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Australia PM orders police, intelligence review after deadly Bondi Beach shooting
SYDNEY, Dec 21 — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said today he has ordered a review into the police and intelligence services after two gunmen shot and killed 15 people at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach. A father and
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Cambodia says over 500,000 forced from homes by Thailand border clashes
PHNOM PENH, Dec 21 — More than half a million people in Cambodia have been displaced from their homes by two weeks of deadly border clashes with neighbouring Thailand, Phnom Penh’s interior ministry said today. “At present, more than half
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Nine killed in mass shooting near Johannesburg in second such attack this month
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 21 — Nine people were killed when unknown gunmen opened fire at a bar outside Johannesburg early today, police said, in the second such shooting in South Africa this month. Ten more were wounded when around a dozen men
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Japan to spend US$19b building its own national AI
TOKYO, Dec 21 — Japanese authorities, in collaboration with the private sector, will launch a large-scale project to develop a national artificial intelligence (AI) system costing approximately ¥3 trillion (approximately US$19 billion), Sputnik/RIA Novosti reported, citing a Yomiuri newspaper report
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How Elon Musk crossed the US$700b line — and left every other billionaire behind
WASHINGTON, Dec 21 — United States (US) businessman Elon Musk has become the first person in history whose net worth has surpassed US$700 billion (RM2.8 trillion), Sputnik/RIA Novosti reported, citing a Forbes magazine report. Musk’s fortune increased after the Delaware Supreme Court
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Suspicious item at St Joseph’s Church in Singapore declared harmless after morning evacuation
SINGAPORE, Dec 21 — A suspicious item found at St Joseph’s Church in Bukit Timah, Singapore this morning was declared harmless after checks by police and a specialist military unit, with authorities saying the situation was under control but urging
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Helium ‘voice-changer’ pulled from Don Don Donki shelves in Singapore after safety review
SINGAPORE, Dec 21 — Japanese discount retailer Don Don Donki has withdrawn helium canisters marketed as novelty voice-changers from its Singapore outlets, as the authorities conduct a safety review, Singapore’s consumer watchdog said on Friday. Responding to queries from The Straits
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Singapore’s newest Opposition outfit Most Valuable Party gets the nod, eight months after filing papers
SINGAPORE, Dec 21 — Singapore’s political landscape has grown slightly more crowded, with the Most Valuable Party (MVP) formally registered eight months after its application was filed, lifting the total number of political parties in the republic to 21. A
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Family says Pedas murder suspect picked up kids ‘like nothing happened’ after killing
SHAH ALAM, Dec 21 — The family of Suri Narudin, who is believed to be the woman whose body was found in a bag at an abandoned house in Pedas, Rembau, reportedly said they were shocked to find out the
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Cambodia, Thailand must use Asean talks tomorrow to ease tensions
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim stressed the importance of Cambodia and Thailand upholding the spirit of dialogue, wisdom and mutual respect, to ease tensions and safeguard peace and stability in the Asean region. In
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