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Nation
JPJ may go undercover to catch vehicle owners renting cars to foreigners without driving licence
KUALA LUMPUR: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) is mulling going undercover to detect individuals who rent their vehicles to foreigners without a driving licence.
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Technology
Crypto lender Genesis to return $3 billion to customers in bankruptcy wind-down
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crypto lender Genesis Global received court approval on Friday to return about $3 billion in cash and cryptocurrency to its customers in a bankruptcy liquidation, leaving its owner, Digital Currency Group, with no recovery from the bankruptcy.
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Tennis
Tennis-Jarry becomes first Chilean to reach Masters 1000 final in 17 years
(Reuters) - Nicolas Jarry claimed the biggest win of his career on Friday, defeating Tommy Paul 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3 in the Italian Open to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 final.
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Nation
Using agricultural land for retirement plan and agrotourism hotspot
PETALING JAYA: A typical day for an accountant who owns a coconut farm in Melaka is not like any other.
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World
US works to ensure Venezuela election credible but faces obstacles, official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S sees it as a “very open question” whether Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro can win re-election if he holds a free vote in July, and Washington is trying to ensure the ballot is credible in the face of significant obstacles, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
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Commodities
Oil gains 1% on hopes of firmer demand
Oil prices settled about 1% higher on Friday, with global benchmark Brent crude recording its first weekly gain in three weeks, after economic indicators from the world's top two oil consumers – China and the US – bolstered hopes for higher demand.
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Technology
US, TikTok seek fast-track schedule, ruling by Dec. 6 on potential ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and TikTok on Friday asked a U.S. appeals court to set a fast-track schedule to consider the legal challenges to a new law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban.
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Markets
Dow ends above 40,000 milestone, indices notch up weekly gains
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 40,000 mark for the first time on Friday, with other major indexes also scoring weekly gains, as data supported expectations for interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this year.
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Markets
Wall St Week Ahead: Market's rebound may have further to go
A rebound that has taken the US stock market to record highs this week may have further to run, if history is any guide.
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World
Rescue operations concluded at building collapse site in South Africa
CAPE TOWN, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Search and rescue efforts at the site of a recent building collapse in South Africa, which claimed the lives of at least 33 people, were concluded on Friday, said local authorities.
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Metro News
Opening up mussel farm to woo tourists
A mussel farm in Kampung Pasir Gudang Baru will be promoted as a major eco-tourism destination.
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Metro News
City on the cusp of greatness
MANCHESTER City are on the threshold of a bit of history that will take some matching if they beat West Ham United at the Etihad Stadium tomorrow.
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Citycism
Protect KL’s flood defences
“There are times, sir, when men of good conscience cannot blindly follow orders.”
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Hockey
Record number of teams since 2016 for MJHL tourney
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 49 teams have registered for the Malaysian Junior Hockey League (MJHL) from May 24-June 29.
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Metro News
Workshop participants bake 4,000 cookies for school, two disability care homes
SOME 20 people gathered to hone their baking skills and support a noble cause under the “Bake For A Cause: Cookies Workshop”.
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South Korea
The birth of the awakened one
THE birthday of the historical Buddha or Shakyamuni Buddha, known as Wesak in several countries, celebrates the birth of the child who became Prince Siddhartha around the end of the 4th century BC.
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Metro News
Hiking club celebrates anniversary
IT was fun-filled night as more than 1,100 hikers and their families attended the Moon Gate Point Five Hiking Club’s 28th anniversary celebration held at Che Hoon Khor Moral Uplifting Society in Macalister Road, George Town in Penang.
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China
‘Let’s settle differences’
BEIJING has urged the Philippines to face the facts, honour its word, stop infringement and provocations at once and return to the right track of properly settling maritime differences through negotiation and consultation, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said.
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China
Putin talks trade in Harbin
Russian leader Vladimir Putin was in the northeastern city of Harbin yesterday, the final day of a visit aiming to promote crucial trade with China and win greater support for his war effort in Ukraine.
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Philippines
Manila to buy Japan-made coast guard vessels in RM1.9bil deal
MANILA has agreed to buy five coast guard patrol ships from Japan in a deal worth more than US$400mil (RM1.87bil) as it faces growing Chinese pressure in the South China Sea.