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Sabah & Sarawak
Orang Utan helps himself to cool drinks at the Rainforest Discovery Centre in Sandakan
KOTA KINABALU: The heat is catching up with the wildlife.
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Nation
Perak Forestry Dept to hire more enforcement personnel to deter trespassing at forest reserves
BATU GAJAH: More Forestry Department enforcement personnel will be hired to help ensure that the forest reserves in the state are not trespassed on, says Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad.
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Laos
Laos' Hin Nam No National Park aims for world heritage status
Laos' Hin Nam No National Protected Area is another step closer to being named a world heritage site after the completion of formal application documents to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
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AseanPlus News
Asean and EU launch blue book 2024-2025, affirming strategic partnership between the two blocs
The Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) and the European Union (EU) launched the Asean-EU Blue Book 2024-2025 at the Asean headquarters inJakarta this weeek.
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Sabah & Sarawak
Measures proposed in special meeting to prevent paragliding accidents in Sabah
KOTA KINABALU: Several measures have been proposed to ensure paragliding activities would be more safer in Sabah following an incident involving a Chinese tourist who suffered injuries in the extreme sport last month.
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Cricket
Cricket-Ireland hand Pakistan a reality check before T20 World Cup
(Reuters) - Pakistan were handed a sobering reality check ahead of next month's 20-overs World Cup, following their first ever loss on Friday in a T20 International to Ireland in Dublin.
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Cambodia
Cambodia records 15.2 per cent export growth in first four months; US and China are top buyers
Cambodia exported products worth US$8 billion in the first four months of 2024, up 15.2 per cent from US$6.94 billion over the same period last year, said a General Department of Customs and Excise's report released to the media.
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Nation
18 autistic children graduate from Pengaman autism centre
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 18 autistic children have completed their studies at the Pengaman/Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) Autism Centre, since its inception almost four years ago, says Tan Sri Razarudin Husain.
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Nation
KKB polls: Two sets of twins bump into each other at polling centre
HULU SELANGOR: There was a light moment at a polling centre in Kuala Kubu Baru (KKB) when unity government candidate 31-years-old Pang Sock Tao was spotted together with her twin sister Pang Sock Ying.
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Other Sports
Triathlon-Periault, Pearson clinch golds in Yokohama
(Reuters) -France's Leonie Periault won the second World Triathlon Championship Series gold of her career while American Morgan Pearson won his first in the men's event in Yokohama on Saturday.
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Myanmar
Civilian casualties rise in Myanmar's civil war as resistance forces tighten noose around military
Six months into an offensive against Myanmar ’s military government, opposition forces have made massive gains, but civilian casualties are rising sharply as regime troops increasingly turn toward scorched-earth tactics in the South-East Asian country's bitter civil war.
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Badminton
Zii Jia targets gold for Paris Olympics
PETALING JAYA: Men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia has set his sights on capturing the elusive gold in the Paris Olympics in July.
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Indonesia
Indonesia sorry for online racism after Guinea loss ends Olympic dream
If Indonesia had won, they would have played soccer at an Olympics for the first time in nearly seven decades, since the Soviet Union eliminated them from the 1956 Games in Melbourne.
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Nation
KKB by-election: IGP says two arrests made, 12 reports lodged
HULU SELANGOR: A total of 12 police reports have been lodged during the the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election campaign, says Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain.
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Singapore
O.K. Lim, Singapore oil trader and once superstar businessman, convicted of cheating and abetting forgery
The founder of a failed Singapore oil trading company was convicted Friday of cheating a major bank and abetting forgery in a case that tainted the city-state's crude trading market.
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World
Powerful solar storm pummels Earth, threatening disruption
WASHINGTON: A huge solar storm begun pummeling Earth on Friday, bringing possible disruptions to satellites and power grids -- and stunning auroras -- as it intensifies.
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Philippines
Philippines defence chief says military must evolve fast in order to keep 'free and open' Asia-Pacific region
The Philippine military must evolve fast because of threats to a "free and open" Asia-Pacific region, Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said Friday at the end of annual exercises with the United States.
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Indonesia
Indonesian Air force discusses joint training with Japan
TNI AU Staff Deputy Chief, Vice Marshal Andyawan Martono, discussed joint training plans with Japan Air Self-Defence Deputy Chief, Lieutenant General Takuto Ogaswara, alongside the 2024 Air and Space Conference in Canberra, Australia.
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Nation
KKB by-election: Results expected to be known by 9pm, says EC
HULU SELANGOR: Official results for the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election are expected to be released by 9pm on Saturday (May 11), says the Election Commission (EC).
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Video games
Learn programming in space in free app ‘Rabbids Coding!’ (PC/mobile)
Every command counts in this slightly crazy game and the goal is to solve the task as efficiently as possible.