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Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ in talks with DP World over Gaza reconstruction
WASHINGTON, April 21 — Representatives of US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” have held talks with state-owned Dubai multinational DP World about managing supply chains and infrastructure projects in Gaza, the Financial Times said on Tuesday. Rehabilitation of Gaza,
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Nvidia circuit board supplier Victory Giant rockets on RM8b Hong Kong IPO
HONG KONG, April 21 — Shares in a Chinese tech firm that supplies US chip titan Nvidia soared almost 60 per cent on its Hong Kong debut Tuesday, having raised more than US$2 billion (RM7.9 billion) in the city’s largest
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Trump says extracting Iran’s uranium will be ‘long and difficult’ after US strikes
WASHINGTON, April 21 — US President Donald Trump said late Monday the United States obtaining uranium from Iran would be “long” and “difficult” in the aftermath of last year’s US strikes on Tehran’s nuclear sites. “Operation Midnight Hammer was a
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Musk no-show at Paris hearing on Grok AI, X child pornography allegations
PARIS, April 21 — Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday did not appear at a summons for questioning in a French probe into X and its AI chatbot, Grok, over alleged abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction, the Paris
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Tesla settles before trial in wrongful death suit over disabled speed limiter fatal crash
WASHINGTON, April 21 — Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s Tesla has settled a wrongful death lawsuit in Florida stemming from a 2018 high-speed crash that killed a teenager riding in one of the electric vehicle maker’s sedans, court records show. A
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MMEA weighs non-lethal weapons to strengthen maritime enforcement
KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) is currently examining the use of non-lethal weapons, including electric guns, as part of a more flexible and controlled enforcement approach. Its deputy director-general (Logistics), Maritime Admiral Datuk Saiful
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Express bus burns out along Semporna-Kunak road, firefighters contain blaze
SEMPORNA, April 21 — An express bus was destroyed in a fire along Jalan Semporna-Kunak in Semporna on Monday night, with no casualties reported. The Fire and Rescue Department received an emergency call at 10.49pm and arrived at the scene
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Act now, not after harm: Perak Sultan urges early AI regulation at global forum
KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — Artificial intelligence (AI), genetic engineering and other modern technologies should be regulated before they are deployed, the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, said today. Sultan Nazrin cautioned that the cost of governing in
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Japan issues megaquake warning after powerful 7.7 magnitude tremblor
TOKYO, April 21 — At least six people were reported injured on Tuesday, a day after a powerful quake rattled northern Japan, but there appeared to be no major damage from the tremor that also triggered tsunami waves up to
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Iran warns US it has ‘new cards’ ready for battlefield if nuclear talks fail
TEHRAN, April 21 — Iran’s powerful parliament speaker warned Monday that Tehran had “new cards” if war resumes with the United States and Israel, ahead of the expiration of a two-week ceasefire. “We do not accept negotiations under the shadow
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