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South Korea lashed by heavy rain, one dead and more than 100 evacuated
SEOUL (Reuters) -One person has died and more than 100 people have been evacuated in South Korea after the country was lashed by torrential rain on Thursday, the safety ministry […]
AI-powered ‘nudify’ apps fuel deadly wave of digital blackmail
After a Kentucky teenager died by suicide this year, his parents discovered he had received threatening texts demanding US$3,000 (RM12,741) to suppress an AI-generated nude image of him. Read full […]
US citizen says he was jailed for three days after California immigration raid
(Reuters) -A U.S. citizen and Army veteran who works as a security guard at a California cannabis farm said on Wednesday that U.S. officials arrested him during an immigration raid […]
Factbox-How could Japan’s election affect economic policy?
(Reuters) -Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party ruling coalition may lose its majority in the upper house in an election on Sunday, which could heighten calls for the government to boost spending […]
South Korea’s Lee orders new investigation team to look into deadly 2022 crush
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ordered the setting up of a new investigation team, involving police and prosecutors, to look into the deadly Halloween crowd crush […]
U.S. media says Trump wants to fire Fed chair, but Trump denies it
WASHINGTON, July 16 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told Republican lawmakers that he will fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, reported CNBC, citing a senior White House official. […]
New details in Air India crash probe shift focus to plane’s captain, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month indicates the captain turned off the switches that controlled fuel flowing […]
Brazil’s top court backs Lula’s tax hike, exempts forfait
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s highest court on Wednesday upheld most of a controversial presidential decree raising the country’s Financial Operations Tax (IOF), handing a revenue-boosting win to President Luiz Inacio Lula […]
US judge fails to rule on status of returned deportee Abrego; future of smuggling case uncertain
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) -A federal judge in Tennessee failed to rule on Wednesday on the legal status of Kilmar Abrego, the migrant returned to the U.S. after being wrongly deported […]
Roundup: Regional countries condemn Israeli raids in Syria
CAIRO, July 16 (Xinhua) — Countries in the Middle East on Wednesday condemned the Israeli airstrikes targeting the Syrian Army General Command headquarters and the presidential palace area in central […]