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Indonesia
Indonesian businessman questioned in Singapore over alleged use of fake S$10,000 notes at RWS casino
JAKARTA: An Indonesian businessman is assisting with investigations in Singapore over the alleged use of counterfeit S$10,000 (US$7,836) notes at the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) casino.
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Philippines
Philippine tycoon Villar, senator children face graft for water deals
MANILA: The Philippines' anti-graft watchdog is filing graft complaints against two senators allied with Vice President Sara Duterte, a development that could have implications for her impeachment trial.
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Nation
Solidarity fund for Najib raises over RM634,000 in three hours, says Asyraf
PETALING JAYA: The solidarity fund launched for former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has raised more than RM634,000 within its first three hours, says Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki.
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Video games
Review: ‘Marvel’s Wolverine’ packs ferocity but none of his nuance
Insomniac Games resurrected the Spider-Man franchise by re-envisioning how the web-slinger could inhabit an open-world Manhattan.
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World
Trump says CNN, Politico, MS NOW banned from White House
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Friday he was banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, accusing them of spreading "fake news" about his administration.
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Nation
Do you know ... about safe and orderly use of lifts?
What you should do and should not do while using the lifts.
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Nation
Organisers of theatre play mocking Rukun Negara should apologise, says Zulkifli
PETALING JAYA: Organisers of the performance video deemed insulting to the institution of the Malay Rulers, Malaysia and the Rukun Negara should issue a public apology, says Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) Dr Zulkifli Hasan.
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Other Sports
Surfing-Brooks takes three-peat at Trestles Pro; Pupo claims men's win for Brazil
Sept 18 (Reuters) - Canadian teenage surfing phenomenon Erin Brooks claimed her third straight world championship tour event on Friday with a win at the Trestles Pro, while Brazil's Miguel Pupo took out Japan's Kanoa Igarashi for his second win of the year.
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Technology
OpenAI forecasts cash burn near $280 billion by 2030, FT reports
Sept 18 (Reuters) - OpenAI expects to burn through $278 billion in cash between 2026 and 2030 as it ramps up spending on computing power and infrastructure, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing a company presentation seen by the newspaper.
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Technology
Gemini hacked three companies in first known breakout by Google's AI
Sept 18 (Reuters) - Google's Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked other companies during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities, the first known example of the company's AI systems autonomously committing such an act.
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Technology
Oracle's $18 billion data center debt under pressure, FT reports
Sept 18 (Reuters) - About $18 billion in loans tied to an Oracle-leased data center in New Mexico has come under pressure, with loans quoted at 89 to 91 cents on the dollar by syndicate banks including Santander and Jefferies, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
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World
Father of murdered Spanish student arrives in Mexico after suspect detained
MEXICO CITY, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The father of a Spanish exchange student killed in Mexico arrived in the Mexican state of Morelos on Friday to identify his daughter's body, a day after authorities detained a suspect in her murder.
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True Or Not
QuickCheck: Was Jasmine almost crowned as Malaysia's national flower?
MALAYSIA is a beautiful country and it is not only because of its people and the variety of food we have.
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Technology
Trump is talking with Senate's Thune about bill to cut data-center electricity costs
WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday he is engaging with Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune about bringing to the floor a bill aimed at protecting households from electricity cost increases tied to the expansion of data centers.
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Technology
Anthropic, Accenture to invest $2 billion in AI model evaluation as safety concerns rise
Sept 18 (Reuters) - AI lab Anthropic said on Friday it would partner with Accenture for the independent evaluation of its frontier AI models, with the companies each committing at least $1 billion over the next five years to build capacity for the work.
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World
Trump plans to greet Xi at airport on arrival, officials say
WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump plans to greet Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews, at the airport of the military base just outside Washington, DC, on his arrival next week for a White House visit, a senior US official told reporters on Friday.
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Vietnam
Heavy rain, floods wreaking havoc in northern region
Heavy rain caused flooding across parts of the country's north, disrupting travel, inundating homes and pushing several rivers above dangerous levels, authorities and state media said.
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Japan
Govt mulls changing prostitution laws
The country should overhaul its prostitution law to punish those who seek to buy sex, experts recommended, in proposals likely to lead to changes to the decades-old legislation.
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China
Typhoon Dolphin caused US$5.38bil in losses
The government revealed that direct economic losses incurred from natural disasters in August amounted to 36.03 billion yuan or US$5.38bil (RM22bil), with Typhoon Dolphin causing the most damage.
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Sri Lanka
Family fights for last shack standing
Famed seafood shack Beach Wadiya has hosted royalty including Britain's Princess Anne and sporting legends such as cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, but now faces demolition under a government-ordered coastal clean-up.
