(Reuters) – Following is reaction to Thursday’s European Court of Justice ruling that UEFA and FIFA contravened EU law when they prevented the formation of a so-called Super League. FLORENTINO PEREZ, REAL MADRID PRESIDENT “At Real Madrid we welcome with enormous satisfaction the decision adopted by the Court of Justice …

KUALA LUMPUR: The implementation of a 10 per cent sales tax on low-value goods (LVG) costing RM500 and below sold online would allow local businesses to market their products of the same quality at an even selling price, thus boosting consumer demands. Putra Business School economic analyst Assoc Prof Dr …

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,101 undocumented foreigners were detained in a massive operation at Jalan Silang and the areas around Kota Raya here. Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Allaudeen Abdul Majid said the joint operation, spearheaded by Bukit Aman’s Internal Security and Public Order Department, started at 11am …

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Thursday warned against inflexible ideological positions that can hinder the Church from seeing reality and moving forward, speaking days after a declaration allowing blessings of same-sex couples that conservatives have condemned. Francis, who turned 87 on Sunday, made his comments in his traditional …

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah expects to receive some 2.5 million tourists by year’s end, surpassing its target of 2.2 million arrivals this year. State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Christina Liew said as of October, the state had welcomed about 2.1 million visitors and earned some RM4.2bil in tourism receipts. …

BIRKENHEAD, England (Reuters) – The rural life of rearing rare breed sheep and nurturing alpacas is a world away for many urban teenagers. Yet a British school near Liverpool has opened its pupils to a wealth of jobs in agriculture and the benefits of nature with its own farm. The …

SINGAPORE: The police are investigating online luxury scent subscription service I’vre after disgruntled customers lodged reports claiming they were wrongly charged and never received their orders. Self-professed perfume fanatic Srimala Balakrishnan had S$494.50 (RM1,730) charged to her debit card by the company in November, even after she cancelled her subscription, …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -UEFA and FIFA contravened EU law when they prevented the formation of a so-called Super League, the European Court of Justice said on Thursday, in a landmark judgment that could change the way soccer is governed. The European soccer clubs that had threatened to form the breakaway league, …

GEORGE TOWN: Consumers in several parts of Penang are facing a delay in full resumption of water supply as repairs on the burst pipe in the Prai River are not complete. Those who have begun to receive supply are advised to store water as pumping operations will be shut down …

KINSHASA (Reuters) – The Democratic Republic of Congo voted on Thursday on the second day of a chaotic and in parts violent general election after authorities extended opening hours for polling stations that failed to open the previous day. The elections across Africa’s second-largest country were disrupted on Wednesday by …