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Other Sports: Sarawak ready to co-host 2027 SEA Games, eyes opening ceremony

KUCHING: Sarawak is ready to co-host the 2027 SEA Games and has proposed that the opening ceremony be held in the Land of the Hornbills.

Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said Sarawak is also prepared to share the hosting costs of the Games with Putrajaya.

“The Federal Government has approached Sarawak to be a co-host. We were informed that the costs and budget for this event are substantial, and it was suggested that Sarawak could help.

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“We (Sarawak) said we are ready, but we propose that the opening ceremony be held in Sarawak and the closing ceremony in Peninsular Malaysia,” he told reporters after the closing ceremony…


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Old footage of Norwegian ship exploding misattributed to Red Sea attack

A video which falsely claims to show an American destroyer being hit by a missile in the Red Sea earlier this month, has been online for over a decade.

The footage has been shared more than a thousand times on X (formerly Twitter), and also on Facebook, with the caption: “BREAKING: The #US destroyer ‘Mason’ was precisely hit in the Red Sea. 

“For the first time, the military spokesperson of the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier Yahya Saree, announces a direct hit on the destroyer, indicating a shift from warnings to direct targeting. #Yemen Conflict.”

There have reportedly been more than 40 attacks on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since November 2023, following the outbreak of the current Israel-Gaza conflict. The attacks are being conducted by the Houthis, …


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Success! CBC Removes Music Host’s Segment Which Shared Song “River 2 The Sea” With Listeners, In “Solidarity With The People Of Palestine”

On April 3, the CBC radio program Reclaimed, which bills itself as a “weekly series on CBC Music that explores the many worlds of contemporary Indigenous music,” hosted by Jarrett Martineau, featured the host introducing a song by telling listeners that “this one (song), in sonic solidarity with the people of Palestine, this is ‘River 2 the Sea,’ on Reclaimed.”

The song in question, by Hussein Elnamer (who goes by the stage name Handsome Tiger), is a reference of the commonly-used anti-Israel chant “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” referring to the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea, an unmistakable message that calls for Israel’s dissolution or destruction in its entirety.

Listen now to original clip:

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Atlantic.Net expands international footprint with new Singapore region, ETCIO SEA

Atlantic.Net, a leading cloud hosting solutions provider, today announced the opening of its Singapore cloud region in the world’s fastest-growing Asian market.

This region’s opening comes at a pivotal moment as the Singapore government increases investments in cloud computing, including its Government Commercial Cloud (GCC) service that makes it easier for public sector agencies to manage and secure their use of public cloud services from companies like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure.

“We’re excited to continue expanding our footprint globally, especially in a location that has proven its commitment to cloud through high-dollar investments and attracted the attention of leading cloud-based…


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Turkish APT Sea Turtle Resurfaces, Spies on Dutch IT Firms

Sea Turtle, a group of hackers aligned with the Turkish government, has returned after going undetected since 2020.

Dutch cybersecurity provider, Hunt & Hackett, reported on January 5, 2024, that Sea Turtle has been conducting multiple espionage campaigns in the Netherlands.

These campaigns took place between 2021 and 2023. They targeted telecommunication, media, IT, and internet service providers (ISPs).

The APT group has also targeted Kurdish websites, especially those affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

“The infrastructure of the targets was susceptible to supply chain and island-hopping attacks, which the attack group used to collect politically motivated information such as personal information on minority groups and potential political dissents,” the Hunt &…


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