CONAKRY (Reuters) -At least 11 people were killed and 88 injured in a blast at an oil terminal in Guinea’s capital Conakry early on Monday, head of civil protection Jean Traore said, as the government warned the incident could directly impact the country’s population. The explosion at the West African …

LONDON (Reuters) – Mauricio Pochettino endured several near-misses with Tottenham Hotspur and left without winning any silverware so Chelsea’s League Cup quarter-final at home to Newcastle United will not be taken lightly by the Argentine. Pochettino’s main priority might be to revive Chelsea’s Premier League fortunes and return the club …

(Reuters) -Adobe on Monday shelved its $20 billion cash-and-stock deal for cloud-based designer platform Figma, pointing to “no clear path” for approvals from antitrust regulators in the European Union and the UK. The deal, which was announced in September last year, was the latest to draw tough scrutiny from regulators …

(Reuters) – The availability of several key Newcastle United players remains in question as manager Eddie Howe tries to field the best possible side in Tuesday’s League Cup quarter-final against Chelsea. Defender Fabian Schar and midfielder Joelinton, injured during Newcastle’s win over Fulham on Sunday, had scans that didn’t seem …

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit closed lower against the US dollar today as risk sentiment remained fragile for the local note following higher US treasury yields and doubts on China’s economic outlook, said an analyst. At 6 pm, the ringgit eased to 4.6920/6965 against the greenback from Friday’s close of 4.6675/6720. …

(Reuters) – Generative AI technology can create more jobs than it is expected to eliminate, Tech Mahindra’s outgoing CEO said, even as its ability to wreck the job market has been discussed widely on social media sites. “The use cases of Generative AI are still being defined, which means that …

KYIV/LONDON (Reuters) – Frontline Ukrainian troops face shortages of artillery shells and have scaled back some military operations because of a shortfall of foreign assistance, a senior army general told Reuters. Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi was speaking after Republican lawmakers held up a $60-billion U.S. aid package and Hungary blocked …

PETALING JAYA: Eight-year-old Mia Teo Herrizon has finally obtained Malaysian citizenship after years of unsuccessful attempts by her mother, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. The MCA president said he received the news after Mia’s mother Esther Teo told him she finally received her daughter’s citizenship certificate from Home …

A clever new app that briefly connected Apple’s secure iMessage texting system and Google’s Android message service was effectively blocked by Apple just days after launching. The US$2-a month Android app Beeper Mini had lofty goals. Back in 2020, Beeper founder Eric Migicovsky explained his idea: text communication between different …

KUALA LUMPUR: Teladan Group Bhd has secured approval from Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd to transfer the listing and quotation of its entire issued share capital from the ACE Market to the Main Market of Bursa Securities. In a statement, the Melaka-based property developer said it had met the profit requirements …