GAZA: Gaza’s civil defence agency said an Israeli air strike on a school-turned-shelter on Saturday (Jan 11) killed eight people, including two children, while the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas militants.Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal confirmed eight people, including two children and two women, were killed by Israeli shelling on…

MELBOURNE : Danielle Collins had no intention of being at this year’s Australian Open but the former finalist is glad to be back at Melbourne Park and taking comfort in the routines of tennis after personal setbacks. The American former world number seven had planned to retire at the end of 2024 to start a family but said in October she had changed her mind and would play on in 2025.Collins, who suffers from endometriosis,…

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PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ICA’s commissioner Marvin Sim said the authority started investigations from September last year after receiving reports from members of the public who encountered unauthorised changes of their residential addresses. “Initially, there were only a few cases that appeared unconnected, but more cases surfaced recently,” the authority said, adding…

Zuckerberg doubled down in an interview Friday with podcaster Joe Rogan, comparing the fact-checking program with “something out of 1984”, in a reference to George Orwell’s dystopian novel. He added that the program, which began in 2016, was “destroying so much trust, especially in the United States”. Zuckerberg also expressed…

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(Corrects to par value, not market price, in paragraph 3 of Jan. 10 story)HANOI :South Korean conglomerate SK Group plans to sell about a fifth of its holding in Vietnam’s Vingroup starting from next week, a Vingroup filing showed on Friday.With a 6.05 per cent stake, SK’s group financial vehicle…

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