(Reuters) – Spanish TV station Movistar Plus+ have fired analyst German Burgos after Barcelona and Paris St Germain refused to give interviews to the network following a comment about Barca’s Lamine Yamal ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League match. Movistar Plus+ earlier on Thursday apologised to winger Yamal after Burgos, a …

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has conveyed his condolences to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on the loss of several of his family members who were killed in an air strike by the Israeli regime on Wednesday (April 10). Anwar reached out to Ismail on Thursday (April 11) …

The story of a woman in China who was recovering from cancer and tried to “starve” her tumours to death so that the disease would not recur has shocked mainland social media. The woman, surnamed Xu, lost 22kg in six months and saw her weight slump to just 43kg with …

(Reuters) – Inter Milan, with the league title all but wrapped up, hope to maintain their push to break the Serie A points record but host a resurgent relegation-battling Cagliari on Sunday. Simone Inzaghi’s side have 82 points, 14 ahead of AC Milan with seven games left, and are on …

CHIBOK, Nigeria (Reuters) – Ten years ago, Solomon Maina’s daughter, Debora, was one of 276 schoolgirls kidnapped from their dormitory in the middle of the night by Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist militants. Global outrage was swift. A ubiquitous “Bring Back Our Girls” campaign, drawing support from the likes of Michelle …

(Reuters) – Instagram will test features that blur messages containing nudity to safeguard teens and prevent potential scammers from reaching them, its parent Meta said on Thursday as it tries to allay concerns over harmful content on its apps. The tech giant is under mounting pressure in the United States …

SAINT-OUEN, France (Reuters) – A couple of months ago, Baptiste Chebassier quit his consulting job to fully focus on his art project – writing the names of all the 30,249 medallists in modern Olympics’ 128-year history before this year’s Games start in Paris. Using a marker pen, the 27-year-old writes …

BANGKOK (AFP): Massive heatwaves across East Asia and the Pacific could place millions of children at risk, the UN warned Thursday (April 11), calling for action to protect vulnerable people from the soaring temperatures. Global monitors have warned that 2024 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record, …

KUALA LUMPUR: The late former director-general of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) Datuk Dr Firdaus Abdullah, who passed away at the age of 79 early Thursday (April 11) morning, was laid to rest at the Jalan Ampang Muslim Cemetery at 3pm. About 100 family members and friends were present to …

SHANGHAI: World Of Warcraft is returning to China this summer, its developer and local partner said April 10, more than a year after dismayed devotees saw the hugely popular video game and other titles pulled from the market in a contract dispute. US-based game-maker Blizzard and China’s NetEase said a …