COTONOU (Reuters) – Police in Benin fired tear gas to break up a protest over the cost of living called by trade unions and they arrested several senior union figures on Saturday, witnesses and union officials said. Armed police blocked access to the labour council in the commercial capital Cotonou, …

LONDON (Reuters) -Liverpool’s slim Premier League title hopes faded further on Saturday when Michail Antonio’s late header earned West Ham United a deserved point with a 2-2 draw. Liverpool, reeling from a 2-0 loss at Everton in the Merseyside derby on Wednesday, were marginally the better side in a flat …

BERLIN (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Germany in May and will spend more days than planned with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, government sources said, in a sign of their ambition to bring more unity to EU relations. Macron’s previously announced state visit from May 26-28, might be followed …

MADRID, April 27 — Stefanos Tsitsipas suffered a surprise second round exit at the hands of world number 118 Thiago Monteiro in Madrid today, while Iga Swiatek cruised into the last 16 on a rainy day at the Caja Magica. Tsitsipas, who arrived in the Spanish capital with only one …

KYIV (Reuters) – Russia has sent more troops to Ocheretyne in eastern Ukraine to reinforce an offensive there, but Kyiv’s forces largely hold the village and expect U.S. arms deliveries to turn the tide in their favour, the Ukrainian military said on Saturday. Russian troops have slowly advanced through at …

PUTRAJAYA: Umno and Barisan Nasional are open to maintaining the current political setup as long as it ensures national stability, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The Deputy Prime Minister said this when asked about Pakatan Harapan’s recent call to allow Anwar to continue as Prime Minister for a …

RIYADH: Malaysia will voice its firm stance on Israeli violence in Gaza and geopolitical tensions in West Asia at the two-day World Economic Forum (WEF) special meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, beginning Sunday (April 28), says Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan. The Foreign Minister expressed hope that countries with previously differing …

KOTA KINABALU: Sports medicine congress marks a historic milestone for sports science and medicine in Malaysia and all of Asia, says Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. The wife of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said this when launching the 18th Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Congress (AFSM) …

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said for the first time on Saturday that he supports a reform of the country’s constitutionally-enshrined debt brake, but does not currently see any possibility of doing it right now. Altering the rules of the debt brake, which limits public deficits to 0.35% …

KOTA KINABALU: A recent viral video of a water storage tank contaminated with dirt and rust should be a wake-up call for those in charge of water management, says Datuk Shahelmey Yahya. Although the incident did not occur in Sabah, the Deputy Chief Minister said that such matters must be …