PARIS (Reuters) – Paris 2024 organisers are confident a solution will be found quickly for the construction of a judging tower that will allow them to finalise plans for the surfing competition at next year’s Olympics to be held in Tahiti’s Teahupo’o site. Earlier on Wednesday, the International Surfing Association …

WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday formally determined that warring parties in Sudan committed war crimes, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, as Washington increases pressure on the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to end fighting that has caused a humanitarian crisis. Washington also determined that …

KUALA LUMPUR: MSM Malaysia Holdings Bhd has reiterated its call for an increase in the ceiling prices for sugar and it is confident of getting a response for the government soon. Group chief executive officer Syed Feizal Syed Mohammad said Malaysia’s sugar-controlled price is the cheapest in the region and …

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – With 131 international caps and 16 goals to his name, former midfielder Kim Kallstrom has been selected by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) to be the nation’s new head of football, and he has no illusions about the task he faces. Kallstrom was presented to the media …

PETALING JAYA: Hong Leong Bank Bhd (HLB) expects to achieve overall loan growth of 7% to 8% under its mid-term transformation plan, spanning three to five years. The target is not a significant bump up from the bank’s expected loan growth of 7% for its financial year ended June 30, …

LONDON (Reuters) – Child income poverty rates in the United Kingdom were the highest among the world’s richest countries, a report by U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said, ranking bottom of the table for changes in those rates in the past decade. The UNICEF report, published on Wednesday, looked at relatively …

(Reuters) – FIFA considered more severe sanctions than the three-year ban it imposed on former Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales, world soccer’s governing body said on Wednesday when it published the written reasons for its decision. Rubiales was banned for three years from all football-related activities on Oct. 30 …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Unidentified governments are surveilling smartphone users via their apps’ push notifications, a U.S. senator warned on Wednesday. In a letter to the Department of Justice, Senator Ron Wyden said foreign officials were demanding the data from Alphabet’s Google and Apple. Although details were sparse, the letter lays …

LONDON (Reuters) – Red Bull had nothing to do with the FIA investigating a potential conflict of interest involving Formula One power couple Toto and Susie Wolff, team boss Christian Horner said on Wednesday. Mercedes team boss Toto and F1 Academy series head Susie, the Austrian’s wife who works for …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries have placed orders for only 60,000 artillery shells under an EU scheme to help get 1 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine by next spring, according to people familiar with the figures. The scheme was a centrepiece of an EU initiative to ramp up …