ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatia’s long-dominant ruling HDZ party prepared on Thursday for difficult talks to form a coalition after winning Wednesday’s parliamentary election without a majority, and with a far-right party as potential kingmakers. The conservative pro-EU HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union) won 61 seats in the European Union member state’s …
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PJD Link developer acknowledges cabinet’s announcement, awaits official notification
THE developer of the Petaling Jaya Dispersal Link (PJD Link) Expressway, PJD Link (M) Sdn Bhd, has acknowledged the Cabinet’s announcement on the PJD Link project and is awaiting official government notification. In a statement outlining their position on this project, they said they believed it remains a viable project …
Baca Lagi »RHB expands sustainable financial services target to RM50bil by 2026
KUALA LUMPUR: RHB Bank Bhd has increased its 2026 sustainable financial services target to RM50 billion from RM20 billion previously following strong achievements to date. Group managing director and chief executive officer Mohd Rashid Mohamad said that the group has cumulatively mobilised RM23.8 billion in sustainable financial services by the …
Baca Lagi »Trump hush money jury selection resumes as lawyers probe for bias
(Reuters) – Donald Trump is due in Manhattan court on Thursday as lawyers continue searching for jurors to decide the former U.S. president’s fate in a historic criminal trial just months before his upcoming rematch with President Joe Biden. Seven jurors have already been selected after two days of grilling …
Baca Lagi »Ex-mechanic escapes the gallows, gets 35 years for killing toll booth operator
KOTA BHARU: The Federal Court commuted the death sentence of an ex-mechanic to a 35-year jail term and 12 strokes of the cane for killing a woman nine years ago. A three-judge panel led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Mat on Thursday (April 18) unanimously allowed the review application …
Baca Lagi »Critics of India’s Modi migrate online as mainstream media stays deferential
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – There’s scarcely any critical evaluation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on India’s mainstream television channels and most newspapers as the world’s most populous nation heads toward a general election that begins on Friday. India’s once-in-five-years election usually draws fiery debate and mudslinging across its sprawling media. …
Baca Lagi »China-born Zhou Guanyu will be a star regardless of who wins the Chinese Formula 1 race in Shanghai
SHANGHAI: Formula 1 returns to China this weekend after a five-year absence. And no matter who wins on Sunday (April 21), the star locally will be China-born driver Zhou Guanyu. Despite his so-so results, Zhou is a being promoted as a celebrity in China. He’s the subject of a new …
Baca Lagi »After COVID, WHO defines disease spread ‘through air’
LONDON (Reuters) – The World Health Organization and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to avoid the confusion early in the COVID-19 pandemic that some scientists have said cost lives. The Geneva-based U.N. …
Baca Lagi »Red onions to be cultivated in Perak Tengah, says exco members
SUNGAI SIPUT: The Perak government will develop a BAW-1 red onion cultivation project in Perak Tengah this year, with a target area of around 40 hectares, following the recent success of the first local red onion planting project in Sungkai. State rural development, plantation, agriculture and food industries committee chairman …
Baca Lagi »Indonesian volcano eruption forces evacuations, airport closure
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia shut a provincial airport and evacuated hundreds of people from the vicinity of the Ruang volcano after it belched explosive plumes of lava, rocks and ash for days, officials said on Thursday, declaring the highest alert on the situation. Wednesday’s dramatic eruption of the volcano on …
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