KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine expects its 2024 spring sowing area to be the same as last year, though it could see a slight decrease in the worst case scenario, Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky told Reuters on Friday. Ukraine is a major global grain and oilseeds producer but its harvests have …

DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar and Jordan will play an all-Arab Asian Cup final on Saturday where both teams are highly motivated to answer critics who gave them no chance of going so far. Surprise package Jordan finished third in their group and scraped through to the knockouts, where they suddenly …

SHAH ALAM: Police have arrested 11 security guards for bringing the shotguns assigned to them home after finishing their duties guarding banks at Sabak Bernam. Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said they conducted a series of raids on Tuesday (Feb 6) and Wednesday (Feb 7) after monitoring …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev on Friday said Ukraine’s new Russian-born army chief was a traitor, while the Kremlin said the appointment would not alter the outcome of what Russia calls its special military operation in Ukraine. Russian officials commented after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy replaced …

SINGAPORE: Oil prices were little changed on Friday, staying on track for weekly gains, with tensions persisting in the Middle East after Israel rejected a ceasefire offer from Hamas. Brent crude futures slipped 11 cents, or 0.1%, to $81.52 a barrel by 0707 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude …

MELAKA: The Federal Government has set aside an additional RM10mil funds to enhance the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme in the state. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the funds could be used by TVET institutions to collaborate with industry stakeholders. “Melaka has shown its TVET …

KUANTAN: The public’s response to the implementation of the Central Database Hub System (Padu) is increasingly positive, says Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin. The chief statistician said that as of Thursday (Feb 8), 2.82 million individuals had updated their information using the system since its launch on Jan 2 …

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – After being a motor racing nomad, Daniel Ricciardo says being back in the Red Bull stable with Formula One’s newest team, the now-rebranded Visa Cash App RB, has been like coming home. Ricciardo won seven races while at Red Bull from 2014 to 2018. Last year …

HONG KONG: Job cuts at Western investment banks in Asia are expected to increase this year as revenue pressures rise due to deepening economic and market turmoil in China, even as deal prospects brighten in Japan and India, headhunters and bankers said. A new round of staff cuts that began …

MELAKA: The outcome of the Public Service Remuneration System (SSPA) study is expected to be announced by the end of this year at the latest, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said that the time has arrived to expedite the process in order to benefit civil servants. “There …