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- Yahoo News Singapore
Singapore-registered travel agency involved with terrorism-linked foreigners; Actor Aaron Aziz’s daughter was at Setia Alam Mall during shooting: Singapore live news
Yahoo Singapore is featuring a curated selection of some of the biggest, most important, and fascinating news that's making waves online.
- Reuters
Baidu CEO says more AI spend still needed despite DeepSeek's success
Investment in data centres and cloud infrastructure is still needed despite DeepSeek challenging the cost efficiency of large AI models, Baidu CEO Robin Li said on Tuesday. Li's comments come as Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has gained global attention for developing language models that match the performance of leading systems like OpenAI's GPT while using significantly less computing power, raising questions about the necessity of massive AI infrastructure spending.
- Yahoo Finance UK
BP promises strategy reset as oil giant's profits slump
Oil giant BP's profits dropped to a fresh four-year low in the fourth quarter.
- Reuters
Singapore says detains teenager radicalised by far-right extremism
An 18-year-old Singapore student who was radicalised by violent far-right extremism online and who idolised the gunman behind deadly attacks on two mosques in New Zealand has been detained under the Internal Security Act, the government said.Nick Lee Xing Qiu identified as an "East Asian supremacist" and envisioned starting a "race war" between Chinese and Malays in Singapore, the Internal Security Department (ISD) said in statement issued on Monday. "At the point of his arrest, Lee's attack ideations were aspirational and he had no timeline to carry them out," the ISD said, adding investigations into his online contacts had not revealed any imminent threats to Singapore.
- Evening Standard
The White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood says making season 3 was 'magical and wild'
The latest series of the Emmy award-winning destination thriller begins on February 17
- The Independent
Trump dodges questions on prices despite claiming he would bring them down on ‘day one’ in office
Trump promised on campaign trail to bring down price of ‘everything’
- Reuters
Bangladesh opposition says government aims to hold polls by December
Bangladesh is working towards holding general elections by December, the party of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said after some of its officials held a meeting with Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser to the interim government. The South Asian nation has been in charge of a caretaker government led by Nobel Peace laureate Yunus since August, when mass protests forced then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to neighbouring India. Khaleda's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and rival Hasina's Awami League have governed Bangladesh for most of the past three decades.
- Evening Standard
Family 'heartbroken' as missing sailor revealed to be father from London
Londoner Charles Todd went missing after his yacht capsized off France, leaving his family devastated
- Evening Standard
Heathrow hits new passenger record in January
Trans-Atlantic growth particularly strong with UK-US traffic rising 8%
- Cover Media
Liam Gallagher wades into Oasis tour tickets resale fury
Tickets went on sale last year for the hotly anticipated Oasis Live 25 tour, which will see Liam reunite with his former bandmates including brother Noel Gallagher. Despite efforts to crack down on touts re-selling at inflated prices, it was recently revealed that all tickets sold via secondary ticket sites other than Twickets would be cancelled. Over the weekend, Oasis fans flocked to social media and complained that their tickets had been wrongfully cancelled despite being bought legitimately. Frontman Liam took to X on Monday as some fans expressed their frustration after they were mistaken for bots and saw their money returned and tickets cancelled.
- Evening Standard
FTSE 100 Live 11 February: BP boss promises 'new direction', blue-chip index seen lower
BP chief executive Murray Auchincloss today promised a new direction for the oil giant ahead of a strategy update due later this month. “It will be a new direction for BP and we look forward to sharing it at our capital markets update on 26 February.” As part of the update, BP said it intends to review elements of its financial guidance including expectations for 2025 share buybacks and capital expenditure.
- Evening Standard
Man City XI vs Real Madrid: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Champions League today
Erling Haaland is back but Pep Guardiola is sweating over a few
- BBC
Musk-led group makes $97.4bn bid for ChatGPT maker OpenAI
The billionaire's attorney, Marc Toberoff, confirmed he submitted the bid for "all assets" of the company on Monday.
- The Canadian Press
Luka Doncic makes his Lakers debut and quickly connects with LeBron James in a 132-113 win over Utah
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic was the last starter introduced by the Los Angeles Lakers, an honor normally reserved for LeBron James. When Doncic jogged into the spotlight on a darkened court through a cordon of his new teammates, his new fans stood and roared while wearing thousands of gold T-shirts with his name and number.
- PA Media: UK News
Heathrow records busiest January with 5% rise in passenger numbers
More than 6.3 million passengers travelled through the west London airport’s four terminals last month.
- The Guardian
‘Each of us is afraid’: Guinea’s junta leader tightens grip as opposition lies low
Mamady Doumbouya has led the country since a 2021 coup. Some fear he has no intention of relinquishing power
- Evening Standard
Real Madrid XI vs Man City: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Champions League today
Another defensive reshuffle for the Champions League holders
- Reuters
Australia's Macquarie joins major US banks in exiting global climate coalition
Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan - which left the alliance over the last few months. Macquarie did not provide a reason for leaving the initiative.
- Madrid Universal
How Paulo Dybala’s Serie A switch may open doors for Real Madrid youth gem to return
Real Madrid could be preparing for a significant move in the upcoming summer transfer window, as reports from Real Madrid Confidencial suggest the club may bring back one of their former rising stars....