BUENOS AIRES/BARILOCHE (Reuters) – A spate of looting of stores and supermarkets around Argentina has led to dozens of arrests, a possible sign of increasing volatility with inflation over 100% and a tense race to general elections in October. The looting, from southern Patagonian city Bariloche to wine region Mendoza …

(Reuters) – Russian authorities are working on a draft presidential decree to give the country’s retail investors a way to unblock their frozen assets held in overseas accounts and sell them to foreign parties, the central bank said on Wednesday. International sanctions against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine have …

(Reuters) – Scotland have an all-new front row and Darcy Graham back on the wing for their final Rugby World Cup warm-up fixture against Georgia at Murrayfield on Saturday, as scrumhalf Ben White also returns from injury. Dave Cherry gets a run at hooker with props Jamie Bhatti and WP …

PETALING JAYA: Citaglobal Bhd will continue embarking on opportunities to improve contributions of the civil engineering and construction sector besides the energy division. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the engineering company said it would implement initiatives including acquisition growth while actively tendering for projects to further strengthen its financial …

KOTA KINABALU: WWF-Malaysia has urged the Sabah government to disclose the designated areas which are part of the initial 600,000ha under the Nature Conservation Agreement (NCA). The non-governmental organisation in a statement on Wednesday (Aug 23) said this was to avoid further confusion surrounding the NCA. The state government’s deal …

SARANDA, Albania (Reuters) – A waiter in an Albanian restaurant in the coastal resort town of Saranda apologised to newly arriving customers that little or nothing was still available on the menu. “Italians have eaten everything because Italy is occupying us again, this time for good,” the waiter joked, while …

(Reuters) – Signups for Netflix in the United States remain elevated despite a fall from June’s record high after the video-streaming pioneer’s crackdown on shared passwords came into effect in May, according to data from research firm Antenna. “Love is sharing a password,” Netflix had posted on X – then …

(Reuters) – Formula One statistics for Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, the 13th race of the 22-round season. Lap distance: 4.259km. Total distance: 306.587km (72 laps) 2022 pole position: Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Red Bull one minute 10.342 seconds. 2022 race winner: Verstappen Race lap record: Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes …

WALL Street was set to open higher on Wednesday, with the spotlight firmly on Nvidia as investors wait to see if its results could reignite an artificial intelligence-powered rally in megacap growth stocks. Rising bets that Nvidia’s revenue target will once again surpass Wall Street estimates pushed the chipmaker’s stock …

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian authorities have arrested six people accused of running a decade-long poaching syndicate that sold deer meat, porcupine and protected birds, a top wildlife official said on Wednesday (Aug 23). The group used encrypted social media apps to run the illegal business in the wildlife-rich Southeast Asian …