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Nation
Heavy snow engulfs Japan, Malaysian Embassy urges travellers to exercise caution

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Embassy in Japan has advised travellers to exercise caution when travelling to regions hit by heavy snow following warnings issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency.
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Laos
Laos aims to advance modern cross-border trade

Laos is accelerating the development of cross-border paperless trade to strengthen trade facilitation, promote trade, and enhance regional integration.
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Sabah & Sarawak
Sabah firms urged to meet global standards to compete internationally

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah companies must enhance compliance with international standards for their products and services to penetrate international markets and compete globally, says Deputy Chief Minister III Datuk Ewon Benedick.
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AseanPlus News
A tale of two villages: Cambodians lament Thailand's border gains

A sign hanging from a rusty ice-green shipping container installed by Thai forces on what they say is the border with Cambodia proclaims: "Cambodian citizens are strictly prohibited from entering this area."
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AseanPlus News
Space-computing push of Elon Musk’s SpaceX shines beam on China’s solar supply chain

Musk's pursuit of space-based data centres has drawn attention to China's solar industry, sparking market rallies – and calls for caution
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Thailand
High-stakes Thai General Election tests appetite for political reform

Thailand's major political parties staged final rallies ahead of an election that pits the status quo against sweeping political and economic reform.
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Indonesia
Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 74; search for missing people now has moved into two weeks

The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia has climbed to 74, authorities said Friday, extending the search for missing people and bodies nearly two weeks since it began.
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Nation
Anwar: No more hiding corruption behind racial slogans

KUALA LUMPUR: Racial slogans have long been used to deceive Malaysians while billions were siphoned off in the background, but the era of hiding corruption behind ethnic loyalty must end, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
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Singapore
Singapore is closely monitoring the Nipah virus situation, no cases detected so far

No cases of Nipah virus infection linked with the cases in West Bengal and Bangladesh have been reported in Singapore to date, said the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA).
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Nation
Teo urges platforms to block sponsored posts promoting gambling, fraud

KULAI: Sponsored content promoting gambling and fraud, aimed at boosting reach to users, is raising concerns as such material has been widely detected on social media platforms, said Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching.
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AseanPlus News
China achieves tamper-proof quantum communication over 100km with single atoms

Physicist Pan Jianwei and his team said their study helped to close the gap between the experimental and real-world applications
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AseanPlus News
Panama’s ‘dangerous precedent’: Why global ports appear pawns as politics beat contracts

Panama's move to void CK Hutchison's deal fuels fears of broader asset seizures, with analysts warning of rising risks for Chinese operators in the US sphere
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Nation
Anwar warns Garah rally participants: ‘Do not challenge the law or threaten national security’

GOMBAK: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has issued a stern warning to participants of the Anti-Illegal Houses of Worship rally, cautioning them against challenging the law or threatening public security.
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AseanPlus News
Asian markets extend global retreat as tech worries build

Asian equities sank again on Friday as a tech rout that battered Wall Street for the third day in a row showed no sign of letting up amid growing unease about the hundreds of billions splashed out on artificial intelligence.
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Singapore
Oil prices climb on worries of possible Iran-US conflict after both benchmarks fell overnight

Oil prices settled higher on Friday, reversing earlier losses as traders worried that this week's talks between the US and Iran had failed to reduce the risk of a military conflict between the two countries.
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Indonesia
Indonesian woman collapses after 140 lashes for extramarital sex and drinking alcohol

Three female officers took turns striking the woman with a rattan cane before she lost consciousness, witnesses said.
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Nation
Work hard or step aside, Anwar tells PKR members

GOMBAK: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has warned that only members willing to work hard to build and strengthen PKR should remain in the party, while those unwilling to pull their weight should step aside.
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AseanPlus News
China’s humanoid robot makers pivot from ‘body’ to ‘brain’ as commercial race heats up

Dobot claims its self-developed vision-language-action model lets humanoid robots react to the real world rather than just perform preprogrammed tasks
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China
Many Chinese are choosing South-East Asia over Japan for Chinese New Year holiday as bilateral spat hits flights

High flight prices, especially to Japan (around 9,500 yuan), are causing Chinese tourists to choose cheaper South-east Asian destinations like Bangkok (3,200 yuan) as geopolitical tensions between China and Japan continue to rise.
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Nation
Modi begins two-day official visit to Malaysia

PETALING JAYA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has departed from New Delhi for his two-day official visit to Malaysia.