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Technology
Meta shares plunge 16% in Frankfurt after AI spending, revenue forecast
LONDON (Reuters) - Meta Platforms shares plunged 16% early in Frankfurt on Thursday after forecasts of higher expenses and lighter revenue than expected disappointed investors.
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Nation
Johor looking to Shenzhen for economic inspiration, says MB
ISKANDAR PUTERI: Johor is looking at Shenzhen, China for inspiration on economic transformation, says Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi.
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Football
Soccer-Criticism part of life at Manchester United, Fernandes says
(Reuters) - Players must accept criticism as readily as praise at Manchester United, Bruno Fernandes said after the Portuguese midfielder rescued his side with two goals in a 4-2 home Premier League victory over Sheffield United.
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Nation
Bollywood dreams: TV, streaming content mulled to boost Ipoh's 'creative city' status
IPOH: The Ipoh City Council plans to set up a television station to expand its creative city status, says mayor Datuk Rumaizi Baharin.
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Thailand
Thai police hunting down two Japanese suspects in Bangkok murder-dismemberment case
Thai police have launched a manhunt for two suspected Japanese gangsters believed to be involved in the murder of a fellow countryman.
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Entertainment
Scorned lover reveals Aliff Aziz’s text messages: badmouthing wife Bella, merely acting at divorce hearing
These WhatsApp messages were shared on Instagram by Sarah Yasmine, a woman claiming to be Aliff’s girlfriend.
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Banking
Deutsche Bank Q1 profit jumps 10% as investment bank outperforms
FRANKFURT: Deutsche Bank posted on Thursday a better-than-expected 10% increase in first-quarter profit as a resurgence in fixed-income trading and deal-making propelled revenue at its investment banking division.
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Football
Soccer-French President Macron scores penalty in charity match
(Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron continues to show off his sporting abilities ahead of the Paris Olympics after dispatching a penalty in a charity soccer match on Wednesday.
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Mobile apps
What next for TikTok in the US?
TikTok on April 24 said it will fight a new US law that orders the popular video sharing app to break away from its Chinese owners or face an outright ban in the United States.
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Nation
Govt dismayed UM became 'ground zero' for Gilley's insensitive remarks, says Fahmi
PETALING JAYA: The government is disappointed that Universiti Malaya (UM) invited a foreign speaker whose statements sparked unnecessary controversy while disrespecting community sentiments, says Fahmi Fadzil.
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AseanPlus News
US Senate passes bill to force ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban of the app
Legislation, packaged with major foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, now heads to President Joe Biden, who has vowed to sign it into lawVote by a margin of 79-18 follows months of congressional fast-tracking and lobbying over app with more than 175 million American users
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Nation
Copter tragedy: Senior Seaman Joanna Felicia Rohna laid to rest
SERIAN: It was a heart-wrenching moment when four-year-old Allesia Felice Haslie said goodbye to her mother, the late Senior Seaman I Joanna Felicia Rohna, during her funeral at Kampung Engkaroh here.
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Other Sports
Olympics-New Zealand trampoline couple fall head over heels before Paris
(Reuters) - For New Zealand's trampoline gymnastics team, the Paris Olympics will be a labour of love.
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World
North Macedonia's opposition rightist leads ahead of May 8 presidential poll runoff
SKOPJE (Reuters) - North Macedonian presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova held a big lead over incumbent Stevo Pendarovski with votes counted from 99.03% of polling stations on Thursday, but both were short of the 50% backing needed to win outright.
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Nation
Pak Lah admitted to IJN, condition is stable says family
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Prime Minister, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was admitted to the National Heart Institute (IJN), here, on Wednesday (April 24) after suffering from a small spontaneous pneumothorax.
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Markets
Stocks hit by tech slide; yen flails at intervention zone
SINGAPORE: Asian stocks fell on Thursday as disappointing earnings forecasts from Facebook parent Meta Platforms hammered tech shares, while the yen's slump past 155 per dollar for the first time since 1990 raised the spectre of intervention from Tokyo.
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Auto
Toyota hits record annual output, sales on robust demand
TOKYO: Toyota Motor said on Thursday its global sales and production hit record highs in the year ended March 31, supported by robust demand and the absence of semiconductor supply constraints it had to endure in recent years.
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Technology
Atos says it will need more cash than expected
(Reuters) -Struggling French IT consulting firm Atos on Thursday said a review of its 2024-2027 business plan would lead to an increased need for cash and potentially additional debt reduction, forcing it to update in the coming days the parameters of its refinancing plan presented in early April.
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AseanPlus News
US exports to China declined 4.3% year on year in 2023 amid trade tensions, says report
Stunted economic growth on mainland and Sino-American political challenges weighed on 2023 decline led by agricultural and semiconductor shipmentsUS-China trade ‘must be factored into policy decisions related to the future of the bilateral relationship’, says US-China Business Council
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Cricket
Cricket-Pakistan withdraw injured Rizwan, Irfan from NZ series
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pakistan wicketkeeper Mohammed Rizwan and all-rounder Irfan Khan have been withdrawn from the ongoing home T20 International series against New Zealand due to injury, the country's cricket board (PCB) said.