KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry will consider providing designated smoking areas outside dining premises, especially for those located in tight spaces. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said this was because these types of eateries found it difficult to adhere to the three-metre distance currently enforced. “The Health Ministry …

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged allies on Saturday to plug what he pointedly characterised as an “artificial” shortage of weapons that was strengthening the position of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces on the battlefield. Addressing the Munich Security Conference in southern Germany to a standing ovation, Zelenskiy …

MUNICH (Reuters) -The European Commission will present a defence industrial strategy proposal in three weeks, commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday, and will also open a defence innovation office in Ukraine. “Europe has to step up its industrial base … I’m a convinced transatlanticist and at the …

MADRID (Reuters) – Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti on Saturday breezily dismissed reports of French forward Kylian Mbappe joining the LaLiga giants when his contract at Paris St Germain ends after this season, insisting he was more focused on his next opponents. A source at PSG told Reuters on Friday …

DOHA (Reuters) – World Aquatics (WA) are standing by their strict criteria for Russian and Belarusian swimmers to return to international competition – even if it means some of the world’s best from the two countries boycott the Paris Olympics. Swimming’s global governing body approved the return of Russian and …

PETALING JAYA: The “awkward” announcement of the Malaysia Madani white rice package by the National Action Council for Cost of Living (Naccol) shows the government is not taking cost of living issues seriously, says Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee. The Beluran MP and former agriculture and food industry minister, said …

(Adds link in paragraph 2) MUNICH (Reuters) – Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the frontrunner to be the next secretary-general of NATO, said on Saturday that Europe should stop whining about Donald Trump and focus instead on what it could do for Ukraine. Former U.S. President Trump has sparked …

PETALING JAYA: It’s up to the Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul and the courts to decide on the fate of the six Bersatu MPs who pledged support for the Prime Minister, says Datuk Dr Suhaili Abdul Rahman (pic). The Labuan MP, who is one of the six, said …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The hundreds of flowers and candles laid in Moscow on Friday to honour the memory of Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, were mostly taken away overnight in black bags. Russia’s prison service said that Navalny, 47, fell unconscious and died on Friday after a walk …

TOKYO: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s seven-day working visit to Japan will focus on strengthening the national Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) agenda and solidifying Malaysia’s position as a hub in the global halal industry. His first visit to the country since his appointment as Deputy Prime …