EAGLE PASS, Texas (Reuters) – The leafy trees on Magali and Hugo Urbina’s 350-acre orchard next to the Rio Grande river in Eagle Pass, Texas, should be bursting with pecans this time of year. Instead, most are barren. The Urbinas blame the clouds of dust kicked up by Texas officials …

ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s culture minister has talked to Tesla boss Elon Musk about organising an ancient Rome-themed charity event after the U.S. entrepreneur said his planned fight with Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg would have such a backdrop. However, adding to the uncertainty around the potential clash of the tech giants, …

(Reuters) – Arsenal are satisfied with their early transfers ahead of the new Premier League season but the club has not ruled out any more business before the window closes, manager Mikel Arteta said on Friday. Arsenal signed Declan Rice, Kai Havertz and Jurrien Timber for a total of over …

GEORGE TOWN: It was a party-like atmosphere as Pakatan Harapan held its final ceramah at the Karpal Singh Drive on the eve of polling day for the Penang state election. More than 3,000 people attended the mega ceramah, which started at about 7.30pm on Friday (Aug 11). Among the speakers …

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran may free five detained U.S. citizens as part of a deal under which $6 billion in Iranian funds in South Korea would be unfrozen and has moved four of them from jail to house arrest. Following are the prisoners in Iran who will be moved to …

PETALING JAYA: Rain and thunderstorms are forecast in all six states where elections will take place on Saturday (Aug 12), and the Election Commission (EC) is urging voters to plan ahead. EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Ghani Salleh said given the weather forecast on polling day, voters should make the …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – France will look to take advantage of the pressure on Women’s World Cup co-hosts Australia as home expectations soar before Saturday’s quarter-final showdown in Brisbane, while European champions England take on Colombia in Sydney. Apart from the United States, who won the 1999 tournament and reached the …

KAHULUI, Hawaii (Reuters) – Search teams on Maui on Friday will comb through the charred ruins of Lahaina looking for more victims of a wildfire that ripped through the Kingdom of Hawaii’s onetime capital, with officials expecting the death toll of 55 to rise. The inferno, which erupted on Tuesday, …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India plans to roll out welfare measures for “gig” workers employed through platforms like Amazon, Uber and India’s Zomato as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government prepares for elections, government and trade union officials said. The plan, part of the Social Security Code enacted in 2020, could …

SAN FRANCISCO: Linda Yaccarino, CEO of social media platform X, said Thursday that the company formerly known as Twitter is “close” to breaking even and is hiring to beef up a staff slashed by owner Elon Musk. Yaccarino shared the news during a CNBC interview in which she defended the …