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Singapore tests chatbot to help citizens cut through govt red tape
SINGAPORE, Aug 22 — Singapore is testing a new government chatbot that aims to make finding official information as easy as asking a question in everyday language. Chat.gov.sg entered its final pre-release phase on July 3, with the Public Service
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TikTok to pay US$400m to settle US kids’ data privacy suit
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 22 — TikTok has agreed to pay US$400 million (RM1.57 billion) to settle a lawsuit with the US Department of Justice over claims that the video-sharing platform violated federal children’s privacy laws, the department announced on Friday. Regulators
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Pentagon sacks Stars and Stripes bosses after they claim editorial interference
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 — The Pentagon on Friday fired the editor-in-chief and publisher of the Stars and Stripes newspaper, which has covered the US military since the Civil War, leadership at the publication told US media. The publication’s editor-in-chief Erik
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Malaysia, Pakistan strengthen legal ties with new prisoner transfer treaty
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 — Malaysia and Pakistan yesterday signed the International Transfer of Prisoners (ITOP) Treaty, strengthening legal and security cooperation between the two countries. Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the treaty was signed with Pakistan’s
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Anwar and Pakistans’s Shehbaz call for diplomacy in Iran-US tensions
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif have agreed that regional tensions must be addressed through dialogue and diplomacy to safeguard peace and stability. Anwar said the shared position was
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