Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim meets with Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar on 13 May 2024 [@anwaribrahimX] Tue 14 May 2024: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar yesterday. Anwar said he met a Hamas delegation in “line with Malaysia’s stance and commitment to continue to […]
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Tue 14 May 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to embark on a two-day journey to China this week, responding to an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping, as announced by Beijing’s foreign ministry on Tuesday (May 14). Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying confirmed that President Putin will be in Beijing from Thursday to […]
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Tue 14 May 2024: Former Australian Army lawyer David McBride has been sentenced to five years and eight months for revealing information about alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. Supporters of McBride have long expressed his concern that the Australian government was more interested in punishing him for revealing information about war crimes rather than […]
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Mon 13 May 2024: Former Malaysian Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad, said on Monday that the US wants Malaysia “to stop sending humanitarian aid” to Gaza, Anadolu Agency reports. “The Americans think humanitarian aid should not be given to Gaza. It is because it may help Hamas to survive,” Mahathir wrote on X. “The proper thing to do, […]
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A tribal leader sits behind a marijuana plant in Quetta, Pakistan. File photo/Reuters Mon 13 May 2024: A new regulator aims to legalise hemp growth, while crushing a black market. But is Pakistan too late to the global cannabis party? Islamabad, Pakistan – When Aamir Dhedhi took his mother to India in 2014 to get treatment […]
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Mon 13 May 2024: Over the weekend, western Indonesia was ravaged by hours of relentless rainfall, triggering flash floods and a cold lava flow from a volcano, resulting in the confirmed deaths of at least 41 individuals. According to a local disaster official speaking to AFP news agency, Mount Marapi, the most active volcano on […]
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Sun 12 May 2024: The interim Taliban administration said Saturday that hundreds of lives have been lost, and many more have been injured as a result of torrential floods in Afghanistan. “Regrettably, hundreds of our fellow citizens have succumbed to these calamitous floods, while a substantial number have sustained injuries,” said administration spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, […]
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Fri 10 May 2024: Air India’s low-cost airline, Air India Express, faced a wave of flight cancellations as numerous cabin crew members called in sick unexpectedly. The carrier had to announce the cancellation of 85 flights on Thursday. Reports suggest that this sudden sick leave may stem from discontent among staff regarding new hiring and […]
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Fri 10 May 2024: Toyota has reported record profit and sales figures on the back of the weak yen and strong demand for hybrid vehicles. The Japanese car giant said on Wednesday that it netted a record profit of 4.94 trillion yen ($31.9bn) in the year to March on revenues of 45.1 trillion yen, double […]
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Thu 09 May 2024: Elon Musk proposed conducting tests of Tesla’s full self-driving feature in China by implementing it in robotaxis, as per reports from Chinese state media. According to sources familiar with the matter cited by the state-backed China Daily on Wednesday, officials informed the Tesla CEO during his visit to China last month […]
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