentenced one of the kingdom’s leading democracy activists to a further two years’ imprisonment on royal insult charges.
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China
Eyes set on lunar mission
THE republic will send a robotic spacecraft in coming days on a round trip to the moon’s far side in the first of three technically demanding missions that will pave the way for an inaugural Chinese crewed landing and a base on the lunar south pole.
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Pakistan
Blessings atop sacred mountain
THE ascent of steep mud volcanoes marks the start of Hindu pilgrims’ religious rituals in southwestern Pakistan.
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India
Inheritance tax cannot remove inequality, says Modi
TAXING people’s inheritance cannot address inequality and has “never removed poverty”, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told The Times of India newspaper, alleviating fears that such a tax could be imposed if he returns to power after the elections.