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Egypt says working with Qatar, US on 60-day Gaza ceasefire plan
CAIRO, Aug 13 — Egypt said Tuesday it was working with fellow Gaza mediators Qatar and the United States to broker a 60-day ceasefire as part of a renewed push to end the Israel-Hamas war. Egypt, Qatar and the United
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Victims of AI porn speak out in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Aug 13 — For Hong Kong law student “C”, AI-made pornography was a distant danger until a university classmate created graphic images of her and multiple other women. “At first I was shocked, then it turned into panic,” said
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A mother’s pain years after her son’s fatal flight
KABUL, Aug 13 — The day after the Taliban stormed into the Afghan capital in August 2021, Afghans desperate to evacuate clung to the fuselage of a departing American plane at Kabul airport—only to fall to their deaths. Four years
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Singapore man convicted for making drug-laced vape pods that trigger muscle spasms
SINGAPORE, Aug 13 — A 41-year-old man from Yishun has admitted to producing vaporiser pods laced with etomidate, marking the first conviction linked to Kpods. According to The Straits Times, in December 2024, Mohammed Akil Abdul Rahim was caught at his
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Unemployed man charged with murdering father in Kuala Krai, court orders psychiatric evaluation
KUALA KRAI, Aug 13 — An unemployed man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with the murder of his father. No plea was recorded from the accused, Narosman Othman, 39, as murder cases fall under the jurisdiction of
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No abuse found in UTM cadet’s death during Johor army training, says defence minister
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 — An investigation committee has found no evidence of abuse in the death of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Reserve Officers Training Unit (PALAPES) trainee cadet Syamsul Haris Shamsudin, who died during training at the Army Basic
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From accident response to crime prevention, Gobind says Malaysia’s cloud policy set to transform public services
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 — The government today launched the National Cloud Computing Policy (NCCP), which Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo said will be a key enabler to transform how Malaysia works, lives and delivers public services. Speaking at the
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Putrajaya maintains 7.3pc profit cap for TNB under current regulatory period, with excess returned to consumers
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 — Putrajaya said today it has maintained a profit cap of 7.3 per cent for Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) for a three-year period under Regulatory Period 4 (RP4), a rate unchanged since 2018. According to Deputy
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Federal Court grants Najib leave to seek review on purported house arrest order
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 13 — Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is now cleared to pursue his legal challenge over an addendum or “supplementary order” issued by a former King permitting him to serve the remainder of his reduced sentence
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Bukit Aman urges safety review of drivers aged over 60 after nearly 7,000 deaths since 2019
PETALING JAYA — The police have reportedly called for a study on how to better ensure road safety for drivers aged 61 and above, after nearly 7,000 fatalities involving this group were recorded between 2019 and 2024. According to Utusan
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