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China says Dior fined after illegally sending customer data to France
BEIJING, Sept 9 — Dior’s Shanghai branch illegally transferred customers’ personal data to its headquarters in France, resulting in a data leak in May, China’s public security authority said today. The company failed to conduct mandatory security assessments before transferring
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Bursa Malaysia rebounds as late buying offsets profit-taking
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 — The FBM KLCI staged a late turnaround to close slightly higher, lifted by last-minute buying in CelcomDigi, which offset earlier losses from ex-dividend adjustments in Maxis and MISC and profit-taking in Tenaga Nasional and CIMB.
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Singapore handbag brand Aupen, loved by US celebrities, halts staff and products as Target fights its name
SINGAPORE, Sept 9 — Home-grown handbag label Aupen has shut down its website and social media accounts while cutting staff amid a trademark dispute with US retail giant Target. Aupen, founded by Nicholas Tan in 2022 and known for its
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Police simulation suggests fall without force matched crime scene
KOTA KINABALU, Sept 9 — The inquest into the death of 13-year-old Zara Qairina Mahathir today heard that a police crime scene simulation suggested a fall without any external force most closely matched the position in which her unconscious body
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In Melaka, Anwar officiates 19th Asean meeting on transnational crime
MELAKA, Sept 9 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today graced the opening of the 19th Asean Ministers’ Meeting on Transnational Crime (AMMTC) and Related Meetings here. He arrived at 4.35 pm and was met on arrival by Home Minister Datuk
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Doctor says he explained Zara Qairina’s cause of death to family, despite mother’s claim
KOTA KINABALU, Sept 9 — A neurosurgeon told the inquest into the death of 13-year-old schoolgirl Zara Qairina Mahathir that he had spoken to her mother and some family members after realising she had suffered irreversible brain damage and faced
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Korean women target US military in landmark forced prostitution lawsuit
SEOUL, Sept 9 — More than 100 South Korean women forced to work as prostitutes for US soldiers stationed in the country have filed a landmark lawsuit accusing Washington of abuse, their lawyers said today. Historians and activists say tens
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August was world’s third-hottest ever — Europe burns, Asia boils, oceans sizzle
PARIS, Sept 9 — Devastating wildfires and blistering heatwaves during the world’s third-hottest August on record underscored the urgency of tackling climate change and preparing for its deadly consequences, the European global warming monitor said today. Southwest Europe wilted through
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US Supreme Court backs Trump on aggressive immigration raids
WASHINGTON, Sept 9 — The US Supreme Court has again backed President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration approach, letting agents proceed with Southern California raids targeting people for deportation based on their race or language in a ruling its liberal justices
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Thailand’s top court to deliver judgment on tycoon Thaksin dodging jail
BANGKOK, Sept 9 — Thailand’s Supreme Court will decide today if former premier Thaksin Shinawatra should serve prison time that he skipped while in hospital detention, a high-profile ruling that could finally see the country’s most influential tycoon jailed. On
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