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Nation
Ismail Sabri to leave GE16 candidacy decision to Ahmad Zahid

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has left the decision regarding his candidacy to defend the Bera parliamentary seat in the next General Election (GE16) to Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The former Umno vice-president said the decision on whether he will contest or otherwise depends entirely on the issuance of a letter of appointment by the party's top leadership.
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Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin touches 12-week high as traders weigh progress on Iran

BITCOIN touched a 12-week high before retreating slightly as traders digested conflicting signs about the progress of US-Iran talks to end the conflict in the Middle East.
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Nation
MCMC to investigate Facebook post over offensive image linked to royalty

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has opened an investigation into a Facebook account over an offensive image linked to royalty.
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Nation
Negri Barisan says it has simple majority to form govt with Perikatan

SEREMBAN: Negri Sembilan Barisan Nasional says it has secured a simple majority to form the state government after Perikatan Nasional decided to support it.
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World
Lithuania charges 13 people with attempted murders linked to Russia's GRU, police say

VILNIUS, ⁠April 27 (Reuters) - Lithuania ⁠has charged ‌13 people with two attempted murders in Vilnius linked ⁠to Russia's ⁠GRU military intelligence ⁠agency, the ‌chief of ⁠the Baltic country's criminal police, ‌Saulius Briginas, said ⁠on Monday.
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Cybersecurity
PM urges Nacsa to be prepared for risk of 'potentially dangerous' new AI model

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has asked the National Cyber Security Agency (Nasca) to be prepared for the potential risk associated with a new AI model.
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India
India names BJP veteran Dinesh Trivedi envoy to Bangladesh as ties thaw

NEW DELHI: India named veteran politician Dinesh Trivedi as its next high commissioner to Bangladesh on Monday (April 27), in a rare appointment of a non-foreign service officer as New Delhi seeks to reset ties with its eastern neighbour.
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Corporate News
TAS Offshore’s MD passes away

PETALING JAYA: TAS Offshore Bhd has announced that its managing director, Datuk Lau Nai Hoh, has passed away.
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Nation
Man who beat wife and caused miscarriage, previously put ex-wife in coma, say cops

SUNGAI PETANI: Police have confirmed that the suspect believed to have assaulted his wife, causing her to suffer a miscarriage in Ambangan Heights, is the same man involved in a previous case in Johor, in which his wife was beaten into a coma.
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Football
Soccer-France striker Mbappe suffers hamstring injury ahead of World Cup

April 27 (Reuters) - Real ⁠Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has suffered ⁠a hamstring injury, the LaLiga club ‌said on Monday, weeks before the start of the World Cup.
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World
Merz suggests Ukraine may have to accept territorial loss to help pave way for EU membership

BERLIN, April 27 (Reuters) - German Chancellor ⁠Friedrich Merz suggested on Monday that Ukraine may have to accept ⁠that parts of its territory could remain outside Kyiv's control in a ‌future peace deal with Russia, linking such concessions to the country's prospects for joining the European Union.
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Corporate News
Anuar Ahmad retires as PetDag chairman

PETALING JAYA: PETRONAS Dagangan Bhd (PetDag) has announced that its chairman, Datuk Anuar Ahmad, has retired.
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Nation
Four exco positions vacant in Negri Sembilan after Barisan withdrew support, says MB

SEREMBAN: There are four vacancies in the Negri Sembilan State Executive Council (Exco), following the move by 14 Barisan Nasional assemblymen to withdraw support for the state government.
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Technology
Verizon lifts annual profit forecast after surprise rise in wireless subscribers

April 27 (Reuters) - Verizon raised its ⁠annual profit forecast on Monday after revamped customer offers and bundled ⁠plans drove surprise first-quarter wireless subscriber additions.
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Nation
E-invoicing review uncovers RM3.5bil in previously unreported income

PUTRAJAYA: The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) has identified taxpayer non-compliance through its review of e-invoice data, prompting thousands of taxpayers to voluntarily regularise their tax affairs.
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Nutrition
The latest expert guides to eating right

Food pyramids have been revised to incorporate the latest expert recommendations for a healthy diet.
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AseanPlus News
Taiwan court sentences ex-Tokyo Electron staff to 10 years in TSMC trade secrets case

NEW TAIPEI CITY, (Taiwan): A court in Taiwan sentenced a former employee of Japanese computer chip equipment maker Tokyo Electron to 10 years in prison on Monday (April 27) in a landmark case over trade secrets of the island's leading chipmaker TSMC.
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India
India and New Zealand sign free trade deal

NEW DELHI: India and New Zealand signed a free trade deal on Monday (April 27) as they seek to boost exports amid global economic uncertainty made worse by the war in the Middle East.
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World
Russia summons German envoy over lawmaker's meeting with Chechen exile

MOSCOW, April 27 (Reuters) - Russia's ⁠foreign ministry said on Monday it had summoned ⁠the German ambassador over a meeting in Kyiv ‌between a German lawmaker and a Chechen separatist who Moscow says leads a "terrorist" organisation.
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Cambodia
Protesters demand Cambodia unfreeze accounts with scam-linked firm

PHNOM PENH: Waving their national flags, dozens of Chinese nationals protested outside Cambodia's central bank on Monday (April 27), demanding the unfreezing of accounts they opened with a financial services firm linked to cyberscamming.