MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s paramount leader, Vladimir Putin, was not even looking at the television camera when he announced that he would aim to stay in the Kremlin for at least another six years as head of the world’s biggest nuclear power. After pinning the gold star “Hero of Russia” …

(Reuters) – Harry Maguire and Scott McTominay are ideal examples for Manchester United’s players to follow if they want to earn their place in the starting lineup after the duo excelled in recent games, manager Erik ten Hag said on Friday. United were floundering at the start of the season …

(Reuters) -Slovak President Zuzana Caputova said on Friday she would likely veto the government’s planned fast-track changes to criminal law that include scrapping a special prosecutor’s office that has focused on corruption, saying the plan needed proper debate. Caputova said the proposed changes included unacceptable political meddling in personnel matters, …

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit ended higher against the greenback today as forex traders awaited the release of the US nonfarm payrolls (NFP) data later tonight, which will provide further clarity on the interest rate outlook of the United States. At 6 pm, the ringgit rose to 4.6625/6665 against the greenback …

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Hundreds of Dubliners lined the streets singing The Pogues’ Christmas anthem “Fairytale of New York” to bid farewell to singer Shane MacGowan as his horse-drawn hearse passed through the Irish capital on Friday. MacGowan, the London-Irish punk who transformed Irish traditional music with The Pogues and penned …

LONDON (Reuters) – Toto Wolff hinted on Friday at legal action against Formula One’s governing body after a storm over the integrity of the Mercedes team boss and his wife Susie, one of the top women in motorsport. The FIA triggered headlines on Tuesday by announcing it was looking into …

KUALA LUMPUR: Serba Dinamik Holdings Bhd’s net loss narrowed to RM80.67 million in the first quarter ended Sept 30, 2023 (1Q FY2024) from a net loss of RM104.60 million in the same period last year supported by its engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) business, which is the only segment …

VIENNA (Reuters) – The number of murders and other intentional killings surged to a record high across the world in 2021, driven in part by the stress and economic pressures of COVID-19 lockdowns, a U.N. report said on Friday. Around 458,000 people were killed intentionally, higher than the 400,000 to …

PETALING JAYA: The Melaka Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry exposed a sundry shop in the state that hid controlled goods in a premise run by a foreigner. A video of the operation that was posted on the ministry’s Melaka Facebook page has gone viral, with social media users …

PARIS (Reuters) – From scaffolding at the top of Notre-Dame’s newly rebuilt spire, French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Friday that reconstruction of the fire-ravaged cathedral would be completed as scheduled and that it would reopen one year from now. The wooden spire crashed spectacularly through the cathedral’s centuries-old roof …