NEW YORK (Reuters) – An early investor in the company that took former U.S. President Donald Trump’s media business public pleaded guilty in Manhattan on Wednesday to a federal insider trading charge. Gerald Shvartsman pleaded guilty at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman. Prosecutors charged Shvartsman, his brother …

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) – Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has no plans to watch fellow title chasers Arsenal and Manchester City play on Wednesday, with his side holding a two-point lead atop the Premier League and nine games remaining in the tightest race in years. Either of Liverpool’s rivals could provisionally …

DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s new prime minister Ousmane Sonko is a firebrand politician who rallied Senegalese youth to enable the election of his top lieutenant Bassirou Diomaye Faye as president, and who now, as expected, has secured a top role in return. A fierce opponent of former president Macky Sall, …

THE current toll rates for all four highways managed by Amanat Lebuhraya Rakyat (ALR) will be maintained until the end of each of their concession periods, says its group chief executive officer Sazally Saidi. They are the Sprint Expressway (Sprint), Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel Expressway (Smart), Damansara-Puchong Highway (Litrak) …

KYIV (Reuters) – Finland on Wednesday became the eighth NATO member to sign a 10-year agreement on security cooperation with Ukraine, pledging to keep up its long-term support as the 25-month full-scale war with Russia drags on with no end in sight. WHAT ARE THESE SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS? The Group of …

(Reuters) – Microsoft and Quantinuum on Wednesday said they have achieved a key step in making quantum computers a commercial reality by making them more reliable. The move is the latest in a race to perfect quantum computing in which tech firms such as Microsoft, Alphabet’s Google and IBM are …

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester United next visit a Chelsea side who may be reeling in 12th place in the Premier League but have the ability to beat just about any team, manager Erik ten Hag said on the eve of Thursday’s Premier League clash. United are sixth in the …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Negara on Wednesday (April 3) passed the Cyber Security Bill 2024. The bill was unanimously passed after the third reading by Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo. The aim of the bill was to enhance the nation’s cyber security through compliance with specific measures, standards, and processes …

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has organised several engagement sessions with various stakeholders since March 20, 2024, in conjunction with the central bank’s key report publication recently. BNM said the engagement sessions were aimed at sharing its assessment of the Malaysian economy and financial sector, as well as getting …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia considers South Korea’s decision to impose sanctions against Russian individuals and entities as an “unfriendly” move and will respond in due course, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. South Korea has imposed sanctions against two Russian vessels which it says were carrying military …