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Japan rice prices fall for first time in 3.5 years
TOKYO: Rice prices in Japan finally fell in May for the first time in three and a half years, a government official said Friday (Jun 19), following sharp rises for the staple that put the government under huge pressure.Rice prices skyrocketed in 2024 and 2025 because of supply problems linked to multiple fact
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Morocco and PSG player Hakimi to stand trial on rape charge
PARIS, June 19 : Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi, who is due to join the Morocco squad against Scotland later on Friday, said he faced trial on a rape charge and welcomed the opportunity to put across his point of view.Hakimi, who played for Morocco during its World Cup opener against Brazil on Sun
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Deep-sea denizens go years without food with clever biological fix
June 19 : A pill bug dwelling under a garden pot curls its body into a tiny armored ball as self-defense. Far below the ocean surface, some of its much larger relatives face a harder problem: how to stay alive when the next meal may not come for years.Those creatures are called deep-sea isopods, a…
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Amazon points to water conservation steps in India amid data centre scrutiny
MUMBAI, June 19 : Amazon said on Friday its Indian operations had reached a major milestone in water conservation, at a time when global tech giants face increasing pressure over their expansion of resource-hungry AI data centres.The U.S.-based company announced it had turned “water positive” in India this ye
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SCDF opens marine HQ on Pulau Brani with real-time surveillance tech, ship rescue training facilities
The four-storey facility on Pulau Brani also houses a dedicated ground control station where officers can remotely operate drones and support ongoing trials of an unmanned surface vessel.
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AI-generated ads should be exempt from EU transparency rules, retail association says
LONDON, June 19 : Eurocommerce, the European retail association whose members include Amazon, H&M, Inditex, and Ikea, is asking EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen to exempt AI-generated advertisements from the bloc’s new regulation requiring disclosure of AI use.The European Union AI Act, which enters into force o
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Investment gaps, weak governance slowing safe drinking water access for billions, says WHO official
About 2.1 billion people still lack safely managed drinking water, including 106 million who rely directly on rivers, lakes and other untreated water sources, according to the World Health Organization.
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Oil rises as uncertainty mounts over US-Iran truce
NEW DELHI, June 19 : Oil prices rose on Friday as the prospect of a lasting truce between the U.S. and Iran was clouded after peace talks in Switzerland were called off and as Israel stepped up attacks on Lebanon. By 0645 GMT, Brent crude futures gained 51 cents, or 0.64 per cent, to $80.36…
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Telegram loses bid to overturn India’s temporary blocking of the app
NEW DELHI, June 19 : Telegram on Friday lost its bid to overturn an Indian government order temporarily banning the messaging app, with a New Delhi court ruling that the government’s actions, aimed at preserving the integrity of a key med school exam, were legal and reasonable.The ban of the app from June 16
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PUB investigating brown tap water at Bedok Reservoir flats, says no water quality issues detected in mains
The water cleared up after the flats’ internal service pipes were flushed, and checks on water samples from water mains confirmed no abnormality in the water quality, PUB said.
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