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Azeem shrugs off jet lag to prove he's still the country's best
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (109+ words) Athletics: Azeem shrugs off jet lag to prove he's still the country's best The Star Azeem shrugs off jet lag to prove he's still the country's best PETALING JAYA: Sprinter Mohd Azeem Fahmi had only arrived home from the United…...
Trump's govt to pay US$765mil to scrap four wind leases
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (262+ words) WASHINGTON: The Trump administration says it will pay US$765mil to power project developer Invenergy to terminate four wind leases off the coasts of New York, California and Maine. The Department of the Interior said in a statement that Invenergy will…...
Stolen felines reunited with owners after Vietnam cat-meat bust
1+ week, 1+ day ago (272+ words) HANOI, Vietnam: More than 40 abducted cats have been reunited with owners after Vietnam police busted a feline theft ring and rescued 400 pets destined to be slaughtered for food, an animal rights group said Tuesday (June 16). Nine people were arrested last…...
Open AI wins dismissal of trade secret lawsuit by Musk's x AI
1+ week, 2+ day ago (162+ words) June 15 (Reuters) - A "federal judge on Monday dismissed "a lawsuit by Elon Musk's artificial "intelligence company x AI that accused rival Sam Altman's Open AI of stealing its trade secrets. U. S. District Judge "Rita Lin in San Francisco "said x AI…...
Space X IPO haul rises to $85. 7 billion after underwriters exercise greenshoe
1+ week, 2+ day ago (399+ words) June 15 (Reuters) - Space X said "on Monday that its underwriters had exercised the "greenshoe" option to purchase additional shares, increasing "the total proceeds from its initial public offering to $85. 7 billion from $75 billion that it "raised last week. Elon Musk's rocket,…...
Blancpain marks Marilyn Monroe's 100th birthday with jewellery watch collection
1+ week, 2+ day ago (639+ words) She may have left us more than six decades ago, but her legacy of glamour remains. To mark Marilyn Monroe's 100th birthday " June 1, 1926 " Swiss luxury watch Blancpain has unveiled the Ladybird Tribute, a capsule collection of seven unique pieces. Directly reinterpreted…...
Myanmar detains US businessman who wrote about 2021 coup: sources
1+ week, 4+ day ago (472+ words) YANGON (AFP): An American consultant and author of a memoir about Myanmar's 2021 coup is being detained in the country over a property dispute, a police source told AFP on Saturday. Security consultancy founder Adam Castillo published a book recently detailing…...
Lessons from a collapsed gate
1+ week, 5+ day ago (145+ words) The Star Lessons from a collapsed gate Back in 2024, a home owner walked out of his house and was shocked to find his gatepost had collapsed. On closer inspection, the insides were reportedly hollow. Instead of solid reinforced concrete to…...
Athletics: Oregon heartbreak fuels Azeem's fire for Malaysian Open redemption
1+ week, 4+ day ago (230+ words) PETALING JAYA: National sprinter Mohd Azeem Fahmi final season with Auburn University ended in the cruellest fashion at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Oregon on Friday after poor baton pass." The team's medal hopes in the 4x100m relay…...
Young Cambodian artist revives fading Muslim traditions through first solo exhibition
1+ week, 4+ day ago (305+ words) PHNOM PENH: A young Cambodian artist from the Cham community is using contemporary art to preserve cultural rituals that are gradually disappearing from everyday life, through her first solo exhibition in Phnom Penh. Organised by SNA Arts Management, the exhibition…...