MACAO -- At 8 a.m. local time, when most Macao residents just wake up for their day, Lei Zhen already left his home at Estrada de Cacilhas (Road Cacilhas), eastern Macao Peninsula for his company in neighboring city of Zhuhai.

One hour later, he arrived at his office at Zhuhai National Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, where he had set up Zhuhai Nanometals Technology to develop nano flexible transparent conductive material. (Macao-Startup)

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TOKYO -- The city of Kawasaki in the Greater Tokyo area on Thursday enacted a new ordinance imposing criminal penalties on those found guilty of hate speech targeting ethnic minorities in Japan, a nationwide scourge that has for decades made everyday life here intimidating and miserable for victims.

The bill, the first of its kind in Japan, which now bans discriminatory language and actions in public against people who do not come from Japan, was approved by Kawasaki City's sixty-seat assembly and will come into force on July 1. (Japan-Bill)

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NEW DELHI -- Troops of India and Pakistan exchanged heavy fire and mortar shelling Thursday on Line of Control (LoC) dividing Kashmir, officials said.

The two sides targeted each other's positions and civilian areas in Shahpur, Kirni and Qasba sectors of Poonch about 185 km southwest of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. (India-Pakistan)

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BANGKOK -- The Medical Services Department under the Thai Ministry of Public Health on Thursday unveiled the country's first robot to assist surgeons in brain surgery on patients afflicted with epilepsy.

Epilepsy is a central nervous system disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal, causing seizures or periods of unusual behavior and sensation. (Thailand-Robot) Enditem

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