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(SRN NEWS)  Malaysia is the latest country to try and protect young people from the dangers of the internet.  The government has started enforcing rules to prevent children under 16 from having social media accounts.  This decision is part of a global effort to enhance safety protections.  Existing users under 16 will have a month to manage their data before restrictions apply. Companies that fail to comply face hefty fines.  Experts say young people are […]

SINGAPORE, June 8 (Reuters) – Asian markets extended last week’s bruising selloff with high-flying semiconductor stocks taking the heaviest beating and South Korea’s KOSPI sinking more than 4.5%. U.S. markets fell sharply on Friday when strong jobs data lifted the odds of a rate hike this year and sent investors scurrying from some of the year’s top-performing bets. Here is what market participants are saying about the moves: FRANK BENZIMRA, […]

June 8 (Reuters) – A Ukrainian drone struck a train in Crimea, killing its assistant driver and injuring the driver, the peninsula’s Russian-installed governor Sergei Aksyonov said in a Telegram post early on Monday. Passengers on the train, commuting between Moscow and Simferopol, the main city of the Russia-annexed Black Sea Crimea peninsula, were not harmed, Aksyonov added. Russia seized and annexed Crimea in 2014 – long before its 2022 […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. found a way to keep Aaron Judge’s bat in the New York Yankees’ lineup. After lumbering through the early innings, Chisholm borrowed lumber from the injured Yankees captain. His three-run homer with Judge’s model capped a five-run eighth inning in Sunday’s 6-1 win over the Boston Red Sox. “When I pick up his bat I know I can’t swing as hard as I […]

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE, June 8 (Reuters) – The dollar was perched near a two-month high on Monday after a blowout U.S. jobs report sent traders ramping up bets on a Federal Reserve rate hike this year, while the yen teetered further into the intervention zone. Early moves in currencies were largely muted with markets in Australia closed for a holiday, though the dollar held to its strong gains made […]

June 8 (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck Mindanao in the Philippines on Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), GFZ said. GFZ earlier pegged the earthquake at 7.3. The U.S. Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami threat to the earthquake. (Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Tom Hogue) Brought […]

SINGAPORE, June 8 (Reuters) – Asian markets were poised to fall on Monday after Wall Street’s nine-week winning streak ended in heavy tech selling, while Israeli strikes on Beirut sent oil and the dollar higher. Futures and Friday’s U.S. exchange-traded fund moves pointed to sharp drops in Japan and South Korea and S&P 500 futures were down 0.2% in early Asia trade. The Nasdaq had dropped 4.2% on Friday, with […]

WELLINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) – Richard Scolyer, the Australian cancer specialist who became a test case for an experimental treatment after being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour, has died aged 59, prompting tributes to a researcher whose work helped transform melanoma care. He died on Sunday night, Australian media reported. Scolyer, a pathologist and co-medical director of Melanoma Institute Australia, was named joint 2024 Australian of the Year with […]

NEW YORK — The New York Knicks being on the verge of an NBA title only feels unprecedented to the legions of fans who weren’t born the last time it happened in 1973. But the task in front of the San Antonio Spurs — winning the title after losing the first two games at home — really has never been achieved. The Knicks will try to inch closer to a […]