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UK faces climate rethink after summer of extreme heat and drought
Long accustomed to preparing for cold and wet weather, the United Kingdom is confronting a very different challenge: How to cope with increasingly hot and dry conditions.
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Satellite proliferation imperils astronomical observations, study finds
SANTIAGO, Aug 20 : As thousands more satellites enter orbit, astronomers may face mounting difficulties in observing the cosmos, according to a study by the European Southern Observatory, which operates telescopes in northern Chile.The ESO study found that existing proposals to launch more than 1.7 million sa
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Exclusive-How a Texas student blew the whistle on a rogue AI hacking attempt
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug 20 : Sinan Can Demir wanted to spend the last week of July burnishing his resume. Instead, he engaged in a battle of wits with an artificial-intelligence agent unleashed by a British government lab. It started after Demir, a computer science student at the University of Texas at Dallas, st
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Ant Group quarterly profits rise 1% on year
Aug 20 : Alibaba’s financial subsidiary Ant Group’s quarterly profits rose 1 per cent year-on-year to around 4.7 billion yuan ($698 million) in the quarter ending June 30, Reuters calculations from Alibaba’s quarterly earnings report showed. The fintech giant has been attempting to pivot towards agentic comme
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Oil hits 3-week high on Middle East supply concerns amid war impasse
LONDON, Aug 20 : Oil prices climbed to three-week highs on Thursday, driven by concerns that the impasse in the Iran war will continue to disrupt supply from the key Middle Eastern producing region.Brent crude futures for October delivery rose $1.20, or 1.3 per cent, to $92.82 a barrel by 0813 GMT, while U.S.
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Trial opens for man accused of sexually assaulting 16-year-old girl in Admiralty Park female toilet
The other two men involved in the case both pleaded guilty in 2025 to their offences, while Raden Zulhusni Zulkifri has “refused to take any responsibility for his actions”, the prosecution argued on Thursday.
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Dog’s death during canine-catching operation renews scrutiny of how Malaysia manages strays
Activists say that the ultimate goal should be preventing strays from ever being born or abandoned on the streets.
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Dollar falls to three-month low as Treasury moves to soothe bond jitters
LONDON, Aug 20 : The U.S. dollar was pinned near a three-month low on Thursday after the Treasury Department moved to calm a bond market selloff that had pushed long-end yields to their highest since 2007, lifting risk sentiment and undercutting the currency. The dollar index, which measures the dollar a
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Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew exits BWF World Championships after round of 16 loss to Canada’s Victor Lai
The two last met in last year’s World Championships quarter-finals, where the Singaporean also lost by the same score.
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North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile, Japanese authorities say
SEOUL: North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile towards the sea on Thursday (Aug 20), Japan’s government and coast guard said.South Korean media also cited South Korea’s military as saying North
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