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World Cup fever muted in Iran under shadow of war, hardship

Iran's national team faced challenges with its US visas held up until the night before their departure.

Higher pay attracts new blood to bus industry, but job demands make retention a challenge, say bus captains

One driver said newcomers may not be prepared to face the gruelling realities of the job, such as long work hours and split shifts.

Labour mayor Burnham signals he would run in leadership contest against UK's Starmer

LONDON, June 4 - Labour mayor Andy Burnham signalled on Thursday he would run in any leadership race against Prime Minister Keir Starmer, saying that if he won a local election later this month he would seek to join any challenge against the British leader.

Shnaider gives Andreeva early read on Chwalinska challenge

World Cup merchandise race heats up as retailers grapple with sourcing challenges

Supply chain disruptions and the tournament's expanded format have made sourcing more difficult for some retailers.

France fines Shein $26 million over consumer rule breaches; Shein to challenge

More red tape, less progress: China’s cadres struggle to adopt ‘error tolerance’

Beijing has long called for easing the burden of local cadres and reining in formalism and bureaucratic excess - a long-standing challenge within China’s vast administrative system.

'First overt challenge' to Pritam Singh's WP leadership could bring closure one way or the other: Analysts

The closeness in the timing of the special cadre members conference and the party’s biennial Central Executive Committee election on Jun 28 means that by the end of that day, there would be absolute clarity on the WP leadership, said political observers.

Singapore studying ways to better support at-risk workers before job losses: Desmond Choo

Rather than helping workers recover after they have fallen out of employment, the focus should be on intervening earlier, said the National Trades Union Congress deputy secretary-general.

Singapore High Court dismisses Indonesian fugitive Paulus Tannos' bid to challenge extradition process

The High Court ruled that businessman Paulus Tannos had failed to establish a sufficient basis to allow a judicial review of a decision by Singapore's Law Minister to proceed with Indonesia's extradition request.

Nvidia launches Windows laptop chip in consumer PC push

Analysts say Nvidia's move challenges the likes of Apple, Intel and AMD in the PC domain.

Dell unveils $699 XPS 13 laptop in challenge to Apple's MacBook Neo

Malaysia slams 'deafening silence' over scrapped Norway missile deal

Malaysia and Norway have fallen into a diplomatic dispute this month since the latter revoked export approvals for certain technologies.

Ousted Turkish opposition leader Ozel draws thousands in Ankara protest

ANKARA, May 30 - Turkey's ousted opposition leader Ozgur Ozel showed he can still command strong support on Saturday, drawing a crowd of thousands in Ankara despite a court ruling that removed him from office and dealt a blow to President Tayyip Erdogan's challengers.

Vietnam's To Lam warns of three global crises, sets out solutions in Shangri-La Dialogue keynote address

The Vietnamese leader spoke of the challenges facing the world, including the erosion of international rules and law, a crisis in development models characterised by slowing growth and climate change, and a crisis of trust among nations.

Rublev staves off Borges challenge to reach French Open last 16

Singapore security employee union says it stands by officers involved in Hong Kong school principal incident

The Union of Security Employees said that it stood firmly behind the officers, who had been placed in an incredibly challenging operational environment.

Kenyan high court suspends plan for US Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya

Kenya rights group Katiba Institute went to court on May 28 to challenge the plan.

Colombia presidential candidate De La Espriella proposes mega-prisons, crime crackdown

BOGOTA, May 28 - Abelardo De La Espriella, a lawyer and businessman with no political experience, is seeking to become Colombia's next president on Sunday, challenging both the left and the traditional right with a promise to crack down on illegal armed groups, drug trafficking and crime.

In Cornyn’s enormous loss, proof of Trump’s hold over GOP base

Senator John Cornyn of Texas was clobbered by his MAGA-aligned challenger, Mr Ken Paxton.