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Singapore’s opposition leader was convicted Monday of lying to parliament while helping a fellow party member to cover up a false witness account, in a case that could disqualify him from running in upcoming national elections.Pritam Singh, 48, secretary-general of the Workers’ Party, was found guilty on two counts of lying to a parliamentary committee …

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Chinese AI app DeepSeek will not be available to download in South Korea pending a review of its handling of user data, Seoul authorities said Monday.DeepSeek’s R1 chatbot stunned investors and industry insiders with its ability to match the functions of its Western competitors at a fraction of the cost.But a number of countries have …

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Rights groups on Monday denounced an Australian plan to send three violent foreign criminals — including a murderer — to live on the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru.Canberra said Sunday it had paid an undisclosed sum to Nauru — population about 13,000 — in return for it issuing 30-year visas to the trio, who lost …

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Armed with a slingshot, Taiwanese bounty hunter Wu Cheng-hua bends sideways and aims his lethal weapon up at a green iguana, one of tens of thousands in the crosshairs of a government cull.Taiwan’s iguana population has exploded since the spikey-backed giant lizards were introduced from Central and South America more than 20 years ago as …

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Alexei Navalny’s widow received a standing ovation as she spoke in a packed church in Berlin Sunday on the anniversary of the Russian opposition leader’s death behind bars.After avoiding the spotlight when the politician and anti-corruption campaigner was alive, Yulia Navalnaya has taken up her late husband’s cause and spoken at international forums including the …

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Asian markets mostly rose Monday as investors assessed the global economic outlook while Donald Trump pushes ahead with his trade war.Trading floors have been hit by uncertainty since the US president returned to the Oval Office last month announcing a series of tariffs against key trading partners.While some of the measures have been delayed for …

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was prepared to deploy troops to Ukraine if needed, hours before European leaders meet in Paris on Monday to address Washington’s shock policy shift on the war.US President Donald Trump sidelined Kyiv and its European backers last week by calling his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to talk about …

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At least 1,500 Russians came to the grave of Alexei Navalny in Moscow on Sunday, risking reprisals and braving freezing temperatures to pay their respects to the opposition leader on the first anniversary of his death in prison.  Navalny — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s main opponent declared “extremist” by Moscow — died on February 16, …

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Papal thriller “Conclave” and immigrant epic “The Brutalist” on Sunday tied for top honours at Britain’s BAFTA awards with each film picking up four coveted gongs.”Conclave”, directed by German-born Edward Berger, won the BAFTA for the best film with its tale of the intrigue and horse-trading behind the scenes during the election of a new …

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Israel’s security cabinet was set to discuss on Monday the next phase of the ceasefire in Gaza, after top US diplomat Marco Rubio and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu presented a united front on their approach to Hamas and Iran.Rubio was in Israel on his first Middle East trip as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state, …

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