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OCBC to work with local varsities to boost fraud detection, data security using quantum tech
The technology will be able to solve problems considered impossible with traditional classical computing systems. Read more ...
Cyprus leaders to continue discussions on confidence building, says UN
Leaders of ethnically split Cyprus have agreed to continue discussions towards confidence building, U.N. Secretary General ...
Slovakia to allow approval of new EU sanctions on Russia, PM Fico says
Slovakia was holding out over a separate EU plan to end all gas imports from Russia from 2028. Read more at straitstimes.com.
S&P 500, Nasdaq end at record highs after solid US retail data
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbs 0.5 per cent to 44,484.49. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
Is your child getting drawn to drugs? Don’t look away and don’t give up
Attitudes towards cannabis abuse are softening among the youth. Good parenting can stop them from going down a slippery slope ...
For struggling platform workers, loopholes threaten rice bowls
Singapore’s gig workers face a tough environment. Unauthorised competition from foreigners is adding to their worries Read ...
Trump administration tells US diplomats abroad not to opine on foreign elections
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed U.S. diplomats worldwide not to comment on the fairness or integrity of elections conducted by foreign countries, according to an internal ...
US designates Pakistani group's offshoot as 'terrorist' over Kashmir attack
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government designated The Resistance Front, considered an offshoot of the Pakistani extremist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a \"foreign terrorist organization\" over the April 22 ...
McIlroy banishes his demons with fighting 70 on Portrush return
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland - It was ugly at times and he barely located a fairway but Rory McIlroy's homecoming party at Royal Portrush did not go as flat as a pint of stale Guinness as he scrambled ...