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FAS introduces ‘enhancements’ to SPL, with increase in prize money and foreign player quota
Total prize money will be more than doubled to $600,000 for the 2025-26 season, which will be an eight-team competition. Read ...
Vietnam approves dual citizenship law to attract skilled foreign workers
Vietnam's government believes this will allow it to leap ahead competitors in technology by 2030. Read more at ...
US halts key Ukraine weapons deliveries amid Russian barrage
The move came after a review of US munitions stockpiles and amid concerns they had fallen too low.  Read more at straitstimes ...
Westwood, Herbert book British Open spots
Former world number one Lee Westwood will tee off at his first British Open in three years after topping his qualifying event ...
Quad ministers condemn April attack in Indian Kashmir without naming Pakistan
WASHINGTON - The Quad grouping of the United States, India, Japan and Australia called on Tuesday for the perpetrators of an Islamist militant attack that killed 26 in India-administered Kashmir to be ...
Loansharks in Malaysia hold ‘funerals’ for debtors
They are holding “elaborate funerals” for the defaulters and posting their actions on social media. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Cathay Cineplexes gets demand for $3.4 million in arrears from Jem landlord
SINGAPORE - Cinema chain Cathay Cineplexes received a statutory demand for $3.4 million in arrears from Lendlease Global Commercia Reit, the landlord of its shuttered outlet at Jem shopping mall. The ...