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Is Long John Silver’s leaving Singapore? Just 10 outlets left after latest closure
SINGAPORE, Oct 24 — Could Long John Silver’s be sailing away from our sunny island? That’s a concern on some fans’ minds as a number of the popular fast food chain’s outlets shutter in Singapore. The latest to join the
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Gucci and Volvo Cars get hammered as oil and AI worries rattle markets
NEW YORK, Oct 24 — Oil prices rose to their highest levels since late April on Friday, with benchmark crude contract Brent North Sea climbing above US$116 (RM474) a barrel as the Middle East conflict raged on. Global markets were
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Hitler’s mountain retreat in Bavarian Alps ‘completely ablaze’, German police detain suspect
BERLIN, Oct 24 — German police said Saturday they had detained a suspect following a fire at Adolf Hitler’s mountain retreat, known as the Eagle’s Nest, in the state of Bavaria. “A suspicious person was taken into temporary custody,” police
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Pentagon puts China-funded Confucius Institutes on US security threat list
WASHINGTON, Oct 24 — The US Department of Defense has designated Confucius Institutes, Chinese-funded cultural centres on American university campuses, a threat to US national security, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday. Washington considers the centres to be propaganda tools
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Le Pen congress, student protests and 70,000 police: France on edge
PARIS, Oct 24 — France will deploy about 70,000 police nationwide as it braces for new protests on Saturday after some of the worst urban violence in years erupted on the sidelines of demonstrations a week ago. Protests by high
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One dead, 500 hurt as Champi batters Taiwan, then turns towards Shanghai
TAIPEI, Oct 24 — Emergency crews scrambled on Saturday to restore power to tens of thousands of households in Taiwan after Typhoon Champi’s fierce winds battered the island as the storm moves towards China and Japan. More than 5,000 people
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