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Rozanna Latiff @rozanna.bsky.social · 12h

Trump 'looking forward' to Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire deal at ASEAN summit, Malaysia says

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Trump 'looking forward' to Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire deal at ASEAN summit, Malaysia says

U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Malaysia on October 26, Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said on Tuesday, adding that he was "looking forward" to witnessing a ceasefire deal between Southeast Asian neighbours Thailand and Cambodia.

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Rozanna Latiff @rozanna.bsky.social · 5d

I just said that this morning... imagine being more corrupt than FIFA

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Rozanna Latiff @rozanna.bsky.social · 5d

Malaysia on Thursday defended a decision to naturalise seven members of its national football team in a rapidly widening scandal after FIFA suspended the players over the alleged use of doctored documentation.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 12d

Exclusive: China, Malaysia in talks for rare earths refinery project, sources say reut.rs/3KxYLrK

Exclusive: China, Malaysia in talks for rare earths refinery project, sources say

China and Malaysia are in early talks for a project to process rare earths, with sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional likely to partner with a Chinese state-owned firm to build a refinery in the Southeast Asian nation, people familiar with the matter said.

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Rozanna Latiff @rozanna.bsky.social · 12d

SCOOP: China and Malaysia are in early talks on a rare earths processing project, with Khazanah Nasional likely to partner with a Chinese state-owned firm to build a refinery in the Southeast Asian nation, sources told Reuters.

mine with KL/Beijing colleagues
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Exclusive: China, Malaysia in talks for rare earths refinery project, sources say

China and Malaysia are in early talks for a project to process rare earths, with sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional likely to partner with a Chinese state-owned firm to build a refinery in the Southeast Asian nation, people familiar with the matter said.

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Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 16d

I had to think for a long while how best to remember that remarkable writer and good soul, Kaleb Horton.

I have done what I could.

"An Absent Friend," via my Tumblr.

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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · An absent friend. · Friday, over on my Patreon, I published a piece that I knew I was going to have to write at some point, about Keith McIvor, more well known to the world as JD T…

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 17d

It seems that Kaleb Horton has passed away. A devastating loss. One of the best writers of this generation. Kaleb was a friend for ten years and in all our conversations I was trying to convince him how good he was, something he seemed to know but also never fully believe. I am going to go cry now.

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Rozanna Latiff @rozanna.bsky.social · 18d

most impressive thing I’ve seen my eight month old do on the baby monitor: stirs from sleep, reaches up to her neck where her pacifier is, picks it up, turns it around, jams it into her mouth and immediately goes back to sleep, all in pitch black darkness

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Rozanna Latiff @rozanna.bsky.social · 18d

it’s that time of year again

posting the masterpiece that is tvxq’s mirotic

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TVXQ! 동방신기 '주문 - MIROTIC' MV

YouTube video by SMTOWN

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Reuters @reuters.com · 21d

MMC Port secures regulatory IPO nod, set to be Malaysia's biggest in 13 years reut.rs/4nKzMjp

MMC Port secures regulatory IPO nod, set to be Malaysia's biggest in 13 years

MMC Port, Malaysia's biggest port operator, said on Monday it has secured approval from the Securities Commission, clearing a hurdle for its planned listing on Bursa Malaysia in October in what would be the country's biggest IPO in 13 years.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 21d

Malaysia cuts savings estimate from fuel subsidy change to around $950 million annually, report says reut.rs/4nIeD9p

Malaysia cuts savings estimate from fuel subsidy change to around $950 million annually, report says

Malaysia may save up to 4 billion ringgit ($953.74 million) annually from its move to adjust subsidies for the widely used RON95 transport fuel, state news agency Bernama reported, citing the country's finance minister.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 22d

Malaysia says RCEP bloc to consider adding new members, improve trade deal reut.rs/4gJZJ07

Malaysia says RCEP bloc to consider adding new members, improve trade deal

The China-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will consider adding new members and discuss ways to improve trade flows when its leaders meet for the first time in five years in October, Malaysia's trade minister said on Monday.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 22d

Malaysia to lower RON95 fuel price from end-Sept in subsidy adjustment reut.rs/4mvLtt8

Malaysia to lower RON95 fuel price from end-Sept in subsidy adjustment

Malaysia will lower the price of the widely used RON95 transport fuel for its citizens, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday, as the government pushes ahead with a long-awaited plan to adjust fuel subsidies and provide cost of living relief.

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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 24d

RIP to one of the good guys

Mixmag @mixmag.net · 24d

Optimo (Espacio)’s JD Twitch has died.

RIP to an all-time great of UK dance music 🖤

Optimo (Espacio)’s JD Twitch has died

The DJ, producer, promoter and label head was a celebrated icon of UK dance music

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Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · Sep 13

Your occasional reminder that Ursula K. Le Guin and Philip K. Dick were in the same year in the same high school, liked each other’s writing, but never met in person.

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Rozanna Latiff @rozanna.bsky.social · 27d

can’t be thrilled about big bang playing coachella if it’s not going to be with TOP :(

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Alfred Soto @sotoalfred.bsky.social · 28d

My Robert Redford obit. I reflect on his remoteness and his specialness as a star. wp.me/pzXeC-kqL

On Robert Redford

An actor as discriminating in his public posture as Robert Redford, a man of fine discernments and steady liberalism, must have taken stock in the middle of his journey to wonder, like the politici…

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Annie Zaleski @anniezaleski.bsky.social · 28d

Kate Bush’s exquisite “The Hounds of Love” turns 40 today. I wrote this career-spanning look at her catalog a few years ago for @salon.com! www.salon.com/2018/07/27/k...

Kate Bush at 60: An exquisite pop genius whose influence endures - Salon.com

As the UK icon celebrates a milestone birthday, a look back at her music and legacy

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 28d

Some news: yesterday was my last at Rolling Stone. For now, I'm going solo, doing all my TV reviewing, recapping, etc., at my newsletter. I hope you'll consider subscribing. Many more details here:

Don't stop believing

Some news, as they say

alansepinwall.ghost.io

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 28d

Oof. Rolling Stone dot com about to find out how many people were mostly subscribing for Alan Sepinwall.

Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 28d

I know nothing about Rolling Stone and its management, but Alan Sepinwall is the smartest, hardest working TV critic working today. His work has elevated the medium. I don't watch a show without checking to see what he thought of it, before or after.

Ian Casselberry @iancasselberry.blog · 28d

Rolling Stone fired Alan Sepinwall, Status’ Oliver Darcy reports. That’s probably the end of my subscription.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 28d

“what should we lead with?”

“how about his range? his gravitas? his impact on film?”

“I was thinking how incredibly hot he was”

“… okay good point actually go with that”

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28d

Robert Redford: the incandescently handsome star who changed Hollywood forever

Robert Redford, who has died at the age of 89, began as a blond bombshell at a time when American cinema favoured grit, then turned into a supremely assured director and unlikely keeper of the indie flame

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 28d

SNEAKERS is one of the most purely charming, diverting light thrillers you can give yourself as a gift on a bad day. Redford, River Phoenix, Sidney literally Poitier, David Strathairn? It’s got good bones, as they say.

Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 28d

I first saw Sneakers in college. The year was 1992 and I was 17. They did a special screening on campus because Lawrence Lasker was an alum. Anyway, it was the first movie I saw Robert Redford in and it was CINEMA. Best movie ever. RIP to that handsome unproblematic man.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 29d

We asked major AI chatbots to help craft a phishing scam. They did. From fake charities to urgent pleas, the bots delivered. This investigation shows how generative AI is fueling fraud — and why it’s so hard to stop. Read our findings here: reut.rs/3K400yU

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · Sep 12

We need to find a way to divert troubled young men into cinephilia. No one who has logged 300+ films on letterboxd has ever assassinated anybody.

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Reuters @reuters.com · Sep 12

Director Guillermo del Toro is facing his own mortality and confronting the reality of frequent natural disasters by auctioning part of his collection of monsters and fantasy objects that are frequently the subject of his gothic films.

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