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Flooding has hit Johor again following heavy rains since yesterday, forcing 1,591 victims in four districts to be evacuated as of 8am today. The State Disaster Management Committee said it has opened 21 relief centres, including six in Segamat, Kluang and Johor Bahru, and three in Kota Tinggi. A total …

China plans to expand to help developing countries face US export restrictions, but the fund can’t do much unless Chinese companies can break the cycle that stifles growth. The government has set aside US$140 billion that may include subsidies for the purchase of domestically produced equipment, Reuters reported in December, …

That puts US President Joe Biden in a precarious position ahead of next month’s midterm elections. But it also indicated that Saudi Arabia is increasingly willing to resume its role as an oil producer and emphasize its new ties with Russia. Rising oil prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as …

American baseball player Lawrence “Yogi” Berra is quoted as observing, “It’s hard to make predictions, especially about the future.” Whether he actually said it or not, the point is worth it. Anyway, here are ten predictions for the world for the coming year. First, the war in Ukraine, the main …

Although James Cameron’s eco-friendly sci-fi fable “Avatar: The Way of Water” is up for the best picture at the Oscars, the team nominated for the novel has been busy making threats on this planet. From the scorching skies of New Delhi to the melting ice of Siberia, “Everything Breathes” and …

The author of a sci-fi manga that is about to hit the shelves in Japan admits that he has no drawing skills, so he turned to creativity to create a dystopian saga. All of the futuristic contraptions that were created in “Cyberpunk: Peach John” were made complicated by Midjourney, a …

Guitarist Gary Rossington, the last remaining member of the former American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died yesterday, the band announced. He was 71 years old. Rossington is a founding member of the Southern rock band best known for the 1974 song “Sweet Home Alabama.” that we lost. guitarist, Gary Rossington, …

At least 17 people were killed when a fire broke out at an oil refinery operated by Indonesia’s state-owned Pertamina in the capital Jakarta on Friday, an official at the fire department said. The fire, which broke out after 8:00 p.m. (1300 GMT), set fire to some buildings and caused …

The death toll from a massive fire at a gas station in Indonesia’s capital has risen to 19, with three people still missing, officials said today, state media reported. . German (dpa). At least 35 people suffered severe burns as a result of the fire at the factory of Indonesia’s …

A “massive” fire broke out in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh today, now destroying several buildings, police officials told Reuters, adding that no one was killed. The fire affected Camp 11 in Cox’s Bazar, a border area home to more than a million Rohingya refugees, many of whom fled …