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World
Taipei mayor gets angry reception at Pride after gay bar raid
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AseanPlus News
Birdie blitz helps young star Mirabel Ting to merge as best local performer after three rounds at the Maybank Championship
Mirabel Ting fired seven birdies for a three-under 69 third-round score to overtake Liyana Durisic as the best-performing Malaysian at the LPGA Maybank Championship 2026.
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AseanPlus News
The Middle East conflict: Iran says fourth oil tanker hit mine, caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz
Iran Navy said Friday that a fourth oil tanker had struck a mine and caught fire while attempting to pass through an unauthorised route in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Tennis
Tennis-Fernandez sets up Pan Pacific Open title clash with Shnaider
TOKYO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Canada's Leylah Fernandez extended her strong late-season run by beating Kamilla Rakhimova 7-5 6-3 on Saturday to reach the Pan Pacific Open final, where she faces Russia's Diana Shnaider.
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Nation
Cops bust online scam ring in KL, nab 18 foreigners
KUALA LUMPUR: Eighteen Taiwanese nationals, including a woman, were detained following a raid on two condominium units over a suspected online phone scam operation.
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World
Abuse survivors to press Church on accountability during pope's trip to South America
MEXICO CITY/LIMA, Oct 31 (Reuters) - As Pope Leo prepares to return to South America, Peruvian abuse survivor Pedro Salinas sees reason for both hope and unease in the pope's record confronting clerical abuse.
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World
Rubio to host meeting of Indo-Pacific Quad, wrap up G20 gathering
WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host a meeting with the foreign ministers of Australia, India and Japan on Saturday, their third meeting this year, as plans take shape for a summit of the leaders of the four countries in Manila next month.
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AseanPlus News
Singapore-Manila flights among those cancelled, rescheduled by Philippine Airlines from Nov 14-18 due to Asean Summit
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has announced the cancellation or rescheduling of several domestic and international flights to and from Manila from Nov 14 to 18 amid the arrival of delegates to the 49th Asean Summit.
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Nation
Launch arrangements for JS-SEZ master plan being finalised, says Akmal Nasrullah
JOHOR BARU: The arrangements for the launch of the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) master plan, including its location, are still being finalised, says Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir.
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Nation
Students did not serve alcohol at OPA centenary dinner, says Loke in dismissing social media claims
SEREMBAN: DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook has dismissed a recent claim on social media that students were forced to serve alcohol at an old boys' association reunion and centenary dinner, calling the allegations a politically motivated attack against him.
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Nation
Floods subside in Kedah, Negri, number of evacuees in Perak drops
KUALA LUMPUR: Floods in Kedah and Negri Sembilan have fully subsided, with all three temporary relief centres (PPS) in the two states closed Saturday (Oct 31), while the number of evacuees in Perak has declined.
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AseanPlus News
Rubio to host meeting of Indo-Pacific Quad, wrap up G20 gathering
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host a meeting with the foreign ministers of Australia, India and Japan on Saturday, their third meeting this year.
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Nation
Golok River mouth widening project expected to be finalised within a month, says Anwar
KOTA BARU: Malaysia and Thailand are expected to finalise negotiations on the Golok River mouth widening project within a month to reduce flood risks in Kelantan and southern Thailand.
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Vietnam
Vietnam's Nguyen Tuan Anh continues steady form and remains among the top 20 at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
Nguyen Tuan Anh carded a two-over 73 to remain in tied 14th position after the third round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship on Saturday.
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Technology
Power bills and data centers cast rare spotlight on utilities in US midterms
NEW YORK, Oct 31 (Reuters) - US electricity prices had flown under the radar in past national elections, but they have become a major political issue in this year's midterms as Americans grow angry over rising utility bills and deals for power-hungry data centers.
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AseanPlus News
China hands former regulator suspended death sentence over US$65mil bribery charge
Former CSRC official Wang Huimin receives death penalty with two-year reprieve after admitting to taking vast bribes while in office
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World
US campaign for control of Congress enters final weekend
WASHINGTON/ANCHORAGE, Oct 31 (Reuters) - As the campaign for control of the US Congress reached its final weekend, the Trump administration stepped up its legal intervention in the Alaska Senate race while the number of Americans casting early ballots neared 50 million, a record for a midterm election.
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AseanPlus News
Chinese scholars warned of challenge of ‘translating academic research into policy’
A conference discussing the field known as 'area studies' said it was necessary to move beyond Western frameworks
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Arts
New study traces van Gogh’s famed 'The Starry Night' to an actual night sky from 1889
Art historians have long dated the painting to June 1889, soon after van Gogh checked into the asylum in France
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Nation
No confirmation yet on mother's postpartum depression, says Nancy Shukri
KUCHING: The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has yet to receive medical confirmation on whether the mother of a baby boy found buried in Kapit recently was suffering from postpartum depression.
