BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany plans to order 105 Leopard 2 A8 tanks from armsmaker KNDS for 2.93 billion euros ($3.14 billion), according to a confidential budget draft seen by Reuters on Thursday. The draft still needs parliamentary approval. Some vehicles will equip a German combat brigade in Lithuania being set …
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Press Metal unit to acquire Hong Kong firm stake via share swap
KUALA LUMPUR: Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd has proposed to sell 25 per cent or 3.86 million of its shares in PT Bintan Alumina Indonesia (PT BAI) to Hong Kong Prime Aluminium Investment Limited (HK PAI) for US$329.80 million (RM1.55 billion). HK PAI is wholly owned by Nanshan Aluminium International …
Baca Lagi »Silicon Box to pick Piedmont for $3.4 billion Italian chip plant, sources say
MILAN/ROME (Reuters) – Singapore-based semiconductor firm Silicon Box plans to pick the town of Novara in the industrialised northwest Piedmont region as the location for its new multibillion-euro chip factory in Italy, two people close to the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The three-year-old startup, created by the founders of …
Baca Lagi »Cycling: Cycling-British medal hope Archibald ruled out of Paris after freak accident
LONDON (Reuters) -British track cyclist Katie Archibald will miss the Paris Olympics after breaking a leg in a freak garden accident, she said on Thursday. The 30-year-old explained on Instagram that she had tripped over a step on Tuesday and dislocated her ankle, breaking her tibia and fibula and ripping …
Baca Lagi »CelcomDigi ready to complete share subscription agreement with MoF Inc and DNB
KUALA LUMPUR: CelcomDigi Bhd said it is ready to complete the conditional share subscription agreement (SSA) and commence the process to build Malaysia’s second 5G network. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia today, the company said all conditions precedent in the conditional SSA it entered into with the Minister of …
Baca Lagi »Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry becomes full signatory of Seoul Accord
PUTRAJAYA: The Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry, through the Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT), has been announced as a Full Signatory of the Seoul Accord at the recent Seoul Accord Annual General Meeting held in India. This announcement underscores Malaysia’s capabilities and credibility in the field of information and communication …
Baca Lagi »Rights group accuses Vietnam of misleading US on human trafficking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vietnam instructed its officials to withhold information from Washington to paint the country’s efforts to tackle human trafficking in a better light, a campaign group said on Thursday, as Vietnam seeks an upgrade in a key U.S. report. Rights group Project88 based its accusation on official Vietnamese …
Baca Lagi »Football: Soccer-We won’t change tack if Poles get Lewandowski back, says Austria’s Rangnick
BERLIN (Reuters) – Austria expect Poland striker Robert Lewandowski to start Friday’s Group D game, with both sides hungry for victory after losing their opening matches to France and Netherlands respectively, but coach Ralf Rangnick will not be making many changes to accommodate him. Although Poland’s record goal-scorer missed the …
Baca Lagi »Appeals Court orders Chef Wan to pay RM150,000 in damages to ex-son-in-law for defamation
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal on Thursday ordered celebrity chef Datuk Redzuawan Ismail or Chef Wan to pay RM150,000 in damages to his former son-in-law Gavin Edward O’Luanaigh over defamatory publications against the latter on social media platforms. The court’s three-member panel comprising Justices Datuk Azizah Nawawi, Datuk Lim Chong …
Baca Lagi »Hungary drops investigation into graft case leak that sparked protests
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian prosecutors have closed an investigation into a case in which a former government insider accused aides of a cabinet member of interfering in a bribery probe, saying on Thursday they had found no evidence of a crime. The accusations were made in March by Peter Magyar, …
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