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Cricket
Cricket-North American fans thrill for dream India-Pakistan showdown in New York
EAST MEADOW, New York (Reuters) - A sold-out crowd descended on Eisenhower Park on Sunday for a clash of cricketing arch-rivals India and Pakistan, set to face off in a T20 World Cup match that fans called a dream come true.
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Nation
Rompin bus crash claims fourth victim
ROMPIN: Another teacher involved in the accident involving a bus and a trailer lorry on Jalan Kuantan-Segamat has died, taking the death toll to four.
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Nation
Sg Bakap polls: BN pledges to support Pakatan candidate
NIBONG TEBAL: Barisan Nasional has pledged its support for the Pakatan Harapan candidate in the upcoming Sungai Bakap by-election.
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AseanPlus News
Asean News Headlines at 10pm on Sunday (June 9, 2024)
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Sunday (June 9, 2024)
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Hockey
Lucky escape for Malaysia
PETALING JAYA: Veteran striker Faizal Saari scored a hattrick as Malaysia made heavy weather against Austria in their 5-4 win to finish seventh in the Nations Cup in Poland on Sunday.
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Squash
Double joy for Sivasangari
PETALING JAYA: It was double cheers for top Malaysian player S. Sivasangari as she won the awards for Professional Squash Association (PSA) Moment of the Season and the Women’s Match of the Season awards in Birmingham on Saturday.
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World
Pakistan's army says bomb blast kills seven soldiers
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A bomb blast targeting a military truck killed seven soldiers on Sunday in northwestern Pakistan along the border with Afghanistan, the army said.
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World
Death toll rises to 41 in attack on eastern Congo villages
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - The death toll has risen to 41 following an attack on Friday by suspected Islamist rebels on villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesman Congolese army spokesman said.
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True Or Not
QuickCheck: Did a car without a driver trundle onto an expressway and hit two bikers?
IT'S a fact of life that accidents happen. Whether it's due to human error or just a twist of fate, these unwanted occurrences are something we have to contend with.
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AseanPlus News
Modi: The tea seller's son who became India's populist hero and PM for historic three terms
Once shunned and now eagerly courted by the West, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has steered his country away from its secular traditions and towards the Hindu-first politics he has championed for decades.
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China
China probes top exec at US$1.5 trillion state-backed investment firm for graft
A top executive at a major Chinese state-backed investment company is under investigation for corruption, the government's anti-corruption body said Sunday, as an unrelenting crackdown on graft sweeps through the finance sector.
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World
India's Modi sworn in as PM for third term, faces coalition challenges
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Narendra Modi was sworn in as India's prime minister on Sunday for a third term, after a shock poll setback that will test his ability to ensure policy certainty in a coalition government in the world's most populous nation.
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Singapore
89-year-old driver assisting with investigations after four-car accident at Singapore's Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park
A 89-year-old driver is assisting with investigations after an accident involving four cars at a carpark at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park.
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China
Only South Korean women's doubles pair could stand tall as China shuttlers sweep four titles at Indonesian Open
Chinese shuttlers collected four gold medals here on Sunday at the 2024 Indonesia Open badminton championships.
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Nation
TMJ denies involvement in acid attack on footballer
JOHOR BARU: Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, in his first comment on the acid attack against Selangor FC footballer Faisal Halim, says he has nothing to do with the incident.
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Arts
Harry Potter offers magical boost to British tourism
Fans remain captivated by Edinburgh, whose sights and scenes were the inspiration for fantastical characters and locations in the Harry Potter books
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Football
Soccer-De Jong back in training for Dutch ahead of Euro 2024
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Frenkie de Jong has returned to the training field, in a boost for the Netherlands one week before their opening game at the European Championship, coach Ronald Koeman said on Sunday.
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World
Iran approves six candidates to run for president - State TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Guardian Council, which oversees elections and legislation, has approved six candidates to run for president in snap elections to be held later this month after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, Iran's State TV reported on Sunday.
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Rugby
Rugby-Ford to miss England tour due to achilles injury
(Reuters) - Sale Sharks fly-half George Ford will miss England's three test matches in Japan and New Zealand due to a pre-existing achilles injury, the RFU said on Sunday.
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Nation
RM200 monthly Budi Madani assistance enough for most Malaysians, says Finance Ministry
PUTRAJAYA: The monthly RM200 Budi Madani cash assistance should be sufficient to off-set the increase in the price of diesel for most Malaysians, says Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.