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Football
Soccer-McFarlane backs Chelsea to overcome Wembley hoodoo in FA Cup final
May 14 (Reuters) - Chelsea caretaker manager Calum McFarlane dismissed speculation regarding his permanent successor on Thursday, insisting his sole focus remains on ending the club's domestic trophy drought in Saturday's FA Cup final against Manchester City.
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World
Five Italians die in Maldives diving incident, foreign ministry says
ROME, May 14 (Reuters) - Five Italian nationals have died following a scuba diving accident in the Maldives, Italy's foreign ministry said on Thursday.
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World
At Cannes, Japanese director Fukada says AI undermines the creative process
CANNES, France, May 14 (Reuters) - Using artificial intelligence to "jump straight to the result" could mean art fails to achieve its purposes of self-expression and to deepen our understanding of the world, Japanese filmmaker Koji Fukada said at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday.
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Football
Soccer-Champions League race overshadowed as Serie A serves up fixture chaos
May 14 (Reuters) - The penultimate round of the Serie A campaign promises an intriguing fight for places in next season's Champions League, but a fixture scheduling stand-off between the league and local authorities has left the weekend's matches shrouded in uncertainty.
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Football
Soccer-Chelsea seek FA Cup salvation after tumultuous season, Man City still eye treble
LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - A season that began with Chelsea as FIFA Club World Cup winners has unravelled into poor form, managerial upheaval and fan protests, but redemption could still come in Saturday's FA Cup final against Manchester City.
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AseanPlus News
Selangor coach Kim Pan-gon thanks his players for a wonderful present in the Shopee Cup
Shopee Star of the Match Chrigor Moraes scored twice at Thien Truong Stadium as the Malaysia Super League side completed a 4-1 aggregate win over V.League 1 champions Nam Dinh.
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Nation
Global supply crisis: Transport Ministry implements intervention across land, air, maritime sector
PUTRAJAYA: The Transport Ministry is implementing a more comprehensive and integrated intervention approach across the land, air, and maritime sectors to ensure the people's well-being is maintained despite facing increasingly challenging global supply chain uncertainties.
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Brunei
Brunei Crown Prince meets Party Secretary of Shenzhen, China
SHENZEN, (China): His Royal Highness Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah, Brunei's Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office, on Thursday (May 14) attended a meeting with Party Secretary of Shenzhen Jin Lei.
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Technology
Italy parents’ group faces Meta, TikTok in Milan court over minors’ social media use
ROME, May 14 (Reuters) - An Italian parents' group and a number of families faced off against Meta and TikTok on Thursday in the first hearing of a lawsuit that seeks to restrict minors' access to social media platforms.
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Nation
PM wants Mara's role strengthened as core institution for Bumiputera
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wants Majlis Amanah Rakyat's (Mara) role to be further strengthened as a core institution for Bumiputera empowerment through a more equitable, inclusive and comprehensive development agenda.
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Technology
Anthropic, Gates Foundation launch $200 million partnership for AI in health, education
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14 (Reuters) - Anthropic and the Gates Foundation have pledged $200 million to back artificial intelligence-related public goods and areas including health and education, they said on Thursday.
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Myanmar
Myanmar releases anti-online scam bill for public consultation
YANGON: Myanmar has released the Anti-Online Scam Bill for public observation and recommendations before submitting it to the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Union Parliament), according to the state-owned newspaper The Mirror on Thursday (May 14).
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Nation
Pangkor boat tragedy: Ninth body found, five still missing
IPOH: Another body of a victim from the boat carrying Indonesian illegal immigrants that sank in the waters off Pulau Pangkor was found Thursday (May 14) evening, bringing the death toll so far to nine.
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Technology
Elon Musk's court battle against OpenAI enters homestretch
OAKLAND, California, May 14 (Reuters) - A trial that may shape the future of OpenAI enters its final stages on Thursday, as lawyers for Elon Musk try to convince a jury to hold the ChatGPT maker's leaders responsible for transforming the nonprofit into a vehicle to enrich themselves.
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AseanPlus News
Asean News Headlines at 10pm on Thursday (May 14, 2026)
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Thursday (May 14, 2026)
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Nation
Full EIA reports not open for download due to security concerns, says DOE
PUTRAJAYA: Full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) reports are not made publicly available for download to safeguard ownership and copyright protection, information security, and national security interests, says the Environment Department (DOE).
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World
Taliban detains three journalists in Afghanistan, UN says
KABUL, May 14 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban government has detained at least three journalists on unspecified charges, the United Nations mission there said on Thursday in a statement that called for the protection of reporters.
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Nation
JB cops found man dead in pool of blood next to a knife
JOHOR BARU: Police are probing the motive behind the murder of a local man which took place in a unit at an apartment building near here.
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World
King Charles visits Jewish area of London hit by antisemitic attacks
LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - King Charles was greeted by cheering crowds on Thursday when he visited an area of London which has suffered a spate of antisemitic attacks in recent weeks, in a show of support for Britain's fearful Jewish communities.
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Nation
Malaysia slams Israeli Minister's Al-Aqsa incursion
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has condemned in the strongest terms the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound by a Zionist Israeli minister, describing the move as a grave provocation that risks further inflaming tensions in occupied East Jerusalem.
