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Malaysian police raid online scam centres in Forest City and arrest 335 people, including 309 Chinese nationals
Malaysian police have raided 32 premises hosting online scam activities in Forest City in the state of Johor, arresting 335 people and seizing assets worth about 1 million ringgi...
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UK lawmaker suing Musk's xAI seeks order to stop Grok generating sexualised images
A British lawmaker suing Elon Musk's xAI over fake sexualised images of her created by the Grok AI platform said on Tuesday she was seeking a court order to prevent the chatbot b...
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NLRB drops challenge to NY labor law after Amazon wins its case
The National Labor Relations Board on Monday said it would dismiss a challenge to a New York law allowing a state agency to hear private-sector labor cases when the federal board ...
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Pentagon says it will not finish spending Ukraine funds until year Trump leaves office, source says
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has told members of Congress it will not finish spending $400 million Congress has authorized for aid to Ukraine until fiscal year 2029...
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Trump admin's proposed prediction market rule faces public pushback
Lawmakers, Native American tribes, consumer advocates and others are voicing strong opposition to the Trump administration's plans to regulate sports and other wagering in the boom...
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Way cleared for pop singer D4vd to stand trial on murder, mutilation charges
Prosecutors have presented sufficient evidence for the indie pop vocalist known as D4vd to stand trial on charges he fatally stabbed and dismembered a 14-year-old girl who threaten...
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Watchdog finds staffing, guidance gaps in transfer of USAID programs
The U.S. State Department's hurried takeover of aid programs from the shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) last year was hampered by staffing shortages, IT i...
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Andrew, Tristan Tate to seek release from US jail while fighting extradition
Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate will press for their release from a U.S. jail as they fight the British government's efforts to extradite them to face charges of ...
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Fanatics to buy BGC Group assets to launch prediction market exchange
Fanatics, a global sports platform, will acquire a designated contract market and a derivatives clearing organization from brokerage BGC Group to launch its own prediction market...
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US Senate to begin voting on Trump spy nominee Clayton
Jay Clayton is expected to be approved within days despite a tense confirmation hearing.
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Trump may need to allow Chinese minerals as US industry struggles to meet 2027 deadline
U.S. President Donald Trump's push to end Washington's reliance on Chinese critical minerals by January is colliding with a stark reality: American miners and processors aren't rea...
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Maine Democrats to nominate Troy Jackson to replace Platner in US Senate race
Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson is poised to accept the Democratic Party's U.S. Senate nomination on Saturday, formally ending the two-week scramble to replace Graham ...
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This wave of Trump tariffs is likely here to stay; more are coming
U.S. President Donald Trump had no time for lengthy tariff investigations when he returned to office last year, wanting to hammer trading partners right away to wring concessions.
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Death of Black teen Nolan Wells to go to Mississippi grand jury
A grand jury in Mississippi will review the circumstances around the death of Nolan Wells before the evidence is made public in the case of the Black teenager whose body was foun...
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Democrats pick South Carolina to open 2028 nomination race, elevating Black voters
South Carolina is poised to remain the Democrats' first presidential primary state over Nevada after a vote by a powerful party committee on Friday, a racially fraught decision th...
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Teen pleads guilty to killing four in 2024 U.S. school shooting
A Georgia teenager who killed four people and injured nine others in a 2024 school shooting pleaded guilty to all 55 counts in his indictment in court on Friday.
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India regulator bars former Axis MF dealer for seven years in front-running case
India's markets regulator on Friday passed its final order in a case of front-running of Axis Mutual Fund trades by its former chief dealer. The regulator said the scheme was a d...
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Hong Kong eases listing thresholds to draw more IPOs
Hong Kong's stock exchange on Friday made it easier for companies to go public in the Asian financial hub, lowering thresholds for firms with dual-class share structures and broa...
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