MOSCOW (Reuters) – Maria Andreeva, whose husband has been fighting in Ukraine for more than a year, is also waging a battle in Moscow: to get him home. She is not alone. A growing movement of Russian women is demanding the return from the front of their husbands, sons and …

KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution has withdrawn their appeal to reverse lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah’s acquittal in two money laundering cases involving RM9.5mil allegedly received from former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and two other charges for making false declarations to the Inland Revenue Board (IRB). A …

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday called for a thorough investigation into a military drone attack that the state emergency agency in northern Kaduna state said killed at least 85 people at the weekend. The state’s governor, a religious leader and witnesses told Reuters on Monday that …

The popular mall reopens with a contemporary look and new offerings ONE of Malaysia’s leading general merchandise stores and supermarket chains Aeon Co. (M) Bhd, proudly celebrated a momentous achievement with the official reopening of Aeon Mall Cheras Selatan. Situated near Balakong, Cheras, Aeon Mall Cheras Selatan first welcomed the …

LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Corp will invest roughly 473 million euros ($514 million) to take a 51% equity stake in Cubic Telecom that will give the Dublin-based connected-vehicle technology provider greater access to Asian automakers. The Japanese telecommunications arm of tech investment giant SoftBank Group and Cubic “will form a …

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s Glenn Maxwell has not given up hope of playing test cricket again and says his record in the subcontinent could earn him a recall for the first time in more than seven years when the team tour Sri Lanka in early 2025. The subcontinent has been …

OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s minority Labour-led government has struck a deal with two opposition parties to open Arctic oceans to mineral exploration, a key step on the way to full-scale seabed mining, a spokesperson for one of the parties told Reuters on Wednesday. The deal comes as Norway hopes to …

KUALA LUMPUR: The sustainability of the media industry, empowering the digital economy and resolving issues of internet infrastructure and service quality in remote areas will be among the focus of the Communications and Digital Ministry next year. Its Minister Fahmi Fadzil said he viewed the sustainability of the media industry …

Tech leaders have been vocal proponents of the need to regulate artificial intelligence, but they’re also lobbying hard to make sure the new rules work in their favour. That’s not to say they all want the same thing. Facebook parent Meta and IBM on Tuesday launched a new group called …

KOTA KINABALU: The 9,000kg of dried sea turtle meat seized by police would likely be from about 360 adult sea turtles, says conservationist Dr James Alin. The marine police seizure of the dried turtle meat did not reflect the reported estimate of 12,000 turtles killed for that amount of meat, …