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AseanPlus News
Singapore flights to and from New York cancelled as ‘super bomb’ blizzard aims heavy snow at US north-east
Across New York City and the Northeast, 30 million people are under blizzard warnings from a powerful winter storm.
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AseanPlus News
Indonesia ready to face all possibilities after US Supreme Court rejects Trump’s tariffs: Prabowo
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said on Saturday night (Feb 21) that his government is ready to face all possibilities after the US Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's global tariffs.
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AseanPlus News
Thai authorities find staged foreign government offices during raid on suspected scam hub
Officers from the Thai army inspected and collected evidence at the site, which is near the Chong Chom permanent border checkpoint in the province's Kap Choeng district.
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Football
Soccer-Sheffield Wednesday earn unwanted record with early relegation from Championship
SHEFFIELD, England, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Sheffield Wednesday, who were docked 18 points for financial breaches, became the first team in English Football League history to be relegated as early as February after Sunday's 2-1 loss at Sheffield United ensured their drop from the Championship.
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World
US Secret Service agents killed man trying to unlawfully enter Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort
WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service said on Sunday its agents shot and killed a man in his 20s after he tried to unlawfully enter a secure perimeter at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Philippines
Three people are missing after landfill waste pile collapses near east of Manila in the Philippines
Three people went missing after a pile of waste gave way at a landfill in Rizal province, east of Manila, authorities said Sunday.
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Other Sports
Olympics-Bobsleigh-Germany claim all the team golds again but just miss Monobob
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 22 (Reuters) - After the relative disappointment of their luge and skeleton campaign in Cortina, Germany's bobsledders produced a triumphant finale with a third successive sweep of the three team golds having missed a fourth title in the Monobob by a whisker.
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Other Sports
Olympics-1,800 meters of pizza, a ton of Grana Padano cheese fuel Games athletes
MILAN, Feb 22 (Reuters) - In the two weeks of the Winter Olympics, athletes consumed about two wheels of Grana Padano a day, roughly a ton of the world‑famous Italian cheese over the 16 days of competition, Andrea Varnier, CEO of the Milano Cortina Games, said on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka
England rout Sri Lanka for 95 to win Super Eights opener; starts with a bang with a 51-run win over host in T20 World Cup
England routed Sri Lanka for 95 to give captain Harry Brook a perfect birthday present as they opened the T20 World Cup Super Eights phase with a resounding 51-run win in Kandy on Sunday.
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Vietnam
Tragic accident in Vietnam - passenger boat collision kills six, state media says
Six people were killed when a passenger boat collided with a vessel hauling stone and capsized on a lake in northern Vietnam, state media said Sunday.
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China
Former Biden official says US must work with allies to counter China
Kurt Campbell warns Trump's strategy risks weakening Washington leverage as policy machinery erodes and Beijing sharpens its approach
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Other Sports
Olympics-Crosscountry-Norway's Klaebo dominates historic Games marked by viral moments
TESERO, Italy, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Norway's Johannes Klaebo stamped his authority on sport while Sweden's women were nearly unstoppable and a runaway dog somehow stole the biggest headline of all in a historic - and sometimes viral - cross-country programme at the Milano Cortina Olympics.
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South Korea
South Korea protests Japanese event over disputed islands
South Korea on Sunday protested a Japanese government event commemorating a cluster of disputed islands between the two countries, calling the move an unjust assertion of sovereignty over its territory.
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Nation
Malaysia weighs response after US court strikes down Trump tariffs
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is monitoring the implications of a recent US Supreme Court ruling that struck down tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump, with the Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry (MITI) now reviewing the matter.
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AseanPlus News
After court ruling, Trump says US global tariff rate will rise from 10% to 15%
Trump's tariff increase follows the Supreme Court ruling on previous programme; Section 122 tariffs require congressional approval after 150 days.
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AseanPlus News
South Korean police checking for more possible victims of ‘motel drug killings’
South Korean police are investigating a woman already allegedly connected to two deaths, looking to see if there were more victims of her supposed "murder via drug-laced drinks".
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True Or Not
QuickCheck: Was a carjacking in Kulai caught on camera?
A 26-SECOND video has been making the rounds on social media showing what appears to be a brazen daylight theft at a supermarket car park.
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Other Sports
Olympics-Crosscountry-Russian Nepryaeva disqualified for taking wrong skis
TESERO, Italy, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Russia's Dariya Nepryaeva was disqualified from the women's 50km classic cross-country race on Sunday after accidentally taking another competitor's skis during a mid-race equipment change.
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Sabah & Sarawak
Number of flood victims in Sabah continues to rise tonight
KOTA KINABALU: The number of flood victims placed in temporary evacuation centres in Sabah, as of 8pm on Sunday (Feb 22), continues to rise to 3,427 people from 1,449 families compared to 3,266 people from 1,401 families at 4pm earlier the same day.
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Cricket
Cricket-Jacks of all trades helps England fight back to sink Sri Lanka at T20 World Cup
KANDY, Sri Lanka, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Will Jacks impressed with bat and ball to rescue England from a poor start and help them to a 51-run victory over Sri Lanka in a low-scoring Super Eight match at the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday.
