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Sports News | India U23 Men to Play Two Friendlies Against Indonesia in Jakarta
New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): The Indian U23 men's team will travel to Jakarta to play two friendly matches against Indonesia U23 on October 10 and 13, 2025, as per the AIFF. Led by head coach Naushad Moosa, the Blue Colts have regrouped...
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Over 10,000 officers tackling vaping crisis in S’pore; nearly 10,000 cases in first 8 months of 2025
SINGAPORE - More than 10,000 officers have been empowered to act against vape-related offences, doubling the number of front-line officers within a month. Meanwhile, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has detected nearly 10,000 vaping cases...
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Business News | Helping Small Businesses in Southeast Asia Tap into AI: ASEAN Foundation and AVPN Introduce Local Partners for AIM ASEAN Programme
PRNewswire Singapore, October 3: Small businesses are the backbone of Southeast Asia's economy. But in today's fast-changing digital landscape, many Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) risk being left behind, especially when it comes to...
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Is PM Modi meeting Donald Trump soon? Buzz after Malaysia briefs India on US President’s ASEAN plans
Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet US President Donald Trump in Malaysia later this month? While there has not been an official word about the meeting from either the Washington or New Delhi, Malaysia has, however, informed India that...
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ASEAN-CPTPP Ties Must Deliver Reforms, Not Symbolism – Experts
By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 (Bernama) -- The formal dialogue between ASEAN and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) scheduled on Nov 20, 2025, must go beyond symbolic engagement and...
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Business : ASEAN-CPTPP Ties Must Deliver Reforms, Not Symbolism – Experts
By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 (Bernama) -- The formal dialogue between ASEAN and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) scheduled on Nov 20, 2025, must go beyond symbolic engagement and...
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Can We Save the World’s Largest Flowers From the Brink of Extinction?
By John Divinagracia This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute. The stench of decay announces death—but Rafflesia plants turn it on like a neon sign. Forty-two parasitic species exude the smell...
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Govt Debt-to-GDP ratio to surpass 27 percent in current year
Govt Debt-to-GDP ratio to surpass 27 percent in current year The government has a total public debt stock of $12.67 billion by the end of the second quarter of 2025, the MEF says. The Government Debt-to-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio will be...
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What's next for Timor-Leste as it joins ASEAN?
Timor-Leste is set to become the newest member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc in October, capping off a process that has taken Southeast Asia's newest and smallest country 14 years. The membership was confirmed last...
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World Associated Press From all over the planet, they came to the UN with a message: Fix things, particularly yourself
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NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not polite, as a general rule, to visit your hosts and criticize the way they do things. Unless, that is, you’re helping to pay the rent. World leaders have spent the past week at the United Nations doing just that, convening...
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From all over the planet, they came to the UN with a message: Fix things, particularly yourself
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not polite, as a general rule, to visit your hosts and criticize the way they do things. Unless, that is, you’re helping to pay the rent. World leaders have spent the past week at the United Nations doing just that, convening...
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Jillian Lauren, wife of Weezer bassist, avoids jail time after shooting at police officers By Mekishana Pierre
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Jillian Lauren, the best-selling true-crime author and wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, will avoid jail time after being arrested in connection with a bizarre standoff with Los Angeles police in April. On Thursday, L.A. County Superior Court...
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Maldives to UN: Complicity of countries in Israeli genocide in Gaza 'shame of century'
The Maldives on Saturday called the complicity of countries in Israel's genocide in the Gaza Strip the "shame of this century.” "The sheer hypocrisy is this genocide is sustained by weapons and money from the very countries that claim to defend...
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Diplomatic Snub of 77 Countries at the United Nations: Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu Faces Mass Boycott Over Gaza Onslaught
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In a moment that encapsulated the deepening fissures in global diplomacy, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped up to the podium at the United Nations General Assembly on September 26, 2025, only to address a chamber that had been...
Global experts emphasize stronger food safety regulations to combat antibiotic misuse
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Daijiworld Media Network - New Delhi New Delhi, Sep 27: Experts at the Global Food Regulators Summit 2025 highlighted the urgent need for stringent regulation of antibiotic use to ensure food safety and tackle the growing threat of antimicrobial...
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World News | Indian Diaspora in over 100 Countries Come Together for Viksit Bharat Run
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS), in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), on Sunday organised the first-ever global edition of the Viksit Bharat Run 2025 across more than...
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Tata AIA Maha Raksha Supreme Select: A Term plan that grows with every milestone in life
India, Sept. 23 — Mumbai, India – Tata AIA Life Insurance, regarded as one of India’s reliable life insurance providers, presents Maha Raksha Supreme Select, a term insurance plan designed to meet all your changing financial responsibilities that...
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Indian Navy completes maiden submarine intervention, rescue exercise in South China Sea
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Commodore Anil Jai Singh (retired), a strategic analyst, said the achievement was part of military diplomacy and power projection. "Providing a rescue capability in time to a distressed submarine is a very visible manifestation of military...
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Israel May Be ‘Winning’ in Gaza But It’s Losing Internationally
Israel is becoming increasingly isolated. Dozens of representatives from various nations walked out on Friday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was addressing the UN General Assembly in New York. The past week also saw the unthinkable:...
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Experts stress proper regulation to ensure safe antibiotic use and tackle AMR
New Delhi, Sep 27: Proper regulation is crucial to enable the correct usage of antibiotics, enhance the safety of food, and fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR), said experts on Saturday. Speaking at the Global Food Regulators Summit 2025, an...
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