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'Fuel for water': Heatwave piles misery on Myanmar displaced
Zay Yar Tun fills his truck with water for delivery to refugees in the parched hills of war-ravaged eastern Myanmar, where a heatwave is adding to the misery of life in displacement camps.Now, a heatwave that has sent the mercury in Myanmar to 48 degrees Celsius (118 Fahrenheit) in some places has added to uncertainties of life in the camps.
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Critics Rip Trump's Visit With New York Firefighters Over 1 Burning Red Blunder
The Queens-born former president made a notable error while honoring "New York's Bravest."
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Rupee to rise on Asia rally heading into US jobs report
The Indian rupee is expected to march higher at open on Friday, like its Asian peers, fuelled by the drop in U.S. Treasury yields before the U.S jobs report. Non-deliverable forwards indicate the rupee will open at 83.35 to the U.S. dollar, compared with its close of 83.47 in the previous session. The offshore Chinese yuan, at 7.1824 to the U.S. dollar, was at its highest in nearly two months, while the Japanese yen was poised for its best week in one-and-a-half years amid central bank interve
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SK Hynix says high-end AI memory chips almost sold out through 2025
South Korean semiconductor giant SK Hynix said Friday its entire 2024 production of high-end memory chips was sold out and most of next year's line was gone too, reflecting the huge demand for cutting-edge AI hardware.SK Hynix also said this week it would be starting mass production of its top-of-the-line fifth-generation HBM chips in the third quarter.
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Trump Biographer Has Stark Warning For His Attorneys On What Happens Next
The author of a 2005 book about Trump says one key assumption his attorneys make often turns out to be disastrously wrong.
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High security in India's Manipur on anniversary of ethnic clashes
Security forces were on heightened alert in India's troubled northeastern state of Manipur on Friday, the first anniversary of the start of clashes between the majority Meitei community and tribal Kukis that have killed at least 220 people. The remote state bordering Myanmar has been hit by violence since May 3 last year after a court ordered the state government to consider extending special economic benefits and quotas in government jobs and education enjoyed by the Kukis to the majority Meit
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Xi heads to Europe to defend Russia ties
Xi Jinping heads to Europe on Sunday to defend China's "no limits" alliance with Russia, first to key Ukraine backer France, then to Serbia and Hungary, which have close ties to the Kremlin.- 'Eastern opening' - From France, Xi will head to Serbia, and then Hungary on May 8-10.
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