PETALING JAYA: Sime Darby Property Bhd, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Seed Homes Sdn Bhd, has signed a shareholders’ agreement with Lagenda Properties Bhd to set up Seed Homes Lagenda, a 50:50 joint venture (JV) to develop affordable homes. In a joint statement, the parties said the Seed Homes is a …

(Reuters) – Eight-times world rally champion Sebastien Ogier is still hungry for success, even as a Toyota part-timer, as he starts a new season chasing a record-extending 10th Monte Carlo Rally win this weekend. The oldest and most evocative round of the championship is based in the south-eastern town of …

ANTWERP (Reuters) – The European Union together with European port authorities on Thursday launched a new public-private alliance to boost expertise and information sharing to help tackle drug smuggling and organised crime in the bloc. The alliance comes as seizures of cocaine in the EU are at record levels, with …

(Reuters) – Zheng Qinwen reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time with her win over Anna Kalinskaya on Wednesday, and now the Chinese 12th seed wants to learn to be as chilled as men’s world number one Novak Djokovic. Zheng defeated Russia’s Kalinskaya 6-7(4) 6-3 6-1 …

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Alexander Zverev served up a huge shock at the Australian Open on Wednesday by stunning second seed Carlos Alcaraz to make the semi-finals after third seed Daniil Medvedev fought hard to avoid an upset at the hands of Hubert Hurkacz. Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska and Chinese 12th seed …

ROME (Reuters) – A car being sold as an “Italian jewel” needs to be made in Italy, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said, telling lawmakers that Fiat’s parent company Stellantis has sometimes made choices which were against the country’s interests. Asked about her plans to safeguard production at Stellantis plants in …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate committee approved legislation on Wednesday that would help set the stage for the United States to confiscate Russian assets and hand them over to Ukraine for rebuilding after the destruction of the nearly two-year-long war. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 20 to 1 …

TAWAU: A police officer on Wednesday (Jan 24) told the High Court here at the trial of the murder of e-hailing driver Nurman Bakaratu, that a pair of pink children’s shoes were among the items found in a white car he examined on Jan 17 last year. Insp Saizul Farhan …

(Reuters) -Google on Wednesday reached a settlement in a patent infringement lawsuit over chips that power the company’s artificial-intelligence technology, according to a filing in Massachusetts federal court. The settlement comes the same day that closing arguments were scheduled to begin in a trial on Singular Computing’s lawsuit, which had …

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Algeria coach Djamel Belmadi told his players he was quitting after they were eliminated from the Africa Cup of Nations finals on Tuesday, the state-run Algerie Presse Service reported on Wednesday. No announcement has come from Belmadi or the Algerian football federation but the news agency reported …