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'Weakened' Macron sticks with pension Bill, eyes new reforms, says source
March 22, 2023 4:18 AMHis government barely survived a no-confidence motion over his unpopular pension reforms.
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Saudi Arabia announces Ramadan to start on Thursday
March 22, 2023 3:58 AMIslamic calendar month of Shaban, which precedes Ramadan, will end on Wednesday.
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Russia will 'react' if UK supplies uranium ammo to Ukraine, says Putin
March 22, 2023 2:26 AMUranium's heaviness lends itself for use in armour piercing rounds as it helps them easily penetrate steel.
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China's Xi appeared more relaxed than Putin in first Moscow meeting, experts say
March 22, 2023 12:01 AMRussia's leader slouched, twitched his leg, clenched his fist and looked at the floor, suggesting underlying agitation.
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Khamenei says Iran not 'upset' with Europeans
March 22, 2023 12:30 AMTeheran is ready to work with them if they do not “blindly follow US policies”.
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Russia wants Chinese business to replace Western firms, Putin tells Xi
March 21, 2023 11:17 PMPutin and Xi also discussed the proposed Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, which would ship Russian gas to China.
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Ukraine to receive Abrams tanks from US as soon as this autumn
March 21, 2023 10:33 PMThe new plan speeds up delivery by about a year, according to a Congressional aide briefed on the matter.
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Italy orders probe into TikTok over dangerous content
March 21, 2023 10:19 PMThe probe was sparked by videos of young people “adopting self-harming behaviour”.
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Google begins opening access to its ChatGPT competitor Bard
March 21, 2023 10:11 PMBard produces blocks of text in an instant, different from how ChatGPT types out answers word by word.
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Dutch civil servants told to remove TikTok from work phones
March 21, 2023 9:41 PMBelgium this month also banned TikTok from the phones and computers of federal government workers.
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How to soundproof your home in Singapore?
Since working from home is becoming a norm, setting up your home to make it conducive and noise-free so that you can focus on your work and video calls without interruption is becoming more than essential.
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Man charged in court after he allegedly stole from Shell petrol station store more than 80 times
March 23, 2023 2:19 PMHe is accused of stealing items such as newspapers, magazines and sweets from the Havelock Road outlet.
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560,000 tapped SkillsFuture schemes in 2022, down from 660,000 in 2021
March 23, 2023 1:33 PMThe fall was expected given the extensive programmes rolled out in 2021 to help S'poreans tide through the pandemic.
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Chinese military says it 'warned' US warship to leave South China Sea
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Touch ‘n Go loses its monopoly in Malaysia. What now?
Fret not: Ant’s investment in TNG Digital is safe.
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Los Angeles school workers are on strike, and parents say they get it
March 23, 2023 1:00 PMSchool support employees have been joined by the Los Angeles Unified School District's 35,000 teachers in the work stoppage.
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From Goldman Sachs banker to TikTok CEO: Who is Singaporean Chew Shou Zi?
March 23, 2023 12:03 PMA Hwa Chong alumnus, he was once an intern at Facebook.
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