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US shifts Iran war focus to oil prices as Tehran tightens grip on Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON, Aug 14 — The top US priority now in the Iran war is no longer its nuclear program but to bring gasoline prices down for American consumers, the vice president said yesterday, with the treasury secretary adding that new
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Sydney Airport rocked by three near-misses in less than two weeks, probe launched
SYDNEY, Aug 14 — Australia’s transport authorities said today they were investigating what went wrong after three near-misses in less than two weeks at Sydney Airport, including two in one day. A Virgin Australia 737 had been cleared for take-off by
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Russia’s Putin lands on disputed Kurils, Japan calls visit ‘absolutely unacceptable’
MOSCOW, Aug 13 — President Vladimir Putin visited Russia’s far-eastern Kuril islands for the first time on Thursday, prompting protests by Japan which also claims the territory. Russian-Japanese relations have long been dogged by the contested islands, known in Japan
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US plans Panama pilot to speed AI chip shipments
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 13 — The US State Department on Wednesday said it was seeking bids for a new initiative aiming to speed up the transport of AI infrastructure components, beginning with a pilot programme in Panama. The idea is
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Spain plunged into darkness as rare total solar eclipse sweeps across country
BURGOS (Spain), Aug 13 — Day briefly turned to night in Spain on Wednesday, as the country witnessed its first total solar eclipse in more than a century, plunging it into eerie darkness in one of nature’s greatest spectacles. The
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Boeing ordered to pay US$29m to family of 737 MAX crash victim
NEW YORK, Aug 13 — A Chicago jury awarded US$29 million (RM118.5 million) in damages to the family of an Irish-born United Nations employee who died in a 2019 Boeing 737 MAX crash, a US court spokesman said Wednesday. The
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Lebanon blasts Israel over ‘systematic destruction’ of homes, infrastructure in south
BEIRUT, Aug 13 — Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Wednesday condemned Israel’s “systematic destruction” in the country’s south as a violation of international law, as Israel’s defence minister said its military was “destroying all the houses” there. Salam said
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Colombian rescuers pull woman alive from quake rubble as death toll hits 216
PEREIRA, Aug 12 — Colombian rescuers pulled a 32-year-old woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed building yesterday, sparking cheers and applause as exhausted crews raced to find more survivors from the country’s strongest earthquake in a century. Daniela
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Air India pilot reportedly fails second drug test after mid-air plunge incident
NEW DELHI, Aug 12 — Indian investigators are examining evidence linked to an Air India flight that plunged sharply mid-air last week, authorities said yesterday as local media reported the pilot had tested positive for marijuana. The Airbus A320 carrying 137
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Controversial Covid excess deaths study retracted after criticism over vaccine misinformation
PARIS, Aug 12 — A controversial study analysing excess deaths during the Covid pandemic, which was widely criticised for lending credence to vaccine scepticism, has been retracted, the British journal’s publisher announced today. The study, published in the journal BMJ
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