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Hotel prices make countries to consider skipping COP30 climate summit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Dozens of countries have yet to secure accommodation at next month’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil and some delegates are considering staying away as a shortage of hotels […]
Nine GSF ships reach Egypt, en route to Gaza
PETALING JAYA: Nine new ships, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) humanitarian mission, have reached the shores of Marsa Matruh, Egypt and will continue sailing to Gaza. Read full […]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to be sentenced on prostitution-related charges for ‘Freak Offs’
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean “Diddy” Combs is due to be sentenced on Friday for prostitution-related charges, with prosecutors pushing for the hip-hop mogul to spend more than a decade in […]
Cambodian among two nabbed for ECRL cable theft
KUANTAN: Police arrested two men, including a foreign national, on suspicion of theft of cables for the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project in a raid on a rubber plantation […]
Elderly woman among five rescued from flash flood in Kedah
ALOR SETAR: An elderly woman was among five individuals rescued by the Fire and Rescue Department after they were trapped in their home during a flash flood in Kampung Machang […]
Thousands flee to Cameroon as Boko Haram seizes Nigerian border town
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) -More than 5,000 people have fled Nigeria’s northeast into neighbouring Cameroon after Boko Haram militants seized the border town of Kirawa in Borno state, residents and community leaders […]
Analysis-Moldova’s government works to secure pro-EU path after big election win
CHISINAU (Reuters) -New power lines and wind farms; swift prosecutions of alleged Russian-backed saboteurs; winning hearts and minds. Moldova’s government is focusing on its next battles to secure a future […]
UN says notion of a safe zone in southern Gaza ‘farcical’
The United Nations insisted on Friday there was no safe place for Palestinians ordered to leave Gaza City,and that Israeli-designated zones in the southern Gaza Strip were “places of death”. […]
GSF: Israel must release detained Malaysians within 72 hours, says lawyer
KUALA LUMPUR: Israel must release the Malaysian activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) currently detained at the Ketziot Camp within 72 hours, as they have signed the Request For […]
Ringgit snaps four-day winning streak to close lower on profit-taking
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit snapped its four-day uptrend to close marginally lower against the US dollar on Friday, as traders took profit amid the market uncertainty caused by the US […]