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Brazil President Lula to join other world leaders at Asean summit

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will attend the Asean summit in Manila later this month, joining other world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, the hosts said Friday.

Myanmar

Myanmar announces by-elections expanding parliament writ and confident of holding on to territories

Myanmar will hold by-elections next April, the polling commission said Friday, encompassing areas where the pro-military parliament could not previously hold voting due to the country's devastating civil war.

Metro News

Selangor MB: All projects in Puncak Alam to be halted pending flood mitigation works

ALL development projects in Puncak Alam will be halted to facilitate flood mitigation efforts and allow for reassessment of their environmental impact.

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The Abby Choi murder case: Slain Hong Kong socialite could have been hit on the head seven times with hammer, murder trial told

Forensic pathologist Dr Kwok Ka-ki tells court that 28-year-old influencer was fatally struck on the head with a blunt object.

True Or Not

QuickCheck: Was a bright light spotted treaking across Malaysian skies recently?

A BRIGHT light streaking across the night sky isn't something you see every day.

Nation

Health Ministry fills 64% of approved positions for 2026

PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has completed filling 11,969 of the 18,640 positions approved for this year, representing 64.21% of the total allocated posts.

Corporate News

Bursa Malaysia directs Zetrix AI to address dividend non-payment, disclose material information

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia has directed Zetrix AI Bhd to resolve the non-payment of its 2025 final dividend by Nov 23, 2026 and disclose relevant material information by Nov 11, 2026.

Banking

Standard Chartered Saadiq, CIMB Islamic complete floating-rate MYOR-i transaction

PETALING JAYA: Standard Chartered Saadiq Bhd and CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd have successfully completed a RM100mil floating-rate transaction under the Commodity Murabahah Programme.

Corporate News

Microlink Solutions secures RM59.58mil contract extension with MoHA

PETALING JAYA: Microlink Solutions Bhd has secured a 12 -month extension worth RM59.58mil for its contract with the Ministry of Home Affairs, bringing the total contract value to RM137.92mil.

AseanPlus News

New Zealand election campaign enters final day with result too close to call

Infrastructure New Zealand poll puts Labour on 30.7% and National on 26.4% / Nearly 1.67 million people vote through Thursday, Electoral Commission data shows.

World

Demand for wealth management services rises further in Hong Kong: report

HONG KONG, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong is building on its position as the world's largest cross-boundary wealth management center, with firms reporting stronger demand for new accounts and asset booking, according to an industry report released on Thursday.

AseanPlus News

China adopts law on Antarctic activities and environmental protection

Beijing has approved a law to improve China's Antarctic research and strengthen regulation of its exploration activities, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.

Technology

Alphabet takes $548 million stake in partner Qualcomm in data center push

Nov 6 (Reuters) - Alphabet built ⁠a stake worth nearly $548 million in longtime partner Qualcomm in ⁠the third quarter, giving a boost to the chipmaker's efforts ‌to expand into data centers as the smartphone market sees one of the worst downturns.

Technology

EU charges TikTok over harmful algorithmic 'rabbit hole' effects

BRUSSELS, ⁠Nov 6 (Reuters) - EU tech regulators charged social media platform TikTok on Friday with breaching the bloc's online ⁠content rules, telling it to fix the so-called "rabbit hole" effect of its recommender system, which attract ‌users' attention to a constant stream of similar videos.

Nation

Court upholds ex-waiter’s 27-month sentence for violating curfew

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has upheld the 27-month prison sentence imposed on a former waiter for violating his restriction order under the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (POCA), which required him to remain indoors between 8pm and 6am.

Football

Soccer-Spain call up three new faces for Nations League games

BARCELONA, Nov ⁠6 (Reuters) - Spain coach Luis ⁠de la Fuente brought ‌six players into his 27-man squad on Friday who were not ​selected in September, ⁠including three first-time ⁠call-ups, for this month's Nations ⁠League ‌matches against the Czech Republic and ⁠England.

Football

Soccer-Tuchel rewards England camp performers as Palmer misses out

Nov 6 (Reuters) - England manager Thomas Tuchel said on ⁠Friday that players who impress in camp will keep their places, defending his decision to omit Chelsea midfielder Cole ⁠Palmer while giving Borussia Dortmund's Jobe Bellingham a first senior call-up.

AseanPlus News

90 million displaced people at risk from climate threats, says UN refugee agency

Nearly 90 million displaced people face growing climate risks; Conflict, displacement and climate change increasingly overlap worldwide. UNHCR urges more adaptation funding ahead of COP31.

Cambodia

Cambodia targets universal access to adequate nutrition by 2030, says PM

Cambodia aims to ensure universal access to adequate, safe, nutritious food while protecting all citizens from every form of malnutrition by 2030, Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Friday.

Nation

Teens nabbed for allegedly supplying drugged vape to schoolmate

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have arrested two teenage boys suspected of supplying a student with drug-laced vape liquid in Negri Sembilan.