KUALA LUMPUR: FGV Holdings Bhd foresees a slight increase in fresh fruit bunches (FFB) production and yield as the labour supply recovers and improved estate costs driven by reduced fertiliser and energy cost. In the notes accompanying its financial results, the plantation group said the sector remains steadfast on increasing …

GENEVA (Reuters) – Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya warned on Monday that the death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in a Russian penal colony could send a “green light” for authoritarian countries to kill other political prisoners. Tsikhanouskaya, who fled to neighbouring Lithuania in 2020 after running against incumbent …

(Reuters) – For the second consecutive game France were rescued from Six Nations defeat at the weekend by a late controversial officiating decision, leaving Italy heartbroken as they were denied a famous win, just like Scotland before them. The Scots were left fuming in round two when a late try …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Amazon Web Services Mexico (AWS), a unit of Amazon.com Inc, announced on Monday it will invest over $5 billion to open a cluster of data centers in Mexico, amid growing demand for cloud services as more firms adopt new technologies. The cluster will be built in …

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s ruling Socialist Party on Monday gave former Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos 24 hours to step down as a lawmaker after his assistant was arrested on suspicion of taking payments to facilitate contracts for masks during the COVID pandemic. While Abalos, transport minister between 2018 and …

PETALING JAYA: Fajarbaru Builder Group Bhd reported a strong set of results for the first half of 2024 (1H24), with its profit after tax rising by 977% year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM23.8mil. The surge in bottomline was achieved on the back of higher contributions from the property development as well as …

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s recent abrupt reversal in its nascent rapprochement with the United States and domestic opponents is likely a response to declining support among its traditional base, according to sources close to the ruling party, voters and analysts. After months of thawing U.S. relations, the administration of President …

PETALING JAYA: Puncak Niaga Holdings Bhd remains cautiously optimistic about its business prospects. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the group said it shall continue to seek opportunities to increase revenue in its core businesses, ensure timely completion of all projects, exercise prudence in business dealings and achieve operational efficiency …

(Reuters) – SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest telco, is partnering with U.S. AI startup Perplexity to offer the artificial intelligence-based search engine to its users as an alternative to Google and Naver, the companies told Reuters. The partnership would allow SK Telecom’s subscribers to use the paid version of Perplexity …

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine and its international partners must continue fighting to restore Ukrainian control over Crimea, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday as Kyiv marked a decade of Russian occupation of the Black Sea peninsula. Moscow’s troops seized control of Crimea in 2014 through a covert invasion, and then …