<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>SINGAPORE: Southern Alliance Mining (SAM) signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) on Monday (April 17) to acquire two rare earth mines in Perak and Johor Bahru in Malaysia, just two weeks after it said it was in advanced talks to buy the mines.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The signing of the MOUs gives SAM a 40% stake in MCRE Resources Sdn Bhd (MCRE), which operates an iron absorption clay rare earth mine in Perak, and a 100% stake in Paramount Synergy Sdn Bhd (Paramount), which owns an iron absorption clay rare earth mine in Johor but is still in the exploration mining phase.</p></div>

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SINGAPORE: Southern Alliance Mining (SAM) signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) on Monday (April 17) to acquire two rare earth mines in Perak and Johor Bahru in Malaysia, just two weeks after it said it was in advanced talks to buy the mines.

Southern Alliance Mining signs MOUs to acquire two rare earth mines in Malaysia

DAP never suggested the setting up of a unity government in Johor, and is comfortable playing a balancing role in the state.

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Hezbollah rockets hit Haifa, Israel's third-largest city, Israeli police said early on Monday, and Israeli media reported 10 people were injured in the country's north.

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<p>Just outside the capital of Laos — a country with an economy smaller than Vermont — a US$6 billion (RM25 billion) rail line carves its way through rice paddies and forested mountains toward the border with China.</p>

<p>Further south, Malaysia’s king is seeking Chinese investors for a high-speed rail to Singapore, while in Vietnam, a US$6.3 billion trio of railroads built by Beijing are a linchpin in the nation’s efforts to bolster its economy and regional trade ties.</p>


<p>Most Asian stocks are set to open higher in early trading after strong US jobs data underscored the health of the world’s largest economy and boosted soft landing hopes.</p>


<p>Hezbollah rockets hit Haifa, Israel's third-largest city, Israeli police said early on Monday, and Israeli media reported 10 people were injured in the country's north.</p>


<p>Oil opened the week lower as traders weighed Israel’s potential retaliation against Iran for a missile attack last week, with US President Joe Biden discouraging a strike on Tehran’s crude fields.</p>


<p>Republican US&nbsp;presidential candidate Donald Trump on Sunday said he would slap tariffs as high as 200% on vehicles imported from Mexico as he ratchets up his protectionist trade rhetoric ahead of the Nov&nbsp;5 election.</p>


<p>South Korea has ticked every box in an attempt to get its bonds included in a major FTSE Russell index, while India has steered clear of public overhauls — but the latter’s popularity with global investors may give it an edge to join a related benchmark.</p>


<p>DAP never suggested the setting up of a unity government in Johor, and is comfortable playing a balancing role in the state.</p>

<p>DAP secretary general Anthony Loke Siew Fook said the party took its responsibility seriously as outlined in a degree by the King, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, who was the Sultan of Johor at the time, that the opposition assemblymen be named as balancers.</p>


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<p>Australia has long been synonymous with world-class education and its main cities have consistently ranked among the most liveable in the world. Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, and Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, are among some of the best student cities globally.</p>


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