JAKARTA (Reuters) – Around 200 Rohingya reached the shores of Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday, the head of the provincial fishing community said, the third boat to arrive in as many days and taking total arrivals over this period to about 600. Many members of the ethnic Rohingya Muslims, a …

KUALA LUMPUR: United Plantations Bhd believes it is shaping up to be a very satisfactory year, based on current palm oil prices and the company’s efforts to secure the budgeted crop in the final quarter of 2023. The plantations firm announced in a stock exchange filing its third-quarter net profit, …

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang government is allocating RM54,262,200 for this year’s i-Sejahtera programme, a strategic initiative to improve the welfare system and well-being of the people in the state. State Social Development, Welfare and Non-Islamic Affairs Committee chairman Lim Siew Khim said the programme aims to increase liveability and improve …

MADRID (Reuters) – Acting Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was expected to end four months of political deadlock in Spain on Thursday by securing backing in a parliamentary vote for another term. Sanchez, who has governed since 2018, believes he has 179 votes in the 350-seat assembly to win the …

(Reuters) – The Oversight Board for Instagram-owner Meta Platforms said on Thursday it was reviewing the app’s decision to leave up, remove, and then reinstate, a post that showed a man confronting a woman in Iran for not wearing the hijab in public. The Oversight Board was created in late …

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Red Bull’s Max Verstappen isn’t buying into the turbo-charged hype around Formula One’s return to Las Vegas, describing the race as 99% show, 1% sport. Having clinched the drivers’ crown weeks ago, Verstappen had already taken much of the drama out of Saturday night’s race and …

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit closed easier against the US dollar today as the greenback rebounded from an over two-month low earlier this week on the back of a stronger-than-expected United States (US) retail sales data. The data for October again prompted uncertainties surrounding the US interest rate path, a dealer …

KUALA LUMPUR: An investigating officer in Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s case involving the misappropriation of RM2.3bil of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds told the High Court on Thursday (Nov 16) that 1MDB’s former general attorney, Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, would be a vital witness to unveil all the issues …

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s Peronist Economy Minister Sergio Massa may be about to pull off a political miracle: win a presidential election despite being at the helm of the country’s worst economic crisis in decades and with inflation nearing 150%. The 51-year-old political wheeler-dealer pulled off an unexpected first …

KUALA LUMPUR: The government will continue to offer fixed fares for airline tickets during festive seasons, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke. He said that similar to what has been practised during festivities this year, the government will encourage airline operators to add more frequency to cope with the travel demand. …