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LONDON (AFP) – London mayor Sadiq Khan warned yesterday that Eurostar passengers going from Britain to the continent face “chaos” once a new computerised border scheme proposed by the European Union (EU) takes effect. Visitors entering the EU with visas or visa waivers will have to go through the automated EU Entry/Exit System, which has […]

BRUSSELS (AFP) – Apple is prepared to open the iPhone’s ability to tap-to-pay to rivals – in the European Union (EU) – after coming under fire for keeping users in its own ecosystem, the European Commission and the company said on Friday. The commission, the EU’s market regulator, said it was weighing Apple’s proposal, which […]

MEMPHIS (AP) – Vince Williams Jr scored 24, GG Jackson added a career-high 23 points and the Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Golden State Warriors 116-107 yesterday in the return of Draymond Green from his league suspension. Jaren Jackson Jr finished with 18 points despite going four of 20 from the field. For Memphis, which is […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) – A campaign to save Benito the giraffe from extreme temperatures and a small enclosure in Mexico’s arid northern border city of Ciudad Juarez has finally paid off, with officials promising to move him to a more spacious animal park 2,000 kilometres to the south. Benito arrived in Ciudad Juarez, which is […]

GAZA STRIP (AFP) – Fighting raged yesterday across Gaza, where displaced Palestinians are “exhausted” with no end in sight to war between the besieged territory’s Hamas rulers and Israel, now in its 13th week. Smoke billowed over the Gaza Strip’s southern city of Khan Younis, the focus of recent fighting in the grinding war, which […]

CNA – IBM said yesterday that it would buy Software AG’s enterprise integration platforms for EUR2.13 billion (USD2.33 billion) to bolster its artificial intelligence and hybrid cloud offerings. IBM will acquire Software AG’s StreamSets and webMethods platforms with available cash on hand, it said. The two units formed Software AG’s so-called “Super Ipaas” business, which […]

ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES – Facebook owner Meta and China’s TikTok have restricted a record number of social media posts and accounts in Malaysia in the first six months of this year, data published by the firms showed. This is amid a jump in government requests to remove content. Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s administration, which […]

FORT LAUDERDALE (AP) – Seventeen Florida sheriff’s deputies in the United States appeared in court on charges that they stole about half a million dollars in pandemic relief funds. The Broward County deputies, who are charged separately, are accused of a range of crimes, according to court records. Most are charged with wire fraud, which […]

ANN/THE STRAIT TIMES – Chinese fintech giant Ant Group, which has moved into new premises in Singapore, said it will be expanding its international and local offerings. Ant Group said the new office at Guoco Midtown in Beach Road will primarily serve as a headquarters for its international business unit, Ant International. The company, which […]

PHNOM PENH (AFP) – A billionaire family in the United States (US) will return more than 30 looted ancient artefacts to Cambodia after agreeing it “wrongfully possessed” the treasures, the Cambodian government said yesterday. Years of civil war followed by the genocidal Khmer Rouge rule saw historical sites looted with near-impunity in Cambodia, which is […]