LONDON (Reuters) – Russian pranksters who often target people the Russian state is interested in released footage on Wednesday of a video call with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron after tricking him into thinking he was speaking to a former Ukrainian president. London’s Foreign Office said earlier this month that …

LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) – France conceded a late penalty against Poland on Tuesday which cost them top spot in Group C of Euro 2024, and keeper Mike Maignan did not appreciate Robert Lewandowski’s stuttering technique, or the spot-kick rules in general. Maignan was left aggrieved by Lewandowski’s stop-start run-up after …

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Baderul Amin Abdul Hamid has been sworn in as the new Seberang Perai mayor to replace Datuk Azhar Arshad, who was appointed as Melaka State Secretary. Baderul Amin, 58, took the oath before Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk …

KUALA LUMPUR: Country Heights Holdings Bhd has identified healthcare and wellness, as well as new energy, as key areas to revitalise the company “from red to black” and steer it towards sustainable profitability as part of its strategic transformation into a “premier grand wellness hub.” “As part of the transformation, …

(Reuters) – India can take a huge step towards winning their first major title in over a decade and bury any doubts about their backbone in the knockout rounds when they face defending champions England in the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals on Thursday. Despite being backed by the world’s richest …

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed on Wednesday the three main centrist groups in the European Parliament (EP) had agreed on the top European Union posts, selecting Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as head of the EU’s powerful executive body. In a speech to the …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat has approved the Bill to amend the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia Act 2017 (Act 788). The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (Amendment) Bill 2024, among others, aims to transfer the functions of the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom), which will be dissolved, to the Civil …

Wall Street’s main indexes looked set for a muted open on Wednesday as megacaps dipped and a momentum in chip stocks fizzled out, with investors awaiting a crucial inflation report this week. AI chip leader Nvidia slipped 0.7%, back in losses after a selloff that wiped out $430 billion in …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Dmitry Pumpyansky, the billionaire former chairman of Russian steel pipe maker TMK, no longer warrants being on the EU’s sanctions list related to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday. The EU has imposed sanctions on over 2,200 people and entities relating …

FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) – Tadej Pogacar will be the man to beat at the Tour de France, which he enters riding a wave of exceptional results this season, while main rival, defending champion Jonas Vingegaard, starts the event having just recovered from serious injuries. Slovenia’s Pogacar, whose domination of the …