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• Latest News2026-10-07✓ Read

  Myanmar leader lands in Malaysia for migrant return talks

  Malaysia says that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will host Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing for talks on the “safe repatriation of Myanmar nationals of all ethnic groups who have been in Malaysia illegally”.

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  Musk says TSMC won’t run Terafab AI chip complex

  Oct 7 : Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that his companies will build and run the Terafab AI chip complex, with TSMC possibly subleasing a part of it.Here are more details:• Terafab is a planned Tesla-SpaceX project in Texas that aims to build “a gigantic chip fab” to make artificial

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• Al Bawaba - Daily2026-10-07✓ Read

  Trump announces building the largest new shipyard for $6.6 billion

  U.S. President Donald Trump said that Washington will be constructing the country’s largest new shipyard in the U.S. at Sparrows Point in Mar

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  Japan raids beer giants over alleged price cartel

  Asahi Breweries, Kirin Brewery, Sapporo Breweries, and Suntory are under investigation over suspicions they colluded to hike beverage prices in a violation of anti-monopoly laws.

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  COVID-19 vaccination to be added to Singapore’s national immunisation schedules from Oct 12

  COVID-19 vaccination will be recommended for people aged 60 and above, medically vulnerable people aged six months and above, and residents of aged care facilities.

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• Al Bawaba - Daily2026-10-07✓ Read

  Christa Pike is 'conscious and talking' after failed execution

  ALBAWABA - American death row inmate Christa Pike is "conscious and speaking" after surviving a failed execution attempt in Tennessee last Wednesday, according to her lawyers

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  Jaguar Type 01 unveiled: The electric grand tourer leading the brand’s new era

  Jaguar’s first production car since its controversial rebrand arrives with 1,030PS, up to 724km of range and a radically different design.

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  Nomura Asset counting on Japanese market enthusiasm to expand global business

  TOKYO, Oct 7 : The asset management arm of Nomura Holdings is capitalising on rising investor interest in Japanese assets to attract new customers and build out its global operations, its chief executive said.Strong Japanese equity performance coupled with bond yields rising to levels attractive to global inv

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  Indian central bank hikes rates for first time since 2023

  In doing so, the RBI has shifted gears to join several central banks around the world who have raised rates to curb price rises or boost their currencies.

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  South Korea launches ‘K-brand’ scheme to fight counterfeits

  Under the new "K-Brand Government Certification System", consumers will now be able to check whether a product is authentic by scanning a QR code attached to it with their mobile phone.

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• Iran International2026-10-07✓ Read

  Iran’s own surveys reveal demand for ‘fundamental change’

  Two surveys emerging from within or around Iran's political establishment paint a bleak picture of public confidence: deep skepticism toward state institutions, single-digit trust in political officials and overwhelming demand for change.

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  49 schools to get new principals in 2027

  Of these, 13 are newly appointed principals, MOE said in a press release on Wednesday (Oct 7).

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• Al Bawaba - Daily2026-10-07✓ Read

  Video: Naval drone strikes tanker off Russia's Sochi

  ALBAWABA - A naval drone struck a Liberian-flagged oil tanker off the city of Sochi in Russia, causing a massive blaze, The Guardian reported Wednesday

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  Venezuela's second-largest oil refinery catches fire, operations halted

  ALBAWABA - Venezuela halted operations at the Cardon oil refinery, the country's second-largest field with a ​capacity of 310,000 barrels per day, after a fire ‌sparked by a ruptured natural gas line, according to state-run oil company PDVSA

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  Probation for motorcyclist, 21, who performed dangerous ‘Superman’ stunt while riding along ECP

  GoPro footage found by police on the motorcyclist's own camera showed him lying prone on the bike with his feet off the rear controls for at least 16 seconds.

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  Man to be charged over series of perfume thefts at Changi Airport

  The thefts date back to November last year and involved about S$1,410 worth of perfume.

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  Financial institutions remain accountable for third-party AI under new MAS guidelines

  Among other expectations, financial institutions will be accountable for AI used in delivered services, including AI developed, operated or provided by third parties.

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  Brussels looks to capture Big Tech through tax on large corporations, FT reports

  Oct 7 : Brussels is considering taxing big US tech companies through a broad levy on large corporations in an effort to raise revenues for the EU while avoiding a backlash from the Trump administration, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.The European Commission was working on new ways to capture more i

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  Melaka to head to the polls on Nov 14 in another test of shifting political alliances in Malaysia

  Nearly 700,000 voters in Melaka are set to cast their ballots in the state polls on Nov 14.

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  Blackstone-backed AirTrunk to invest $1 billion in Japan data centre campus

  TOKYO, Oct 7 : Blackstone-backed AirTrunk said on Wednesday it was investing an additional $1 billion in its 300-plus-megawatt hyperscale data centre campus in the eastern Japanese city of Inzai to enable AI workloads.• Investment is for liquid-cooling technology deployment to enable AI workload•

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