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OTTAWA – The head of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), Mr Mark Machin, has resigned after his trip to the United Arab Emirates for vaccination against Covid-19 flouted Canadian government’s travel advice and drew criticism.…
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RIYADH – Saudi Arabia said it rejected completely “the negative, false and unacceptable” assessment of a US intelligence report released on Friday (Feb 26) that found Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had approved the killing of journalist…
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WASHINGTON – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved of an operation to capture or kill dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was murdered in 2018, according to a declassified US intelligence assessment released on Friday (Feb…
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MALAGA, SPAIN – A new driverless electric bus has begun operating in the southern Spanish city of Malaga, in a project presented as a first in Europe. The bus, which began running on Saturday, is equipped with sensors and cameras and…
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MOSCOW – Moscow authorities have allocated more than US$10 million (S$13.2 million) to purchase and install across the city’s sprawling metro system high-definition cameras that can recognise faces and track fast movements, Russian media…
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MOSCOW – A Russian court sentenced a man to eight years in prison on Thursday (Feb 25) after finding him guilty of state treason for allegedly handing over secrets to China, the TASS news agency reported. Vladimir Vasilyev, 52, was…
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PARIS – France may need to impose new local restrictions to deal with a worsening Covid-19 situation as it scrambles to avoid a new national lockdown, a government spokesman said on Wednesday (Feb 24). Infections have reached worrying…
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CARACAS – Venezuela Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Wednesday (Feb 24) that the head of the European Union’s delegation in Caracas had 72 hours to leave the South American country after the bloc imposed new sanctions on Venezuelan…
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WASHINGTON – The deadly US Capitol riot on Jan 6 exposed devastating security and intelligence weaknesses, with military authorities reacting too slowly to calls for National Guard backup against an overwhelming mob, security officials…
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SAO PAOLO – Growing up as identical twins, Mayla and Sofia always did everything together, and their decision to undergo gender confirmation surgery is no exception. The 19-year-old twins, who grew up in a small town in south-eastern…
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