(Reuters) – Sri Lanka are free to compete internationally but next year’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup will now be hosted by South Africa, as the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed the terms of suspension of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Tuesday. Sri Lanka’s membership of the ICC was suspended with …

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Dutch voters go to the polls on Wednesday, with four major groupings vying to propose the next prime minister and succeed outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Here is a look at the top candidates: DILAN YESILGOZ, LEADER OF THE CONSERVATIVE VVD PARTY Turkish-born Yesilgoz, 46, has …

KUCHING: The Sarawak Legislative Assembly has approved a resolution authorising the initial and annual appropriation of funds to the state’s sovereign wealth fund, which is set to commence operations next year. Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah tabled a motion on Tuesday (Nov 21) seeking the withdrawal of funds from …

ROME (Reuters) – An Italian plan to build migrant camps in Albania cannot be compared to Britain’s bid to send irregular asylum seekers to Rwanda, Italy’s foreign minister said on Tuesday, adding the way requests would be handled would fully protect refugees’ rights. Earlier this month, the right-wing government led …

PETALING JAYA: Sunway Construction Group Bhd (SunCon) is cautiously optimistic of registering positive growth for the financial year ending 2023, based on its existing order book. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the group said its outstanding order book now stands at RM5.8bil, with RM2.23bil new orders secured up to …

MOUZAKI, Greece (Reuters) – Dimitris Kouretas, elected governor of Greece’s central province of Thessaly last month in the wake of calamitous floods, struggles to sleep at night. The flooding in September – Greece’s worst on record – devastated the fertile region, swept away agricultural land, roads and railways, and killed …

PETALING JAY: “I heard a loud explosion and felt the tremors before the fire spread and engulfed three stalls in an instant,” a witness of Monday’s (Nov 20) fire at Uptown Kota Damansara here recounted on Tuesday (Nov 21). Motorcycle workshop worker Zulkifli Adnan, 21, whose workplace was just in …

KUALA LUMPUR: Sports Toto Bhd is cautiously optimistic about the continued growth of its numbers forecast operator (NFO) business in Malaysia, expecting further increase in per draw sales driven by favourable consumer spending and steady economy expansion. “We recognise the concerns of outlet closures in the states of Kedah and …

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia snapped three consecutive days of losses to end at its intraday high today, as bargain hunting activities emerged following the recent sell-off. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 6.48 points to 1,463.40 from yesterday’s closing of 1,456.92. The barometer index opened …

LONDON (Reuters) – As the European Union edges closer to passing a wide-ranging set of laws governing artificial intelligence, lawmakers and experts say the surprise ousting of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman underscores the need for strict rules. Altman, cofounder of the startup that last year kicked off the generative AI …