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KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 (Reuters) – Two prominent former Malaysian ministers announced on Sunday they would vacate their parliamentary seats and resign from their current party, PKR, to join a new party that they have taken over. Rafizi Ramli, the former economy minister, and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, the former natural resources and environmental sustainability minister, said they would vacate their respective parliamentary seats on Monday and would write to […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A North Korean women’s soccer team arrived in South Korea on Sunday to compete in a regional tournament, the first visit by North Korean athletes in eight years amid political tensions between the two nations. A total of 39 players and staff with North Korea’s Naegohyang Women’s FC arrived at Incheon International Airport, just west of Seoul, aboard a plane from China. They didn’t make […]

TAIPEI, May 17 (Reuters) – The expression “Taiwan independence” means the island neither belongs to nor is subordinate to Beijing and that only the Taiwanese people can decide their future, President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday. Lai’s comments, a reiteration of his views, come days after President Donald Trump met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing for a summit that raised concerns in Taiwan about U.S. backing for the […]

Rasmus Dahlin tied a franchise postseason record with five points (one goal, four assists) and Tage Thompson posted one goal and three assists to pace the visiting Buffalo Sabres to a 8-3 comeback victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday, forcing a seventh game in their Eastern Conference semifinal series. Jack Quinn tallied twice in a three-point performance, Zach Benson and Jason Zucker both collected one goal and one assist, […]

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — A few days off seems to have helped Shohei Ohtani get on track as the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger drove in a season-high five runs against his old team Saturday night. Ohtani went 2 for 4 with two walks and scored two runs in the Dodgers’ 15-2 win over the Angels — and even had a Little League home run in the eighth inning. “We were […]

ROME (AP) — The researchers in Ireland looked at their computer screen, marveling at a medieval book tracked down in a Roman library. They flipped through its digitized pages and found their sought-after treasure: the oldest surviving English poem. “We were extremely surprised. We were speechless. We couldn’t believe our eyes when we first saw that,” Elisabetta Magnanti, a visiting research fellow at Trinity College Dublin’s school of English, told […]

May 16 (Reuters) – Tata Electronics and ASML on Saturday signed an agreement to build India’s first front-end semiconductor fabrication plant in the state of Gujarat, as the country accelerates efforts to develop a domestic chip industry.  The Dutch chipmaking equipment maker’s technology will support Tata Electronics’ planned 300-millimetre semiconductor fabrication plant in Gujarat, the companies said in a joint statement. “India’s rapidly expanding semiconductor sector represents many compelling opportunities, […]

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, May 17 (Reuters) – A renowned Nepali Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest for the 32nd time on Sunday, an official said, smashing his own record set last year. Kami Rita Sherpa, 56, reached the 8,849-metre (29,032 foot) peak – the highest in the world – while guiding clients from the 14 Peaks Expedition company. Nepal’s Department of Tourism congratulated the Sherpa for achieving the “historic milestone” […]

Recent outbreaks of hantavirus and norovirus on cruise ships are making headlines, but they’re unlikely to dim the growing popularity of vacation cruises, according to industry representatives and travel experts. In fact, many within the industry still expect a record number of people worldwide to take cruises this year despite three passengers aboard the MV Hondius dying from hantavirus after the ship stopped in Argentina and a recent norovirus outbreak […]