KUALA LUMPUR: The nation’s sugar industry will “crash” if its current price structure is not reviewed, says Fuziah Salleh. The Deputy Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister said a review is necessary to avoid a looming crisis, adding that the review was in its final stages. She explained that …

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government must take immediate and comprehensive measures to resolve labour shortages faced by the palm oil industry, says Parti Warisan deputy president Datuk Darell Leiking. He said that there was also a need for the state sales tax of 7.5% on palm oil to be reduced …

ROME (Reuters) – The Italian government, struggling with a surge in migrant arrivals, will pass measures on Monday to lengthen the time migrants can be held and to ensure more people who have no right to stay are repatriated, officials said. The move comes after almost 10,000 migrants reached the …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Electric aircraft maker Joby Aviation will invest up to $500 million to build a new facility in Dayton, Ohio, where it will mass produce air taxis, it said on Monday. The 140-acre site at Dayton International Airport is set to be the first serial production location for …

LONDON (Reuters) – England’s Women’s Super League is confident of becoming the first billion pound ($1.24 billion) women’s soccer league in the world within 10 years, the chair of the WSL’s board said ahead of the new season that begins next month. The top flight WSL and second-tier Women’s Championship …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) does not anticipate a severe haze episode in the country soon, despite the detection of several hotspots in Indonesia and Malaysia at present. MetMalaysia director-general Muhammad Helmi Abdullah said this was based on data from the Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre, which showed a …

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit ended lower against the US dollar, as the greenback stayed firm near its six-month high ahead of several key central bank rate decisions this week, particularly from the United States Federal Reserve (US Fed). The ringgit’s performance was also in tandem with regional currencies as sentiment …

GENEVA (Reuters) -The human rights situation in Russia has significantly deteriorated since it invaded Ukraine in February last year, a United Nations expert said on Monday, describing a “systematic crackdown” on civil society and calling for redress. The report by Special Rapporteur Mariana Katzarova alleges that Russian authorities have carried …

KUALA LUMPUR: A former director of Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd (CZCSB) told the Sessions Court here on Monday (Sept 18) that he did not lie under oath while testifying in Lim Guan Eng’s corruption case. Ibrahim Sahari, 59, was responding to Lim’s lawyer Gobind Singh Deo, who was cross-examining …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra could be released on parole as early as late February, having already had an eight-year prison sentence commuted to one year following his return from self-exile, a senior corrections official said on Monday. Thailand’s most famous politician made a dramatic homecoming …