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12-year-old boy bitten by shark at Sydney Harbour beach
A boy, believed to be aged about 12, is in a critical condition after being bitten by a shark at Sydney Harbour beach on Sunday.
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Nation
Ahmad Zahid clarifies earlier remarks on DAP's 'Team B'
KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on Sunday (Jan 18) clarified that there is no Team A or Team B within DAP, stressing that his earlier remarks were not intended to suggest internal divisions within the party.
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Laos
Value of Laos-Vietnam trade soars to almost US$3bil; Lao govt hoping for more business with neighbours in 2026
The value of trade between Laos and Vietnam reached almost US$3 billion in 2025, directed and supported by the two countries' parties and governments.
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World
Two killed in mass Russian drone attack on Ukraine, Zelenskiy says
KYIV, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Two people were killed and dozens more wounded in a mass Russian drone attack across Ukraine overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, as U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators hashed out a post-war plan in the latest round of peace talks.
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China
Could China’s Yaogan-47 satellite have a lens as wide as the Hubble Telescope?
Chinese satellite will be used for national land surveys, urban planning, environmental management and comprehensive disaster prevention
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Nation
MACC sets up ops room during Sabah's by-elections
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has opened an operations room for those lodging complaints of graft during the Kinabatangan parliamentary and the Lamag state by-elections.
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World
Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment, US officials say
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large protests against the government's deportation drive, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday.
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Books
Malaysian illustrator’s artwork selected for Pinocchio exhibition in Italy
Emila Yusof's work was one of 25 winners selected for a global exhibition marking bicentenary of Pinocchio author Carlo Collodi
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World
Drone strike cuts power supply in Russia-held parts of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region
MOSCOW, Jan 18 (Reuters) - More than 200,000 consumers in the Russian-held part of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region were left without electricity on Sunday, the Moscow-installed regional governor said, after a Ukrainian drone strike on Saturday.
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World
Indonesia finds wreckage of missing surveillance plane carrying 10, one body
JAKARTA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities said on Sunday they had located the wreckage of a fisheries surveillance plane that went missing in South Sulawesi province on the slope of a fog-covered mountain and had recovered the body of one of the 10 people on board.
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World
Spanish PM Sanchez says US invasion of Greenland 'would make Putin happiest man on earth'
MADRID, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said a U.S. invasion of Greenland "would make Putin the happiest man on earth" in a newspaper interview published on Sunday.
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AseanPlus News
Lutnick warns Taipei to keep Trump ‘happy’ as US chip deal draws Beijing rebuke
Trade official says island must stay in Trump's favour for protection, but says he still plans an April China visit amid good ties with Xi
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Nation
Husband, wife perish in Baram estate quarters fire
SIBU: A husband and wife perished, while six others escaped unhurt after a fire destroyed a plantation workers' quarters at the Woodman Estate in Baram, Miri, early on Sunday (Jan 18).
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Athletics
Encouraging second for Azeem at Samford Open
PETALING JAYA: National sprinter Mohd Azeem Fahmi continued his encouraging indoor season by finishing second in the men's 60m final at the Samford Open.
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Myanmar
Drug manufacturing equipment seized in Myanmar's Northern Shan State
YANGON: Authorities have seized additional equipment used in drug manufacturing in the Namlan area of Hsipaw Township and near Mongyai Town in northern Shan State, according to official sources.
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Vietnam
Ninh Binh water puppetry art thrives in Vietnam
HANOI: On a quiet morning in Ban Thach Village, as a thin mist lingers over the surface of the village pond, life moves at an unhurried pace, and an old art form quietly reveals itself – traditional water puppetry, long regarded as the cultural cradle of the area in Hong Quang Ward, northern Ninh Binh Province.
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Philippines
Two killed in landslide as tropical storm Nokaen batters Philippines
MANILA: Two people were killed in a rain-induced landslide in Sorsogon province, south-east of the Philippine capital, on Saturday (Jan 17) as tropical storm Nokaen, locally named Ada, battered large parts of the country, police said.
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Thailand
Trans Asean Madani Convoy member dies in Pattaya hospital
PHNOM PENH: A member of the Trans Asean Madani Convoy, which was involved in promoting Malaysian tourism, passed away due to health issues in Pattaya, Thailand, on Friday evening (Jan 16)
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Books
As world burns, Indian author Amitav Ghosh writes for the future
Amitav Ghosh's recent work centres on the urgent unravelling of the natural world and its moral legacy
