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Football
Soccer-Arsenal's Arteta shrugs off siege mentality talk as quadruple dreams grow
LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) - Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta dismissed suggestions the Premier League leaders have adopted a siege mentality amid mounting pressure, saying on Friday that the squad's focus remains firmly on their own performances rather than outside noise.
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Football
Soccer-'You can cry or you can fight': Tudor urges struggling Spurs to rise to the challenge
March 13 (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur manager Igor Tudor on Friday delivered a rallying cry to his struggling side, telling them they must fight as the club face the almost unthinkable prospect of Premier League relegation.
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AseanPlus News
US$17 billion question: why China and South Africa are so far apart on trade data
Statistical discrepancy reflects different reporting practices and 'opaque' global commodity chains, according to observers
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World
Brazil top court panel keeps Banco Master owner Vorcaro in jail
SAO PAULO, March 13 (Reuters) - The majority of a panel of Brazil's Supreme Court voted on Friday to keep the owner of liquidated lender Banco Master, Daniel Vorcaro, in jail.
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World
Greenland's Siumut party withdraws from governing coalition
COPENHAGEN, March 13 (Reuters) - Greenland's Siumut party has withdrawn from the coalition government, the prime minister said on Friday, weakening efforts to present a united front against U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign to take control of the Arctic island.
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Football
Soccer-Chelsea manager Rosenior keeps faith in keepers, James extends contract
March 13 (Reuters) - Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior on Friday threw his support behind Filip Jorgensen despite the goalkeeper's costly errors in their 5-2 Champions League thrashing at Paris St Germain in midweek, insisting both his shot-stoppers are of the "highest quality."
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Badminton
Aaron-Khai Xing bow out in Swiss Open quarters
PETALING JAYA: Men's doubles pair Aaron Tai-Kang Khai Xing campaign in the Swiss Open has ended in the quarter-finals after losing to Denmark's Daniel Lundgaard-Mads Vestergaard.
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World
Poland presses on with EU defence plan despite president's veto
WARSAW, March 13 (Reuters) - Poland's government on Friday pushed ahead with a European Union defence-funding programme despite the president vetoing the scheme, amid a row over debt and the role Brussels should play in the security of the deeply divided country.
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World
All six US service members killed in plane crash over Iraq
March 13 (Reuters) - All six crew members aboard a U.S. military aircraft that crashed in western Iraq are confirmed to have been killed, the U.S. military said on Friday.
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China
China slams US trade probe ahead of Paris talks
China on Friday rebuked a US trade investigation into alleged overcapacity and said it reserved the right to take countermeasures, clouding the outlook for a new round of trade talks that is set to begin this weekend.
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Nation
Sixteen illegal immigrants detained in Johor raids
ISKANDAR PUTERI: Sixteen Indonesian illegal immigrants have been detained in three raids in Tanjung Kupang, Gelang Patah and Taman Ehsan Jaya, Johor Baru.
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World
US veteran flees ahead of US trial over failed 2020 Maduro ouster plot
NEW YORK, March 13 (Reuters) - A U.S. military veteran awaiting trial on U.S. charges concerning a failed May 2020 armed incursion to oust now-jailed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has absconded and is a fugitive, federal prosecutors said on Friday.
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Nation
Malaysian peacekeepers unharmed after Israeli airstrike near Unifil post in south Lebanon
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian peacekeepers deployed under the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) are safe after an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon.
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Rugby
Rugby-Georgia caught in doping scandal as players allegedly swapped urine samples
March 13 (Reuters) - Six Georgia rugby players and a team official have committed anti-doping rule violations, the World Anti-Doping Agency and World Rugby said on Friday after an investigation uncovered a scheme involving alleged sample substitution and advance warnings of drug tests.
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Nation
Media plays key role in tackling evolving crime landscape, says Bukit Aman CID director
KUALA LUMPUR: The media plays an important role not only in disseminating information to the public but also in assisting authorities to address the increasingly complex crime landscape, says Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director Comm Datuk M. Kumar.
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AseanPlus News
Asean News Headlines at 10pm on Friday (March 13, 2024)
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Friday (March 13, 2024).
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Nation
Cops hunt suspect over attempted cable theft in Ipoh
IPOH: Police are tracking down a suspect involved in an attempted cable theft along Jalan Tambun early Friday (March 13) morning.
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Football
Soccer-Man City's Guardiola focused only on West Ham, blanks Real Madrid questions
MANCHESTER, England, March 13 (Reuters) - Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was in no mood to discuss how his side can overcome a 3-0 Champions League deficit against Real Madrid, saying on Friday his only focus was this weekend's Premier League trip to relegation-battling West Ham United.
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Nation
Thirty cats perish in Pasir Mas fire, wedding preparations destroyed
PASIR MAS: A family in Kampung Paloh Hilir, near Tendong, here not only lost their home and preparations for their son's wedding but also 30 of their pet cats in a fire that destroyed their house.
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Singapore
Petrol prices in Singapore surpass highs set during the Ukraine crisis in 2022
Pump prices, which have risen steadily here since the conflict in Iran effectively closed a waterway critical to oil supplies, have surpassed records set during the Ukraine crisis in 2022.
