Japan to open up Apple- and Google-dominated phone apps to competition
TOKYO : Japan plans to stoke competition in smartphone app payments, dominated by Apple and Google, by banning major app...
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Russia says it repelled drones targeting oil refinery
MOSCOW: Russia on Saturday (Jun 17) said it had destroyed three drones targeting an oil refinery in the southern border...
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Electric-vehicle startups set to extend blistering rally
Electric-vehicle startups from Nikola to Lordstown Motors were set on Friday to extend a blistering rally in their shares that...
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Joselu’s late winner puts Spain into Nations League final
ENSCHEDE (Netherlands): Substitute Joselu scored a fortunate winner three minutes from the end as Spain booked their place in a...
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Titmus on right track ahead of McIntosh showdown at worlds: Taylor
MELBOURNE : Australia head coach Rohan Taylor says Ariarne Titmus is tracking in the right direction ahead of her world...
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Elon Musk: Twitter sued by music publishers for $250m
A group of 17 music publishers in the US has sued Twitter, claiming the platform enabled copyright violations involving nearly...
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Philippines says China’s Yadea to invest $1 billion in EV battery plant
MANILA : China's Yadea Group Holdings, one of the world's biggest electric two-wheeled vehicle makers, plans to invest about $1...
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Indonesia May trade surplus narrows more than expected
JAKARTA: Indonesia's trade surplus in May narrowed to the smallest in three years amid surging imports, data by the statistics...
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Japan will stop yen decline beyond USD/JPY 145, most economists say: Reuters poll
TOKYO : Japan's government and central bank will act to stop the yen's decline if it depreciates to the 145...
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China pushes platform firms to protect consumer, vendor rights
BEIJING : China's market regulator on Thursday announced a five-month campaign that will ensure platform companies optimise their protocols, to...
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Australia blocks new Russian embassy near parliament
SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said today the government would block the construction of a new Russian embassy near...
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Australia hands out critical minerals grants
MELBOURNE : Australia has rolled out a series of grants to critical minerals companies hoping to speed up development of...
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Woodward and Bernstein: Watergate reporters warn of the limitations of AI
US reporter Carl Bernstein has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) is a "huge force" which poses challenges for the future...
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Ukraine war: Russia launches ninth wave of missile attacks on Kyiv this month
Ukraine's capital Kyiv has been attacked from the air by Russia for the ninth time this month. One person has...
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US banks rethink social media as a threat, not a marketing tool
NEW YORK : Bankers are beefing up risk management, monitoring and emergency procedures around the use of social media after...
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Japanese businesses pledge UK investment ahead of Sunak meeting
LONDON : Japanese businesses have committed to invest almost 18 billion pounds ($23 billion) in Britain ahead of a meeting...
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River sewage: England’s water firms issue apology
England's water and sewage companies have apologised for not "acting quickly enough" to tackle sewage spills. They have faced mounting...
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Vietnam raises retail electricity price by 3%
HANOI: Vietnam on Thursday raised its average retail electricity price by 3 per cent, the government said, in a move...
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Here’s what happened at Richie Koh’s first fan meet, where fans got to gaze into his eyes
The 29-year-old Star Awards Best Actor winner said that seeing his fans happy at his very first fan meet made...
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US becomes first country to approve RSV vaccine
WASHINGTON: The United States yesterday approved the world’s first vaccine for the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), the culmination of a...
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