PETALING JAYA: The Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) Account 3 is expected to be announced by the end of April. The Star has learnt that while a date has not been confirmed, the launch of Account 3 or the flexible account is expected by month’s end. Meanwhile, sources say the restructuring …

PETALING JAYA: With a new possible source of disposable cash in EPF’s to-be-announced Account 3, Malaysians are split between using the money to settle current financial shortcomings or saving it for the future. A business manager who wanted to be known only as Kamarul, said he would look into the …

(Reuters) – Bayer Leverkusen won their first Bundesliga title at the weekend, but the celebrations have not taken the focus from their Europa League quarter-final with West Ham United, manager Xabi Alonso said on Wednesday. Leverkusen secured the league title with five games remaining thanks to a 5-0 win over …

(Reuters) – Rafa Nadal’s hopes of winning the Barcelona Open for a 13th time were dashed on Wednesday following a 7-5 6-1 second round defeat by Australian fourth seed Alex de Minaur. The Spaniard was playing his first tournament since January and had made a winning return on Tuesday with …

DUBAI (Reuters) – A storm hit the United Arab Emirates and Oman this week bringing record rainfall that flooded highways, inundated houses, grid-locked traffic and trapped people in their homes. At least 20 people were reported to have died in the deluge in Oman while another person was said to …

LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) – Under an overcast sky on the Greek island of Lesbos, Afghan asylum-seeker Safika placed a red rose on the grave of a refugee who died trying to reach Europe. The tombstone read “unknown”. Nearly a decade since the first bodies of asylum-seekers were buried in this …

LONDON (Reuters) – London Marathon event director Hugh Brasher is predicting a more competitive women’s race on Sunday than the 2024 Paris Olympic marathon later this year, and believes the women’s-only world record may fall. The world’s fastest female marathoner Tigst Assefa headlines an elite field that features seven women …

ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s right-wing ruling coalition faces opposition accusations of trying to limit abortion rights with a parliamentary amendment that could make it easier for anti-abortion groups to operate in publicly-run family clinics. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is staunchly anti-abortion, but pledged during the general election campaign in 2022 …