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Malaysia hopes to make cross-border ride-hailing services with Singapore ‘a reality’: Transport Minister Loke
Read more: Malaysia hopes to make cross-border ride-hailing services with Singapore ‘a reality’: Transport Minister LokeSingapore’s Land Transport Authority earlier this month said that there are no plans to fully liberalise cross-border point-to-point transport via ride-hailing services between the two countries.
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‘Heartless’: Singaporean man gets 72 years’ jail in Malaysia for murdering, dismembering wife and stepson
Read more: ‘Heartless’: Singaporean man gets 72 years’ jail in Malaysia for murdering, dismembering wife and stepsonAfter disposing of their bodies, Shahrul Nizam Zuraimy fled to Singapore, where he was arrested by the police and later handed over to the Malaysian authorities.
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Thailand blames Cambodia after brief border exchange
Read more: Thailand blames Cambodia after brief border exchangeThailand’s army said it exchanged fire with Cambodian forces along the disputed border in Si Sa Ket province on Tuesday, accusing them of violating the December truce.
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Tigers killed by canine distemper virus, not bird flu
Read more: Tigers killed by canine distemper virus, not bird fluCanine distemper caused the deaths of 72 tigers at two animal parks in Chiang Mai earlier this month, not avian influenza, and there was no transmission to humans, it was announced on Tuesday.
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Evacuees under rising stress levels
Read more: Evacuees under rising stress levelsPublic health authorities have warned of mounting psychological strain among evacuees displaced by unrest along the Thai-Cambodian border, as the total number of people in shelters rose to more than 263,000.
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Senate set to issue recommendation on MoU 44
Read more: Senate set to issue recommendation on MoU 44A Senate committee is expected to decide on Tuesday on whether to retain, amend or revoke the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with Cambodia in 2001 on overlapping maritime boundaries, following a 24-year period marked by limited progress.
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Gulf closure planned to weaken Cambodia’s warfare capabilities
Read more: Gulf closure planned to weaken Cambodia’s warfare capabilitiesThe Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters has proposed that the National Security Council (NSC) close the Gulf of Thailand to block oil and military supplies to Cambodia amid ongoing hostilities.
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Malaysia hopes to make cross-border ride-hailing services with Singapore ‘a reality’: Transport Minister Loke
Read more: Malaysia hopes to make cross-border ride-hailing services with Singapore ‘a reality’: Transport Minister LokeSingapore’s Land Transport Authority earlier this month said that there are no plans to fully liberalise cross-border point-to-point transport via ride-hailing services between the two countries.
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‘Heartless’: Singaporean man gets 72 years’ jail in Malaysia for murdering, dismembering wife and stepson
Read more: ‘Heartless’: Singaporean man gets 72 years’ jail in Malaysia for murdering, dismembering wife and stepsonAfter disposing of their bodies, Shahrul Nizam Zuraimy fled to Singapore, where he was arrested by the police and later handed over to the Malaysian authorities.
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The aggressor vs the victim
Read more: The aggressor vs the victimWith the border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia showing no sign of letting up, defence officials and security analysts are pointing to a new battlefield that extends far beyond artillery and airstrikes: the war of information.
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Up to 7,000 citizens stranded in Poipet after border about-face
Read more: Up to 7,000 citizens stranded in Poipet after border about-faceThailand says Cambodia is violating international human rights law by preventing up to 7,000 Thai nationals in the Poipet border town from returning home despite a prior commitment to reopen the border.
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Anutin defiant as border war grows
Read more: Anutin defiant as border war growsThailand will continue to defend its sovereignty if Cambodia fails to halt hostilities, says Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.