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Baidu to test drive autonomous cars in the U.S.

Baidu will soon start testing autonomous cars in the U.S., part of the Chinese tech giant’s effort to introduce a commercially viable model by 2018.

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The Golden State Warriors workout

Full-court, one-on-one basketball is a killer workout for Bob Myers, the general manager of the team looking to finish the season with the best record in NBA history

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Is Lee Se-dol the right Go champion to stop Google?

South Korean grandmaster beaten in the first game of a tournament against artificial intelligence project AlphaGo

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Aung San Suu Kyi's party names Htin Kyaw as Myanmar presidential nominee

Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) has nominated Mr Htin Kyaw, long-time party veteran and close personal friend of party leader Aung San Suu Kyi, for the position of president of Myanmar.

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Former Malaysian PM Mahathir looking for 'core group' to oust Najib

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's exit from Umno on Monday was no mere strop after failing to force Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak out of office.

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It's make or break on Super Tuesday

It is the kind of campaign he said he would never run. But Senator Marco Rubio, seeing his path to the Republican nomination for the US presidential election growing narrower, has decided that the only way to defeat Mr Donald Trump is to fight like him: rough, dirty and mean.

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The best and worst of the Oscars

hris Rock provoked, “Spotlight” stunned — and not every joke landed quite right. Below, some of the most memorable moments of the night.

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All eyes on Donald Trump on Super Tuesday

​Billionaire Donald Trump heads into the biggest day of the primary season tomorrow under heavy fire as the Republican Party establishment makes a last-ditch effort to halt his insurgent campaign.

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Oscar predictions 2016: and the winners will be …

After months reporting on the awards season, Cara Buckley, the Carpetbagger, predicts the Oscar winners. Make your own selections on our Oscar ballot.

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For Apple, a search for a moral high ground in a heated debate

Apple initially assisted the F.B.I., but is now fighting a government order directing it to create a new piece of software to open the phone, contending that its position is meant to protect the privacy of its customers.

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Singapore lawyers warn of 1998-like pain as debt defaults spread

Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, South-east Asia's largest law firm, reckons the region's rising bond defaults will inflict as much pain on creditors as the financial crises of 2008 and 1998.

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Time to ease property curbs, say Singaporean developers

The head of the property developers' body here says it is time to wind back property cooling measures given an oversupply of housing and a fragile economy.

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Amazon is said to be planning an expansion into retail bookstores

Amazon signs may be headed to more physical storefronts. The Internet retailer plans to open more brick-and-mortar bookstores following the unveiling last year of one such location here in its hometown.

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MACC told to 'engage with' A-G on Najib probe

Two oversight panels have advised the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to "engage with" the Attorney-General, saying he owed the public an explanation for his decision to clear the Prime Minister of criminal wrongdoing over millions of dollars found in the latter's personal bank accounts.

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Abe Vigoda, of ‘Godfather’ and ‘Barney Miller,’ dies at 94

Abe Vigoda, the sad-faced actor who emerged from a workmanlike stage career to find belated fame in the 1970s.