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Core inflation in Japan’s capital slows, falling below central bank’s 2% target
TOKYO: Annual core inflation in Japan’s capital slowed in February as food price hikes run their course, data showed on Friday, offering consumers some relief but complicating the central bank’s […]
Warmer winters leave Pakistan festival on thin ice
HUNZA VALLEY, Pakistan, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Every winter for decades, the pool in front of Aleena Gul’s house in Pakistan’s Hunza Valley has transformed into an ice rink, framed […]
Water no help as five die in fire
RAUB: As a fire raged in their house, a man, his wife and his daughter sought refuge in the bathroom, hiding in a tub of water to escape the flames. […]
Seven schools in Kulai ordered to close temporarily
KULAI: Seven schools involving over 6,000 pupils have been ordered to close temporarily as 80 pupils displayed symptoms such as eye irritation, headaches and cough following the fire at a […]
Embrace Chinese, accept BM status
SERDANG: Malaysians should be encouraged to better their command of the Chinese language – now an economic language of the world, as long as the constitutional status of Bahasa Malaysia […]
Five family members who perished in a predawn fire laid to rest in Raub
RAUB: The remains of a family of five who died in a house fire in Kampung Pamah Kulat early Thursday morning (Feb 26) were laid to rest at the Bukit […]
Hold off Iran travels, says Tok Mat
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians have been advised against travelling to Iran as tensions rise between the country and the United States. Read full story Date: 27 February, 2026 9:04 am Source: […]
Bank of Mexico raises 2026 economic growth forecast to 1.6 pct
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — The Bank of Mexico said Thursday that it has raised its 2026 economic growth forecast for the country to 1.6 percent, up from 1.1 […]
Bolivia confirms 5th death from Chikungunya fever as cases spike
LA PAZ, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — Bolivia recorded its fifth death from Chikungunya outbreak in the eastern department of Santa Cruz while infections from the virus keep surging, the Departmental […]
Urgent: Budapest-Belgrade railway resumes freight operations in Hungary
BUDAPEST, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — Freight services on the Hungarian section of the Budapest-Belgrade railway officially resumed just after midnight on Friday, with the first train departing from Budapest’s Ferencvaros […]