PARIS (Reuters) – Paris 2024 organisers on Friday inaugurated the ‘Pride House’ of the upcoming Olympics, just by the iconic Alexandre III bridge and a stone’s throw from the Grand Palais and the Place de la Concorde. The barge on the River Seine is designed to be a place promoting …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Forty caretaker senators on Friday petitioned Thailand’s Constitutional Court to dismiss Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin over a cabinet appointment which they say breaches the constitution. The senators object to the appointment of Pichit Chuenban, a former lawyer, as minister to Srettha’s office last month during a cabinet …

KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI rose for the second day, putting on 0.34% to its highest in over two years. At 5 pm, the 30-stocks index closed up 5.51 points, or 0.34% to 1,616.62, its highest since March 2022. The index rose almost 1% this week. Gainers outpaced losers 846 …

KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin has hit out at Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) over its contention that the Madani Village Community programme was a “divide and conquer” ploy to strengthen Umno’s influence in the state. The Sabah Umno chief said the programme was aimed at helping the state …

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican issued new guidelines on Friday recommending a cautious approach to supposed supernatural events such as weeping Madonnas and blood-dripping crucifixes that have for centuries whipped up the Catholic faithful. Pope Francis has seemed sceptical of such phenomena, telling Italian RAI TV last year that …

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit closed slightly lower on Friday against the US dollar on profit-taking following recent gains, said an analyst. At 6 pm, the ringgit retreated to 4.6865/6890 versus the greenback from Thursday’s close of 4.6810/6850. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid told BK …

PETALING JAYA: The Putrajaya Media Club has chided the unprofessional attitude shown by the Health Minister’s Press Secretary, Nik Azmi Nik Fathil, who has disparaged media practitioners. In a statement, it said that Nik Azmi’s actions of belittling media practitioners who wanted clarification and additional information regarding statistics related to …

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Haitians and Venezuelans who found refuge in southern Brazil after escaping hunger, violence and natural disasters are being forced once more to rebuild lives now wrecked by record flooding in Rio Grande do Sul state. Reginald Descilong left Haiti after he …

KOTA KINABALU: The government has discovered a coordinated effort to spread fake and inauthentic information meant to cause public unease via social media platforms in the country, and is trying hard to put an end to it. Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said it is clear that there is a group …

KUALA LUMPUR: Malayan Flour Mills Bhd (MFM) has earmarked RM300mil for capital expenditure (capex) in its financial year Dec 31, 2024 (FY24) to strengthen its growth engines. In a statement, MFM announced that Dindings Tyson Sdn Bhd (DTSB), which oversees the poultry integration segment (PI), plans to invest up to …