Malaysia's new king is a billionaire with a collection of 300 luxury cars, his own private army, and family ties to Hitler

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King of Malaysia Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar
King of Malaysia Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar during a welcoming ceremony at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur.

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Airbnb gave a millennial couple $100,000 to build a wacky house in Malaysia. So they did.

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The house is covered in thatch to mimic the outer husk of a coconut.
A floating coconut home in Tanjong Rhu in Langkawi, Malaysia.

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Malaysia bans Swatch's pride watches as the nation cracks down on LGBTQ+ community.

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The Swatch pride collection includes six watches representing six colors of the rainbow, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple
Malaysia is banning the sale and possession of all pride-themed Swatch products and packaging.

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12 cities around the world where you can live cheaply, from $300-a-month rents to $1 cappuccinos

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An aerial view of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

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Prison was 'brutal and distressing' says ex-Goldman Sachs banker who was locked up in Malaysia over the 1MDB scandal

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Roger Ng, a former banker for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., departs from federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S. on Friday, April 8, 2022.

A Bangladeshi boy was playing when he got locked in a shipping container. He woke up in Malaysia nearly a week later.

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Commercial shipping containers on the port's ground waiting to be shipped in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Commercial shipping containers waiting to be shipped at the port in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

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