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Technology
US agency probes driver assistance system use in fatal Ford crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday it has opened an investigation into a recent Ford Mustang Mach-E fatal crash in San Antonio, Texas, where authorities suspect an advanced driver assistance system was in use.
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Football
Soccer-WSL season attendance record broken with 36 games to play - BBC
(Reuters) - The Women's Super League set a new cumulative attendance record of 717,721 fans with six rounds to go this season, the BBC reported on Monday.
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Motorsport
Motor racing-F1 driver Gasly invests in French third-tier soccer club
PARIS (Reuters) - Formula One driver and Paris St Germain fan Pierre Gasly has become an investor in third-tier French semi-professional soccer club FC Versailles.
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Technology
US standards body says ByteDance researcher wrongly added to AI safety groupchat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A researcher from TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance was wrongly added to a groupchat for American artificial intelligence safety experts last week, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) said Monday.
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True Or Not
QuickCheck: Are people actually taller in the morning?
Have you ever found yourself seemingly appearing taller in the morning; perhaps you have noticed a slight difference in the way you look in the mirror or your clothes just fit differently on you?
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Technology
US officials to brief senators Wednesday on threats posed by TikTok - aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. national security officials will hold a briefing on Wednesday for senators on the Commerce and Intelligence committees on threats posed by foreign adversaries’ exploitation of American’s sensitive data, including related to Chinese-owned TikTok, a committee aide told Reuters on Monday.
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Technology
US insurers to expedite payments to healthcare providers after hack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health insurers told the U.S. government they would accelerate payments to some healthcare providers indirectly affected by a cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group's technology unit Change Healthcare, senior U.S. health officials said on Monday.
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Technology
Telegram secures $330 million in bond sales
(Reuters) - Popular messaging platform Telegram raised $330 million through bond sales last week, founder and CEO Pavel Durov said on Monday.
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World
Afghan refugee convicted in New Mexico Muslim killings case
(Reuters) - A New Mexico jury on Monday found an Afghan asylum seeker guilty of murdering a Pakistani immigrant in one of three ambush-style shootings of Muslim men that terrified the Islamic community in the state's largest city during the summer of 2022.
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Football
Soccer-Postecoglou's Spurs returning to Australia for Newcastle friendly
LONDON (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou will return home when his side play Newcastle United in a friendly in Australia in May, the London club announced on Monday.
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Football
Soccer-Four Velez Sarsfield players arrested on sexual assault charges
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Four players for Argentine soccer club Velez Sarsfield were arrested on Monday by order of the Argentine courts after they were accused of sexual assault.
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Food News
The sky is the limit
Stinky tofu is probably the only thing which chef-restaurateur Fred Choong eschews. Otherwise, he is game to try any new food to satisfy his innate curiosity, and gain new ideas and culinary inspiration for his Nimbus restaurant in Damansara Utama, Petaling Jaya in Selangor.
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Economy
Abu Dhabi wants to be among global biggest financial centres
LONDON: Abu Dhabi officials are quietly orchestrating a fresh package of perks they hope will help propel the city up the ranks of the world’s biggest financial centres, from helping traders obtain coveted school admissions for their children to assisting them with securing memberships at country clubs.
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Markets
Markets moving to tune of inflation, interest rates
SINGAPORE: Getting from 9% to 3% is easier than getting from 3% to 2%. And this reality is rattling markets as sticky inflation numbers keep investors guessing the central banks’ next move on interest rates.
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Commodities
MinRes to develop Goldfields lithium processing hub
MELBOURNE: Australia’s Mineral Resources (MinRes) says it intends to develop a lithium processing hub in the Goldfields region of Western Australia after its buyout of Poseidon Nickel’s Lake Johnston nickel concentrator plant and mining rights.
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Markets
Reddit IPO five times oversubscribed
NEW YORK: Reddit’s initial public offering (IPO) is currently between four and five times oversubscribed, people familiar with the matter say, making it more likely the social media platform will attain the US$6.5bil valuation it seeks.
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Economy
Australia offers good market for shrimp from Vietnam
HANOI: Australia is considered a good potential market for Vietnamese shrimp as the market’s demand for processed shrimp is increasing, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (Vasep).
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Corporate News
Exxon chief goes on the offensive
HOUSTON: After coming under attack from both environmentalists and investors in the first half of his seven-year tenure at the helm of Exxon Mobil Corp, Darren Woods is on the offensive.
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Banking
Australia set to extend rate pause
SYDNEY: Australia’s central bank is widely expected to hold interest rates at a 12-year high today as the economy shows signs of slowing further while unemployment trends higher.
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Markets
Nascent growth appears for active ETFs
SINGAPORE: More active exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are in the pipeline for the Singapore Exchange (SGX) in the wake of increased investor demand.