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Tesla eyes AI, robot future with US$25b spend as Q1 profits rise
NEW YORK, April 23 — Tesla reported higher first-quarter profits Wednesday, topping expectations as it confirmed plans for massive additional investments in autonomous transport, humanoid robotics and artificial intelligence. Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company reported profits of US$477 million (RM1.89
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‘American customers have vanished’: China exporters feel pain of US trade war
GUANGZHOU, April 23 — Labourers sweated as they wheeled bags of clothes, shoes and accessories to a sprawling wholesale market in southern China, where shop owners hoped an upcoming visit by Donald Trump would see an easing of tariffs hitting
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F-16 row sparks resignations as Peru halts US$3.5b deal with US
LIMA, April 23 — Peru’s foreign and defense ministers resigned on Wednesday in protest over the interim president’s decision to stall a US$3.5 billion (RM13.87 billion) deal for the purchase of 24 US F-16 fighter jets. The ministers said the
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White House and Mexico clash over CIA-linked Americans killed in Chihuahua drug raid mission
MEXICO CITY, April 23 — Mexico’s government and the White House sparred Wednesday over the death of two Americans in connection to an anti-drug raid, after US media reported the officials were CIA personnel. The two Americans died in a
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Thailand plans to scrap 60-day visa-free entry, tighten tourist screening
BANGKOK, April 23 — Thailand is planning to scrap its 60-day visa-free entry scheme as it tightens screening of foreign visitors, The Bangkok Post reported today. Tourism and Sports Minister Surasak Phancharoenworakul said the move is part of a shift
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Mindef to build elite talent pool for asymmetric warfare, says Khaled Nordin
KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 — The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) is intensifying its focus on developing the Cyber and Electromagnetic Command (PSEP) as part of a strategic shift towards modern warfare readiness, said its Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin
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Not a producer, but a pit stop: DIGP says Malaysia still major drug transit point
GEORGE TOWN, April 23 — Malaysia remains a major transit point for international drug trafficking syndicates, as evidenced by narcotics seizures worth RM3.1 billion in 2025 alone, Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said today. He
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Ayob Khan vows no cover-up over viral Kulim police arrest video
GEORGE TOWN, April 23 — The police will not cover up any misconduct involving its personnel, Tan Sri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay pledged today, in response to a viral video showing an aggressive arrest in Kulim, Kedah. The deputy inspector-general
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Tiong rejects social media backlash over Bukit Bintang Rain Rave Festival
KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 — The International Workers’ Day celebration with the Rain Rave Water Music Festival, scheduled to take place from April 30 to May 2 in Bukit Bintang, is an annual tourism event that is held in an
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‘Low IQ’? Backlash after Trump targets Black lawmakers and US Supreme Court justice
WASHINGTON, April 23 — When President Donald Trump this week attacked Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, two of America’s most prominent Black figures, he chose a particularly pejorative insult: “low IQ person.” Trump
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