KUALA LUMPUR: Residents of Kampung Setia Jaya in Taman Melati, Kuala Lumpur, will be able to stay put in their homes while their relocation issue is being ironed out. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Dr Zaliha Mustafa said the decision was reached after a discussion with TARC …

KUALA LUMPUR: Residents of Kampung Setia Jaya in Taman Melati, Kuala Lumpur, will be able to stay put in their homes while their relocation issue is being ironed out. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Dr Zaliha Mustafa said the decision was reached after a discussion with TARC …

KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo will not cancel the results of last week’s presidential election despite repeated calls from the opposition for a full re-run of the disputed vote, government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya said on Thursday. Results issued so far from the Dec. 20 poll show President Felix …

YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon coach Rigobert Song included goalkeeper Andre Onana but dropped striker Eric-Maxime Choupo Moting when he named their squad for next month’s African Cup of Nations finals on Thursday. Onana, 27, had walked out on Cameroon after a row with Song at last year’s World Cup in …

SUCUNDURI, Brazil (Reuters) – Deep in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil is fighting destructive wildcat gold mining as it spreads from Indigenous lands into government-protected conservation areas. Federal Police have joined the government’s biodiversity conservation agency ICMBio on a series of recent operations to catch illegal gold miners and destroy their …

(Reuters) – AC Milan’s Stefano Pioli is a manager under pressure after last weekend’s draw at Salernitana saw his side lose ground on league leaders Inter Milan, and they now face a vital game against Sassuolo. A 90th minute Luka Jovic goal salvaged Milan a 2-2 draw at bottom-of-table Salernitana, …

KOTA BHARU: Flood victims in Kelantan say that they welcome the government’s initiatives to combat the problems leading to flooding in the state and express hope that all projects announced would be implemented smoothly. Suraidah Ahmad, 42, an evacuee at the Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Lati flood relief centre (PPS), …

(Reuters) – World number one Iga Swiatek hopes the emerging “Big Three” of women’s tennis that includes herself, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina can maintain their form for years, saying on Thursday that it was too tough to predict who will dominate in 2024. Since the retirement of former world …

PETALING JAYA: Master Tec Group Bhd, en route for a listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia on Jan 29, 2024, expects to raise RM61.66 million from its initial public offering (IPO). In a statement today, Master Tec said the IPO entailed the public offering of 285.6 million ordinary …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that some in the West were suggesting that Moscow should discuss peace in Ukraine because the United States and its allies had failed to defeat Russian forces in Ukraine. Nearly two years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow …