MASIS, Armenia (Reuters) – For the third time in her life, Elada Sargsyan is a refugee. Born in the Azerbaijani capital Baku, Sargsyan fled her hometown in 1988, aged 19, as the Soviet Union began to fall apart. The city’s once-large Armenian minority were driven out in violence triggered by …

KUALA LUMPUR: Reform efforts being undertaken on the separation of powers between the Attorney-General Chambers and the public prosecutor’s office is a lengthy process, says Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said (pic). As a nation with diverse laws, the government needed …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s opposition faces a “herculean task” in next year’s general elections against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which wrested control of key states in a surprisingly strong showing in local polls. The defeat of Congress in all three heartland states, which was …

KUALA LUMPUR: Bioalpha Holdings Bhd’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Bioalpha Wellness Sdn Bhd has entered into a manage and operate agreement with the Langkawi Development Authority (LADA) to develop, manage, and operate an agro park in Langkawi, Kedah (Langkawi Agro Park). LADA is an agency under the Ministry of Finance, tasked to …

KOTA KINABALU: At least 12,000 sea turtles were believed to have been slaughtered as police seized about 9,000kg of its meat being dried in a fishing trawler in waters off Sabah’s northern Pulau Banggi. Describing it as the biggest marine police seizure this year, Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Jauteh Dikun …

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s incoming government aims to strike a trade agreement between the European Union and Latin American economies, the country’s future Foreign Minister Diana Mondino told Reuters, as a deal under the current administration looks increasingly unlikely. Mercosur members Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay are set to …

IPOH: Two to three Perak Perikatan Nasional state assemblymen are planning to declare their support for the unity government, claims a PKR assemblyman. Hulu Kinta assemblyman Muhamad Arafat Varisai Mahamad said these few Opposition representatives might declare their support in the next sitting. He made the revelation when debating the …

KUALA LUMPUR: KJTS Group Bhd has signed an underwriting agreement with Hong Leong Investment Bank Bhd (HLIB) for its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd. According to its draft prospectus, the IPO involves the issuance of approximately 218.03 million new ordinary shares, …

MONTREAL: Rapid developments in artificial intelligence – and recent turmoil at industry powerhouse OpenAI – have brought fresh attention to a key hub of ethics research related to the technology in Montreal, led by Canadian “godfather of AI” Yoshua Bengio. Bengio – who in 2018 shared with Geoffrey Hinton and …

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Bar has filed a judicial review over the Attorney General’s (AG) decision involving Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s 47 charges. On Sept 4, the AG applied for a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) for the Deputy Prime Minister’s charges. ALSO READ: We never ‘withdrew’ …