TIRANA (Reuters) – In many ways Alba Ahmetaj and Edlira Mara lead an ordinary life. They brush their twin daughters’ hair before school and play fight with them in their flat on weekend mornings. They have matching shoulder tattoos that mark their 14 years together. But in their fight to …

SINGAPORE: Malaysia’s Works Ministry will emphasise the adoption of the Environmentally Friendly Drainage Master Plan to address flood-prone urban areas to create disaster-resilient cities, says Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi. In his address at the World Cities Summit (WCS) opening plenary on Monday (June 3), the Works Minister said that …

PETALING JAYA: Former doubles ace Tan Boon Heong is sorry for what had happened to mixed doubles shuttler Lai Pei Jing. Pei Jing, who plays with Tan Kian Meng on the international stage, had fallen victim to scammers and lost most of her life savings. She posted her misfortunes on …

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Two years after poachers murdered British journalist Dom Phillips in a remote corner of the Amazon, an NGO has been created in his memory to promote the protection of the rainforest he loved and its people, his widow said. Phillips, 57, was working on a book on …

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday there was no place for threats of violence or instability after last week’s election cost his African National Congress (ANC) party its majority for the first time. The result, announced on Sunday, was the worst election showing for the …

(Reuters) – Jurors at the trial of British tech pioneer Mike Lynch are expected to hear closing arguments in San Francisco on Monday in the fraud case related to Hewlett-Packard’s $11 billion acquisition of his software company Autonomy in 2011. The Cambridge University-educated entrepreneur took the stand in his own …

(Reuters) – A sunset catamaran cruise on the blue waters of Barbados was the perfect way for Australia to bond before knuckling down to the business of winning the T20 World Cup, bowler Ashton Agar said. The test and one-day world champions launch their tournament against minnows Oman on Wednesday …

MEXICO CITY (AFP): Claudia Sheinbaum was elected Mexico’s first woman president by a landslide Sunday (June 2), preliminary official results showed, making history in a country plagued by rampant criminal and gender-based violence. Crowds of flag-waving supporters sang and danced to mariachi music in Mexico City’s main square celebrating the …

DUBAI: Global airlines on Monday raised their profit forecast for 2024 and projected industry-wide revenues just shy of $1 trillion as a record number of travellers board flights. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said it expected the worldwide industry to generate $30.5 billion of profit this year, higher than …

SEPANG: The national sepak takraw team will receive a special incentive amounting to RM170,000 from the National Sports Council (NSC) following their proud success at the 2024 Sepak Takraw World Cup which took place in the federal capital, recently. Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh said NSC has approved incentives …