ROME (Reuters) -The centre-left easily retained its stronghold of Florence in the run-off round of mayoral elections in Italian cities, final results showed on Monday, sweeping aside its right-wing opponents amid a low turnout. Voting on Sunday and Monday completed a round of elections in which centre-left parties also retained …

BERLIN (Reuters) – Ralf Rangnick admitted there was doubt among the players when he was hired as Austria’s manager in 2022, but the 65-year-old German has led his team to the cusp of the Euro 2024 knockout rounds. Austria, who face the Netherlands on Tuesday in their final Group D …

THE local stock market is revving up nicely, with a decent 10.5% gain year-to-date and 16.4% over the last 12 months. The benchmark FBM KLCI also touched 1629 points on May 23, a level last seen in early 2021. Consensus predictions are that it will hit a 12-month target of …

JOHOR BAHRU: Eight triad members, including seven minors, were charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Monday (June 24) for injuring three 15-year-old teenagers. Lim Jian Yau, 20, pleaded guilty to three charges of hurting the teenagers by hitting them with his hands and feet in the bushes behind the Taman …

WE are an oil producer but large oil producing countries have higher prices at the pump. When the rationalisation of energy subsidies was mooted, it was not only the government that was fretting over how it can be done. It would take monumental political will to remove a subsidy most …

(Reuters) – Shopify made its artificial intelligence-powered tools, including the Sidekick assistant and image-generation feature, available to more users on Monday, in a bid to increase the appeal of its e-commerce platform and boost revenue growth. Customers can now use its editing tool on their smartphones to enhance images used …

(Reuters) – Hotel chains in Germany are experiencing roaring business thanks to the European Championship, but the economy as a whole is unlikely to receive a strong boost according to the Ifo institute. “The European Championship in Germany is providing fantastic impetus and are having a positive impact on our …

KUALA LUMPUR: The first phase of the empirical study on the separation of roles of the attorney general (AG) and public prosecutor (PP) will conclude after the research by the Special Task Force on Comparative Studies in the United Kingdom (UK) is completed, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. The …

WITH climate change and gas emissions being the core of a lot of the world’s problems these days, the race to find sustainable and low-carbon alternatives to traditional fossil fuels has intensified. The recent hike in diesel prices, as well as the impending removal of the blanket subsidy for the …

LONDON (Reuters) – Former nurse Lucy Letby, convicted last year of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others, told an English court on Monday that she had never harmed or intended to harm a child in her care. Letby, 34, was found guilty last August of the multiple …