WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans are unhappy about a looming election rematch between Democratic President Joe Biden and his Republican predecessor Donald Trump, but that won’t stop them from voting, a Reuters/Ipsos poll this week found. As Trump handily beat his sole remaining primary challenger, Nikki Haley, some 67% of respondents …

GEORGE TOWN: The National Unity Ministry has expressed support to build a cable car at Arulmigu Sri Bala Thandayuthapani (Waterfall Hilltop Temple). Its Deputy Minister K. Saraswathy said there was a need to enable all to reach the temple by shortening the walking distance. “I used to walk from the …

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine expects to start construction work on four new nuclear power reactors this summer or autumn, Energy Minister German Galushchenko told Reuters on Thursday, as the country seeks to compensate for lost energy capacity due to the war with Russia. Two of the units – which include …

A woman from China who works for a publicly-owned water company in New Zealand has sparked an online storm after boasting about skiving off work on mainland social media. Her antics at Wellington Water have touched a raw nerve because they came at a time of water shortages in the …

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Jannik Sinner seemed to have Novak Djokovic’s number at the end of last year when he beat the Serb twice in 11 days but the Italian knows facing the world number one in the Australian Open semi-finals is the acid test of his Grand Slam ambitions. Sinner …

KUALA BERANG: The Op Murni operation by the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) on Thursday (Jan 25) proved to be a blessing for the family of Mad Sudin Mustapa, 63, who just lost his mother earlier in the morning. His mother, Kalthom Mat, 84, passed away around 9am due to old …

BOSTON: Hewlett Packard Enterprise disclosed Jan 24 that suspected state-backed Russian hackers broke into its cloud-based email system and stole data from cybersecurity and other employees. The provider of information technology products and services said in a Securities and Exchange Commission regulatory filing that it was informed of the intrusion …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) of Malaysia and the Ministry of Investment of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have strengthened their commitment on advancing investment cooperation in the digital infrastructure sector. MITI said both parties have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) today, marking a …

TOKYO: Behind the global success of Japanese video games lies a delicate task: appealing to overseas players whose expectations on issues such as sexism are increasingly influencing the content of major titles. With the majority of sales for big games now outside Japan, everything from slang words to characters’ costumes …

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Stars like Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Victor Osimhen are the headline acts at the Africa Cup of Nations but they rub shoulders at the tournament with journeymen who, for a fleeting week or two, get to enjoy an extraordinary opportunity. The African championship boasts an increasingly …