ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The U.N. refugee agency on Wednesday urged Pakistan to halt deportation of undocumented Afghan refugees during the harsh winter season, as police continued to search homes and expel Afghanis who had not already left. Islamabad last month announced it would expel over a million undocumented refugees, mostly …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Upstart online retailers Temu.com and Shein are drawing millions of window-shoppers to their websites this holiday season, but they far lag market leader Amazon.com where it counts – turning those visits into actual sales. Nine out of ten visitors to their websites were window shoppers, not …

KUALA LUMPUR: No one can question Malaysia’s unwavering support for the Palestinian cause, says Palestine Ambassador to Malaysia Walid Abu Ali. He noted that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had consistently raised the issue loudly and clearly on the international stage. The senior diplomat pointed to various international gatherings, …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a forest monitoring system that will use satellites to track threats such as climate change-fuelled wildfires and illegal logging. Climate change is taking a mounting toll on Europe’s forests, as extreme heat and drought increase the risk of deadly wildfires. Nearly …

KUALA LUMPUR: Neither the government nor the National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd (NFCorp) has decided to appeal against the High Court’s decision last month that gave a partial judgment against the NFCorp. The matter was confirmed by senior federal counsel Nurhafizza Azizan who represented the government. “Neither the government nor …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Group of 20 leading economies on Wednesday that it was necessary to think about how to stop “the tragedy” of the war in Ukraine, and said Moscow had never refused to participate in peace talks with Kyiv. Putin’s decision to send …

(Reuters) – Four U.S. lawmakers have asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether Elon Musk committed securities fraud by allegedly misleading investors about the safety of a brain implant being developed by the billionaire’s firm Neuralink, according to a letter to the regulator. The request for an inquiry …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will carry out a safety audit of more than two dozen tunnels it is building after one such tunnel in the Himalayas collapsed this month, trapping 41 construction workers, the government said on Wednesday. Rescuers have been battling to …

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s libertarian President-elect Javier Milei is sticking by his plans for economic “shock” therapy to fix the country’s myriad crises from triple-digit inflation to rising poverty and a dearth of foreign currency reserves. In an interview late on Tuesday, Milei said that his government, which will …

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s main border crossing with Ukraine saw long queues on Wednesday, the customs authority said, with haulers re-routing from crossings in Poland and Slovakia amid blockades there as truckers seek restrictions on Ukrainian drivers. Trucks at the Poland-Ukraine crossing are backed up for miles as Polish truckers …