JOHOR BARU: Local tourism players are gearing up for the upcoming Asia-Pacific Climate Week (APCW) 2023. Johor Tourist Guides Association chairman, Jimmy Leong, said said on Monday (Nov 6) that with Johor Baru playing host, it will be a test for both the tourism industry and state government. Leong, the …

(Reuters) – Radio Free Europe fears Russia has taken one of its journalists “hostage” for a potential prisoner swap with the United States and is appealing to Moscow not to treat her cruelly, the broadcaster’s acting president has said. Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), …

(Reuters) – Aeva Technologies on Monday said that it has signed a deal to produce sensors for Nikon industrial machines that can scan objects like cars coming off an assembly line for microscopic defects. Mountain View, California-based Aeva develops what are called lidar sensors, which are often found on cars …

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Australia have recovered from the rough start to their World Cup campaign and are peaking at the right time heading into the business end of the tournament, batsman Steve Smith said ahead of Tuesday’s match against Afghanistan. Since losing to India and South Africa in their first …

(Reuters) – A large group of Russia’s former Wagner mercenaries has started training with special forces from the southern Russian region of Chechnya, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Monday. Wagner played a prominent role in some of the fiercest fighting of Russia’s war in Ukraine, but its future was …

KUALA LUMPUR: 10 relief centres are operating in Selangor and Perak to accommodate flood victims as of 8pm on Monday (Nov 11). In Selangor, the number of flood evacuees dropped to 547 from 144 families, compared with 579 from 157 families this morning. According to the Social Welfare Department’s Info …

BERLIN (Reuters) – Chef Omar Ben Hammou found opening his Berlin seafood restaurant tough enough amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Then Russia invaded Ukraine, basic foodstuffs right down to cooking oil grew more expensive, interest rates began to climb and a labour shortage set in. And now Ben Hammou faces another …

MANCHESTER (Reuters) – Holders Manchester City will qualify for the Champions League knockout rounds with two games to spare with victory over Young Boys on Tuesday but they may have to do it without Erling Haaland. The Norwegian goal machine twisted his ankle during the 6-1 hammering of Bournemouth in …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Prime Minister says the National Economic Action Council agreed on three proposals to end hardcore poverty in the country. Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who chaired the council’s meeting, said it agreed that special monthly cash assistance would be considered to overcome the food poverty line for households …

(Reuters) – Slovakia’s new Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has pledged to halt the country’s military aid for neighbouring Ukraine, said on Monday he had no intention of preventing private defence companies’ exports. NATO member Slovakia is home to makers of artillery ammunition as well as heavy military vehicles such …