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Three Singaporean men were rescued in the wee hours of Monday (July 1) morning after they got lost while hiking in Malaysia.  The men, all aged 22, went on a hike with their Malaysian friend at Apek Hill in Selangor on Sunday.  Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar, assistant director of the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department said in a statement that they received a call for help at about 7.19pm that night, reported China Press.  They despatched five personnel for the search and rescue operation, during which they were able to keep in contact with the hikers. «All the victims were successfully located at about 11.30pm. They were safe and there were no injuries,» said Ahmad.  The men were brought down from the hill at about 1.02am and handed over to the police for further action.  AsiaOne has reached out to the Selangor police as well as the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department for more information.

Dissatisfied with the stale fish head in their curry, two diners asked for a replacement — only to find a chunk of fish scales in the new dish. A man surnamed Zeng, 60, and his wife had visited Enak Enak Restaurant at Bedok last Thursday (June 27) and ordered a serving of fish head curry, reported Shin Min Daily News. The Zengs often dine at the eatery, but it was their first time trying the fish head curry there that day. «When the dish was served, my wife found that the fish was not fresh. The curry was also cold,» he recounted. The couple alerted a staff member, who later served them a new dish. «The new fish head curry was still steaming when served, showing that it was just prepared. The fish was also fresh,» said Zeng. «However, we noticed that there were still scales on the fish head, which we found very disgusting.» The diner pointed out that chefs would understand the importance of descaling fish and speculated that a staff member had chosen not to do so. When his wife had alerted a staff member to the issue, the latter purportedly left without a word, Zeng added.

A young girl's routine trip to the toilet at SingPost Centre last Saturday (June 29) night turned into an ordeal when a pipe burst in the ceiling and ended up trapping her. Recounting the incident on Xiaohongshu the next day, her mother, Liang Jiaxin (transliteration), said they were shopping at the mall in Paya Lebar when her seven-year-old daughter rushed off to use the toilet urgently. While waiting for the girl outside the toilet, Liang noticed water dripping from the ceiling along the corridor. «The lights went out and the water started gushing down a few seconds later,» said the 35-year-old interior designer, adding that a portion of the ceiling collapsed. While Liang was on the phone with her husband, she heard her daughter yelling for help from the toilet. When she rushed inside, she saw that the girl had climbed onto the diaper-changing table to avoid the pool of water on the floor. «I grabbed her and we ran back through the 'waterfall' together,» added Liang. She said that the experience was harrowing and it made her legs feel weak after leaving the mall.

With dozens of WestJet flights unceremoniously cancelled to and from Vancouver International Airport Sunday, many travelers have been forced to sleep at the airport, or pay out of pocket for a flight from another airline.

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The United States, China, and Russia, which compete for influence and access to resources in Bolivia, have remained largely silent since the coup. Arce’s government has prompted discontent in Washington by signing agreements with Chinese and Russian firms to exploit reserves of lithium, which are ample in Bolivia. Lithium is essential for the production of batteries for laptops, cell phones and other electronics, as well as electric vehicles.

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An alleged $92 million money laundering scheme went “right through” three of the largest banks in the US, according to a new report.

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France's far right was on Sunday eyeing a historic chance to form a government and claim the post of prime minister after winning the first round of legislative elections with the centrist forces of President Emmanuel Macron coming in only third. But it remained unclear if the far-right National Rally (RN) party of Marine Le Pen would win the absolute majority of seats in the new National Assembly in the July 7 second round. That is what it would need to be certain of taking power and for Le Pen's protege Jordan Bardella, 28, to become prime minister. Macron had stunned the nation and baffled even some allies by calling snap polls after the RN trounced his centrist forces in European Parliament elections this month. But that gamble risks backfiring, with Macron's alliance now expected to win a far smaller minority contingent in parliament. That would make the president a far less powerful figure for the remaining three years of his term. Projections from prominent French polling firms gave the RN 33.2-33.5 percent of the vote, compared to 28.1-28.5 percent for the left-wing New Popular Front alliance, and 21.0-22.1 percent for Macron's centrist camp. The polling agencies projected this would give the RN a majority of seats in the 577-seat National Assembly after the second round. But it was far from clear the party would garner the 289 seats needed for an absolute majority. The projections varied sharply, with Ipsos forecasting 230-280 seats, Ifop 240-270 and Elabe the only organisation to put it in the range of an absolute majority on 260-310 seats. In a statement, Macron called for a «broad» alliance against the far right in the second round, which will see run-off votes where there was no outright winner in the first round. The leftwing alliance and the president's camp will be hoping that tactical voting to prevent RN candidates winning seats will leave it short of the absolute majority. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who is likely to be forced to resign after the second round, warned the far right was now at the «gates of power». The RN should not get a «single vote» in the second round, he said. «We have seven days to spare France from catastrophe,» said Raphael Glucksmann, a key figure in the left-wing alliance. - 'Prime minister of all French' - With the French facing their most polarising choices in recent history, turnout soared to 65 percent, way above the turnout in 2022 polls of just 47.5 percent. Macron said the high turnout in the first round spoke of «the importance of this vote for all our compatriots and the desire to clarify the political situation». The arrival of anti-immigration and eurosceptic RN in government would be a turning point in French modern history and be the first time a far-right force has taken power in the country since World War II when it was occupied by Nazi Germany. «Nothing is won and the second round is decisive,» Le Pen, who has long worked to distance the party from its extremist origins, told supporters. «We need an absolute majority so that Jordan Bardella is in eight days named prime minister by Emmanuel Macron.» Bardella said he wanted to be the «prime minister of all French». This would create a tense period of «cohabitation» with Macron, who has vowed to serve out his term until 2027. Bardella has said he will only form a government if the RN wins an absolute majority in the elections. - 'Heavy defeat' - The alternative is months of political paralysis and negotiations to find a solution for a sustainable government that can survive no-confidence votes. Hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon said Macron's centrist alliance had suffered a «heavy and undisputable» defeat in the snap polls. Risk analysis firm Eurasia Group said the RN now looked «likely» to fall short of an absolute majority. France was facing «at least 12 months with a rancorously blocked National Assembly and -- at best -- a technocratic government of 'national unity' with limited capacity to govern», it added. Macron's decision to call the snap vote sparked uncertainty in Europe's second-biggest economy. The Paris stock exchange suffered its biggest monthly decline in two years in June, dropping by 6.4 percent, according to figures released on Friday. The turmoil also risks undermining Macron's stature as an international leader taking a prime role in helping Ukraine fight the Russian invasion. In the immediate aftermath of the second round he is due to attend the NATO summit in Washington. French daily Liberation urged voters to unite to halt the march of the far-right. «After the shock, form a block,» the newspaper said on its Monday front page. © Agence France-Presse

The Administration of President of Argentina Javier Milei says that the circumstances of the coup appeared unconvincing for the government from the start

Kiev's attempt to carry out an attack has been thwarted, governor said

Russian players will compete in neutral status

«President Luiz Arce deceived the people of Bolivia and the world,» former president of Bolivia said

The centre was arguably the leading civil society organisation in the Censorship-Industrial Complex

The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a $6 billion settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that illegally granted the Sackler family full immunity from all civil legal claims.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Wednesday in Murthy v. Missouri that challengers alleging the Biden regime colluded with social-media companies to remove content the government viewed as unfavorable did not have the legal right to sue. Therefore, the court did not rule on the merits of the case.