(Reuters) – Manchester United said they are taking seriously assault allegations against striker Antony that, amid a police investigation, led him to be dropped from Brazil’s national squad for two World Cup qualifiers. Brazil’s soccer federation (CBF) announced Antony’s withdrawal on Monday, after local media outlet UOL published allegations physical …

PETALING JAYA: It will be up to voters in the upcoming by-elections in Johor to judge Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for issuing a political fatwa, says MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. Dr Wee also said political parties are also free to use any election …

WALL Street was set to open lower on Wednesday as concerns about sticky inflation kept investors on edge ahead of key data, including the Federal Reserve’s report on the U.S. economy, which could help determine the bank’s interest rate path. A rise in Treasury yields and oil prices had pushed …

KUALA LUMPUR: Bintang Capital Partners Bhd has won the Innovative Investment (for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) category at the Asean Business Awards 2023 that was held recently. In a statement released, the Malaysian private equity firm said the award, which was hosted by the Asean Business Advisory Council (ABAC), …

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -The EU Commission on Wednesday designated 22 services of six major tech companies as “gatekeepers” of online services providing messaging to video sharing in its latest crackdown on Big Tech. The firms are Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft and TikTok owner ByteDance. Under the DMA, which came into …

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Kenny Goh Chee Keong and Muhammad Roslin Hashim have reached a settlement in a defamation suit after Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) secretary-general received an apology from the country’s former men’s singles shuttler in the High Court here. Muhammad Roslin, 48, when reading his statement of apology …

N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – The United States is imposing sanctions on the deputy leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over human rights abuses, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations will announce during a trip to Chad’s border with Sudan on Wednesday. The move to target Abdelrahim Dagalo – …

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended higher today, driven by bargain-hunting in selected financial and energy blue chips amid a mixed performance in regional markets, dealers said. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 5.79 points to end at 1,460.62 from 1,454.83 at Tuesday’s close. The barometer …

OSLO (Reuters) – Meta Platforms can be fined for breaching users’ privacy, a Norwegian court ruled on Wednesday, stopping an attempt by the owner of Facebook and Instagram to halt a fine imposed by the country’s data regulator. Meta has been fined one million crowns ($93,200) per day since Aug. …

MADRID (Reuters) – Former Spain’s women’s team coach Jorge Vilda said on Wednesday that he didn’t expect to be fired by the country’s football federation (RFEF), adding it was “unfair” and “undeserved” weeks after winning the Women’s World Cup. The RFEF announced the decision to sack Vilda on Tuesday, after …