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Squash
Sivasangari marks 200th PSA win with Windy City quarter-final berth
PETALING JAYA: National squash player S. Sivasangari notched her 200th win on the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Tour in style by booking her spot in the Windy City Open quarter-finals.
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World
Mexican authorities find remains matching one of 10 kidnapped miners
MEXICO CITY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Mexican authorities said on Friday that at least one body matching the characteristics of one of 10 mine workers who were kidnapped from a mine in northern Sinaloa state late last month was found in a clandestine grave.
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World
Exclusive-US plans initial payment towards billions owed to UN-envoy Waltz
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The United States will make an initial payment towards the billions of dollars it owes to the United Nations in a matter of weeks, the U.S. ambassador to the world body told Reuters on Friday, while stressing the need for the U.N. to continue reforms.
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Football
Soccer-Altidore says World Cup will prove critics wrong as soccer aims to match Super Bowl buzz
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Former U.S. striker Jozy Altidore believes this summer's World Cup will silence doubters who claim soccer cannot compete with American football for the nation's attention, drawing parallels to the transformative impact of the 1994 tournament.
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Rugby
Rugby-Wallabies boss Schmidt will not 'swap sides' to take on All Blacks role
Feb 7 (Reuters) - Australia coach Joe Schmidt has ruled out the possibility of leading the All Blacks at the 2027 World Cup when he steps down from his position at the Wallabies' helm later this year, saying he could not "swap sides".
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Technology
Tesla 2.0: What customers think of Model S demise, Optimus robot rise
Many of Tesla's 7 million owners have turned their passion and knowledge of the company's products into market wealth. Could personal robots engender the same passion?
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Nation
Rally against 'illegal' temples still on, says controversial preacher
PETALING JAYA: Controversial independent preacher Zamri Vinoth has insisted that a planned rally against so-called "illegal" temples will proceed, despite the government's call for it to be called off.
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Football
Terengganu and KL share the spoils in first-leg Malaysia Cup tie
PETALING JAYA: Terengganu were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw against Kuala Lumpur in their Malaysia Cup quarter-finals first leg match at the Sultan Zainal Abidin Stadium on Friday (Feb 6).
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Other Sports
Olympics-Sofia Goggia lights Games cauldron in Cortina
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Sofia Goggia, Italy's first women's downhill Olympic champion, lit the cauldron in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Friday at the culmination of the opening ceremony for the Milano Cortina Winter Games.
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Technology
Vista Equity Partners and Intel to lead investment in AI chip startup SambaNova, sources say
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World
Three dead in light plane crash off South Australia coast, police say
SYDNEY, Feb 7 (Reuters) - A light plane crashed into the ocean off South Australia on Friday killing the three men on board, police said.
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World
Trump orders prioritizing countries with higher defense spending as customers for US weapons
Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would re-prioritize the customer list for U.S. weapons in favor of countries with higher defense spending and strategic importance in their region, the White House said on Friday.
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Technology
Apple plans to allow external voice-controlled AI chatbots in CarPlay, Bloomberg News reports
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Apple is preparing to allow voice-controlled artificial intelligence apps from other companies in CarPlay, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Technology
Goldman Sachs teams up with Anthropic to automate banking tasks with AI agents, CNBC reports
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs is working with technology startup Anthropic to develop AI-powered agents aimed at automating a widening range of internal functions, CNBC reported on Friday, citing the bank's chief information officer.
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Technology
US Justice Department casts wide net on Netflix's business practices in merger probe, WSJ reports
Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Netflix used anti-competitive tactics as part of the streaming giant's proposed $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery's studios and streaming service, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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Technology
Big Tech's quarter in four charts: AI splurge and cloud growth
Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. tech giants have predicted their spending would surge this year as they double down on artificial intelligence, sharpening investor scrutiny over whether these costly bets would generate enough returns to justify the sector's high valuations.
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World
Armed attack leaves 4 dead in coastal city of Ecuador
QUITO, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed early Friday in an armed attack in the coastal city of Machala in Ecuador's El Oro province, local police said.
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Focus
The man behind the club
FROM a television studio, Venezuela's feared interior minister would brandish a plastic club and call out the names of government critics – who knew what that usually meant. They could expect government agents to show up and take them away.
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Nation
Malaysia faces twin shortage of organs and transplant surgeons
PETALING JAYA: More than 10,000 Malaysians are on the waiting list for kidney transplants, but organs are scarce.
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Insight
Address stunting in children
Stunting, stemming from malnourished babies and children, is more than a matter of below-average height – it carries long-term consequences if unaddressed.
