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Nation
Anwar performs Friday prayers at Kg Sungai Merab Mosque
KAJANG: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim performed Friday prayers with the people at the Kampung Sungai Merab Mosque here May 3.
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Nation
New Malaysia Checkpoints and Border Agency running smoothly, says Saifuddin
KUALA KUBU BARU: The new Malaysia Checkpoints and Border Agency (MCBA) is running smoothly, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
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Nation
25-year-old mum of one gets eight months in jail for stealing donation boxes from two Melaka surau
MELAKA: A 25-year-old mother of one was sentenced to eight months in jail after she pleaded guilty at a Magistrate's Court in Ayer Keroh here to two charges of stealing donation boxes at separate places of worship.
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Commodities
Gold set for second weekly fall; US payrolls on investors' radar
GOLD prices were poised for a second straight weekly decline, although bullion held nearly steady on Friday as investors remained cautious ahead of the U.S. non-farm payrolls data that could provide cues on the Federal Reserve's rate cut timeline.
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Nation
JPJ issues immediate recall notice for 600 Chery Omoda 5 SUVs
PUTRAJAYA: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) has issued a recall notice for 600 units of Chery's Omoda 5 model vehicles, effective immediately, in response to a widely circulated incident on social media that occurred on April 28th.
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Nation
Saifuddin challenges Machang MP to make a stand on civil servants' pay rise
KUALA KUBU BARU: Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has challenged the Machang MP to make his stand known on whether or not he rejected the proposed pay raise for civil servants under the Public Service Remuneration System (SSPA).
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Entertainment
'Thank you & goodbye': Aliff Aziz says reconnecting with Sarah Yasmine a huge mistake
Aliff says he hopes Sarah is enjoying the publicity she’s receiving.
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Corporate News
MARC Ratings revises Tropicana’s ratings outlook to stable
KUALA LUMPUR: MARC Ratings Bhd has revised its outlook on Tropicana Corp Bhd’s rated programmes to stable from negative.
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Nation
KKB polls: I'm ready to be probed over duit raya claims, says Health Minister
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad says he is prepared for the authorities to investigate claims he handed out duit raya to voters in Kuala Kubu Baharu.
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Rugby
Rugby-Reds head to Christchurch house of pain to battle revived Crusaders
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - After a bitter, last-gasp defeat to the Auckland Blues, the Queensland Reds head to Christchurch looking to snuff out the Canterbury Crusaders' mini-revival in Super Rugby Pacific and shrug off 25 years of heartache in the South Island city.
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Forex
Asian currencies, stocks strengthen as Fed hints dovish stance
ASIAN emerging market currencies and equities climbed higher on Friday after the Federal Reserve indicated it would maintain a dovish tilt, while traders look ahead to the U.S. nonfarm payrolls data later in the day.
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Nation
Fines of up to RM250K await traders for bias against palm oil products, says Johari
KUALA LUMPUR: Stern action will be taken against retailers, distributors and importers dealing in products with labels that discriminate against palm oil products, says Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.
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Corporate News
ACE Market-bound Ocean Fresh signs underwriting deal
KUALA LUMPUR: Ocean Fresh Bhd has signed an underwriting agreement with KAF Investment Bank Bhd (KAF IB) for its initial public offering (IPO) in conjunction with its listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd.
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Nation
Majority of families, next of kin agree to relocate graves for ECRL construction, says Selangor MB
SHAH ALAM: The majority of family members and next of kin involved in the process of moving 90 graves in the Klang Strait Muslim Cemetery agreed with the decision to exhume and relocate the graves, said Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari.
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World
Chad prepares to vote in a coup-hit region, wary allies look on
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad will hold presidential elections on Monday, making it the first in a string of coup-hit states across Central and West Africa to use the ballot box to try to emerge from years of military rule.
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World
Heatwaves and outages test support for juntas in Chad and Mali
N'DJAMENA/BAMAKO (Reuters) - In Chad's scorching capital N'Djamena, housewife Sylvie Belrangar turned the handle of a tap but nothing trickled out as water shortages and extreme temperatures sweep parts of West and North-Central Africa's Sahel region. "The president promised water and electricity. But since then, we've seen nothing," she said last week, surrounded by withered plants in her parched compound. Belrangar's plight is echoed elsewhere in the semi-arid Sahel, whose worst heatwave in recent memory exposed in April the struggle of junta-led countries, such as Chad and Mali, to guarantee basic services when the need for water and electricity is most acute.
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Energy
Oil prices set for steepest weekly drop in 3 months
OIL prices edged up on Friday on the prospect of OPEC+ continuing output cuts, but the crude benchmarks were headed for the steepest weekly losses in three months on demand uncertainty and easing tensions in the Middle East reducing supply risks.
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Nation
Ampang man detained for abusing two-year-old daughter
AMPANG: 37-year-old man has been detained for allegedly assaulting his two-year-old daughter, causing injuries to her head and wrists.
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World
Ethiopia's Amhara militia says resettlement plan 'beats war drum'
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Leaders of a militia in Ethiopia's Amhara region accused the administration in neighbouring Tigray of "beating a war drum" over plans to return hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans to territories Amhara fighters captured during a civil war.
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Sabah & Sarawak
13-year-old KK girl fakes own kidnapping to escape 'mengaji' class
KOTA KINABALU: A 13-year-old girl here recently claimed that someone had "kidnapped" her but she had later managed to break free from her captor.