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Biden rakes in US$25m in US fundraiser featuring Obama, Clinton, Lizzo
NEW YORK, March 29 — President Joe Biden and his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, headlined a star-studded fundraiser with former President Bill Clinton on Thursday that organisers said raised more than US$25 million for Biden’s US reelection campaign. Biden, who
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Hamas-linked group in south Lebanon says strike kills seven
BEIRUT, March 27 — A Lebanese militant organisation closely linked to Palestinian group Hamas said today that seven people were killed in an overnight strike in south Lebanon. Speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised
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Myanmar military to hold annual armed forces day
NAYPYIDAW (Myanmar), March 27 — Myanmar’s junta holds its annual Armed Forces Day parade today in a show of force as it struggles to contain a growing armed resistance that has captured broad swathes of territory. The military has suffered
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Six presumed dead, search and rescue suspended
BALTIMORE, March 27 — Authorities yesterday suspended their search for six people missing after a packed cargo ship slammed into a Baltimore bridge, causing it to collapse and blocking one of the busiest US commercial harbours. “Based on the length
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Part of Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapses after report of ship impact
BALTIMORE, March 26 — The Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, has partially collapsed and workers may be in the river, police said today, after media reports that a cargo ship had hit the bridge. The extent of the damage to
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Scarlett Johansson in talks to lead new ‘Jurassic World’ film
PETALING JAYA, March 26 — Actress Scarlett Johansson is in discussions to join Universal’s new Jurassic World film, revealed The Hollywood Reporter. Gareth Edwards will be directing the upcoming film, with the screenplay by Jurassic Park writer David Koepp. The reboot, anticipated to concentrate on
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No winner for US$800m Powerball lottery, US$1.1b Mega Millions ahead
CHICAGO, March 26 — A Powerball drawing for US$800 million (RM3.77 billion), one of the largest jackpots in the history of that US lottery game, found no winners last night, ahead of an even larger prize up for grabs in
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Kate Middleton conspiracies linger after cancer revelation
WASHINGTON, March 25 — The revelation that Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, has cancer prompted a swift backlash over a torrent of lurid social media speculation around her health, including by those positing she was secretly dead. But the sombre
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New Zealand says seizing black boxes from Latam Boeing 787
SYDNEY, March 12 — New Zealand’s Transport Accident Investigation Commission said today it was seizing the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of a Latam Airlines Boeing 787 after an incident that left more than 50 people injured. The
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Russia arrests South Korean man for spying
MOSCOW, March 12 — A South Korean citizen has been arrested in Russia on suspicion of espionage, Russian state news agency TASS reported yesterday. TASS quoted law enforcement agencies as saying the man, whom it named as Baek Won-soon, had
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