WASHINGTON: U.S. consumer prices increased by the most in more than a year in August amid a surge in the cost of gasoline, but a moderate rise in underlying inflation could encourage the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates on hold next Wednesday. The consumer price index increased by 0.6% …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU chief Ursula von der Leyen set out a vision on Wednesday of an enlarged European Union that would include Ukraine – but Kyiv still has a way to go to get the green light for membership talks, with Hungary seen as a potential block. EU countries …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s government has told a court that Elon Musk’s X is a “habitual non-compliant platform” and for years has not followed many orders to remove content, undermining the government’s role, according to a legal filing reviewed by Reuters. The remarks were contained in an Aug. 24 …

MELAKA: The mental well-being of healthcare workers must be prioritised, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye. The Alliance for A Safe Community chairman said a study conducted by the Health Ministry’s Institute for Health Behavioural Research in April 2020 discovered that 14.2% out of 6,616 healthcare workers surveyed in both …

GENEVA (Reuters) – Azerbaijan said on Wednesday that two humanitarian aid convoys for the ethnic Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh enclave could set off “within hours” – one from Armenia, and one from its own territory – if a road from the Azerbaijani side is unblocked. Internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but …

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia’s barometer index unexpectedly made a positive ending with slight gains despite cautious trading throughout the day. Investors, meanwhile, await the release of the United States inflation data later which could influence the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) policy outlook. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM …

SUBOTICA, Serbia (Reuters) – Serbia has sent special forces to the border with Hungary as hundreds of migrants a day try to reach the European Union. With Serbia on the main route for refugees from Asia, Africa and the Middle East, mainly coming through Turkey, the police have long been …

PARIS (Reuters) – Apple said on Wednesday its iPhone 12 model was certified by multiple international bodies as compliant with global radiation standards after a French watchdog ordered it to stop selling the handset on the grounds it breaches European exposure limits. The ANFR radiation watchdog told Apple on Tuesday …

YAN: Kedah is prepared to provide the site for the building of a rare earth elements (REE) processing plant following the federal government’s plan to ban the export of the material. Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor said the state government has identified a number of sites …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s southern state of Kerala shut some schools, offices and public transport, authorities said on Wednesday, as they scrambled to rein in the spread of the rare and deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus that has killed two people. An adult and a child are still infected in hospital, …