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Singapore’s PM defends Taylor Swift exclusivity deal amid regional grumbles

Posted by March 5, 2024

Lee Hsien Loong says deal to lure pop star not ‘unfriendly’ to other countries in Southeast Asia.Singapore’s prime minister has defended striking a deal w

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In Texas’s Super Tuesday races, a litmus test for Trump’s…

Posted by March 4, 2024

Everything’s bigger in Texas — and that includes this year’s political primary races. The second largest state in the United States — both in terms of p

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Singapore plays down payment to Taylor Swift amid grumbles from…

Posted by March 4, 2024

City-state’s culture minister says grant given to pop icon ‘not anywhere as high as speculated’.Singapore has downplayed the size of a grant it paid Taylo

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Four arrested after Spanish blogger on India motorcycle tour gangraped

Posted by March 3, 2024

The couple had set up a tent to pass the night in Jharkhand state’s Dumka as seven men attacked them.Indian authorities have arrested four people suspected of

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Money, power and the peril of courting Chinese nationalism

Posted by March 2, 2024

In January, a Chinese ultranationalist vlogger – video blogger – came across red circular stickers on the glass doors of a shopping mall in Nanjing featurin

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Could AI deepen inequalities in the world?

Posted by March 1, 2024

Doha, Qatar – At one of the world’s largest technology conferences, whether it was on the main stage, its side panels, or at the dozens of glitzy, towering

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Photos: Fire rips through Bangladesh shopping centre killing 45

Posted by March 1, 2024

At least 45 people have been killed and dozens of others wounded in a blaze at a six-story shopping mall in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, officials said on Fri

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At least 45 killed in Bangladesh after fire breaks out…

Posted by March 1, 2024

People dining out and shopping suffocated or jumped to their deaths as firefighters battled for hours to douse the flames.A massive blaze in a six-storey shoppi

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Vietnam orders control of workers, unions despite UN pledges, watchdog…

Posted by March 1, 2024

Directive 24 also urges officials to push back against foreign influence, The 88 Project says.Taipei, Taiwan – Vietnam’s Communist Party leaders have issued

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‘Heartbroken’ Paul Pogba banned for four years for doping

Posted by February 29, 2024

Former Manchester United star Paul Pogba was provisionally suspended in September for testing positive for testosterone.France and Juventus midfielder Paul Pogb

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Iran launches ‘domestically developed’ imaging satellite from Russia

Posted by February 29, 2024

The launch of Pars 1 is fourth this year, with West accusing Iran of plans to use tech for military purposes.Russia has launched an Iranian-made research satell

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Ronaldo suspended for one match for obscene gesture in Saudi…

Posted by February 29, 2024

Ronaldo made the alleged gesture in response to Al-Shabab fans’ chants of ‘Messi’ after their Saudi Pro League game on Sunday.Cristiano Ronaldo has been s

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