AseanPlus News

Asean News Headlines at 10pm on Thursday (Nov 14, 2024)

Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Thursday (Nov 14, 2024)

Technology

Fibre optic cables should be considered 'critical infrastructure' in Africa, Google says

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - African governments should give fibre optic cables greater protection from attacks and harmonize policies around layouts to encourage the development of tech infrastructure, a Google executive said on Thursday.

World

'Samurai death' contest cancelled after criticism for bad taste

TOKYO (AFP): An outlandish contest daring participants to impersonate Japanese Samurai writhing in pain after "seppuku" - ritual suicide - has been called off after criticism that it was in poor taste.

AseanPlus News

Supply chain snags: Airlines in Malaysia, Thailand among those affected as travel demand rebounds

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters): Asia-Pacific travel demand has recovered from the pandemic, but earnings at the region's airlines are under pressure from supply chain problems disrupting operations and exposing them to strengthening consumer protection rules, industry executives say.

Football

Soccer-Ranieri comes out of retirement to take charge of struggling Roma

(Reuters) -Italian coach Claudio Ranieri has come out of retirement at the age of 73 to take charge of AS Roma until the end of the season, the Serie A club announced on Thursday, days after sacking Croatian Ivan Juric.

Cricket

Cricket-ICC in talks with boards over non-payment of T20 World Cup dues to players

(Reuters) - The governing International Cricket Council (ICC) is in talks with several boards which have yet to pay prize money from this year's Twenty20 World Cup to the players, sources told Reuters on Thursday.

World

King Charles turns 76 after year of little celebration

LONDON (AFP): Britain's head of state King Charles III turned 76 on Thursday (Nov 14), after a torrid year in which both he and his daughter-in-law Catherine, Princess of Wales, have battled cancer.

Football

Soccer-Footballers struggle with daily online hate, says Germany's Gosens

FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) - Professional footballers are having to deal with a daily barrage of online hate that threatens their mental health, Germany international Robin Gosens said on Thursday.

World

Romania's leftist PM and far-right leader ahead in presidential race, poll shows

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's leftist Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu and the head of an opposition far-right party are in the lead ahead of a presidential election this month and so would face each other in the runoff second round, an opinion poll showed on Thursday.

Nation

Dr Wee ready to face rights and privileges committee, slams Kampar MP for twisting facts

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (BN-Ayer Hitam) is ready to face the Rights and Privileges Committee if he is required to do so over his recent remarks on the government’s Central Database Hub (Padu).

Nation

Police revisit Taman OUG after discovery of woman’s remains in freezer

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have returned to a house in Taman OUG here, where the body of an elderly woman was kept in a freezer for three years.

Technology

EU fines Meta 797 million euros over abusive practices benefiting Facebook Marketplace

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission on Thursday fined Meta Platforms €797.72 million ($840.24 million) over abusive practices benefiting Facebook Marketplace, it said in a statement, confirming an earlier report by Reuters.

Brunei

Talks spotlight cyberbullying in Brunei schools

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Students from Mulaut Primary School participated in talks by the Public Relations Unit, Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF) and the Prisons Department Wednesday (Nov 13) as part of the BEST Week programme (Bantu, Empati, Sayangi, Tanggungjawab).

Other Sports

German soccer club St Pauli quits X platform over alleged hate speech

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Bundesliga club St Pauli said on Thursday it was withdrawing from X because the social media platform had become an 'amplifier of hate' that could influence German politics.

Other Sports

Alpine skiing-American Vonn to come out of retirement at 40 after knee surgery

(Reuters) -American skiing great Lindsey Vonn will come out of retirement at the age 40 to rejoin the U.S. ski team, U.S. Ski & Snowboard said on Thursday after she returned to training following a successful knee surgery earlier this year.

World

Brazil police ID dead bomber outside Supreme Court ahead of G20

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Police have identified the man who killed himself in a blast outside Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday night as a former city council candidate from ex-President Jair Bolsonaro's right-wing party with a history of heated political rhetoric online.

Nation

Duo nabbed hours after robbing Sg Petani store, cops uncover cache of explosives, drugs

SUNGAI PETANI: The swift arrest of two suspected robbers near here on Sunday (Nov 10) led police to the recovery of a firearm, explosives, and drugs.

Technology

ASML CEO says AI boom benefits the company

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - ASML CEO Christoph Fouquet said on Thursday the ongoing boom in AI computer chips would help ASML by increasing the relative share of advanced logic and memory chips being made, leading to more sales of the company's best tools.

Vietnam

Vietnam looks to restart nuclear power projects

HANOI: Vietnam wants to restart nuclear power plans to meet its rapidly expanding energy needs, the government has said, after it scrapped two multibillion-dollar projects in 2016.

Tennis

Tennis-Czech teenager Bartunkova to resume career after accepting six-month doping ban

(Reuters) - Former Wimbledon junior runner-up Nikola Bartunkova has been given the green light to return to action on the WTA Tour after she accepted a six-month doping ban for unwittingly ingesting a banned substance in a contaminated supplement.