GAZA STRIP: Hamas said its delegation will travel to Cairo on Saturday (May 4) to resume Gaza ceasefire talks with a “positive spirit” in the latest effort to halt almost seven months of war with Israel. Foreign mediators have been waiting for a Hamas response to a proposal to halt the fighting…
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DISRUPTION MITIGATION For some schools, the additional security measures for graduation ceremonies have invited yet more controversy. More than 300 University of Michigan faculty, staff and alumni signed a letter protesting the disruption-mitigation training for commencement volunteers from the school’s Student Life department, saying staff should not be asked to quell “people trying to express free speech in a place where free speech is permitted.” The volunteers have been trained to identify and de-escalate “problematic…
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JAKARTA : Malaysia’s palm oil inventories likely shrank further in April to hit their lowest…
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SINGAPORE: Heavy rain has resulted in flash flood warnings in a number of locations across Singapore on Saturday (May 4). PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, issued mid-morning alerts asking people to avoid the junction of Wan Lee Road and Enterprise Road in the west of Singapore as well as Jalan Pokok…
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Israel estimates that 129 captives seized by militants during their attack remain in Gaza. The military says 35 of them are dead including Or. “We are heartbroken to share that Dror Or, who was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct 7, had been confirmed as murdered and his body is being…
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HONG KONG : Hong Kong’s March retail sales fell 7 per cent from a year earlier, partly due to a high base of comparison for visitor spending and the Easter holidays, government data showed on Friday.Sales decreased to HK$31.2 billion ($3.99 billion), snapping 15 consecutive months of growth. That compared…
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There comes a time in life when your role and your parents’ get reversed. Where your parents once stopped you from putting ants into your mouth as a child, you now stop them from downloading bugs into their devices. The switch-around couldn’t be more apparent than when you’re trying to…
