(Reuters) – The Democratic party will be taking a historic gamble if it turns to Vice President Kamala Harris to become its presidential candidate, betting that a Black woman can overcome racism, sexism and her own missteps as a politician to defeat Republican Donald Trump. In more than two centuries …

ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s decision not to back Ursula von der Leyen as European Commission chief was driven by fear of losing rightwing grassroots supporters, analysts say, but may curb her influence over EU choices. The European Parliament elected von der Leyen for a second five-year …

KOTA BHARU: An ex-convict was charged in Sessions Court here with four counts of possessing materials related to the Daesh terrorist group. Nik Mohd Shalahuddin Zakaria, 40, who had served a three-year sentence for a similar offence, nodded after the charges were read out before Judge Zulkifli Abllah on Sunday …

DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh extended a curfew on Sunday to control violent student-led protests that have killed at least 114 people, as authorities braced for a Supreme Court hearing later in the day on government job quotas that sparked the anger. Soldiers have been on patrol on the streets of …

SHAH ALAM: The global information technology outage on Friday (July 19) has not impacted government agencies’ operations, says Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof (pic). The Deputy Prime Minister said that only the aviation sector has been affected so far. However, proactive measures are being taken to address and mitigate the issues …

PARIS (Reuters) – A global tech outage that affected operations in many sectors and also hit parts of the Paris Olympics operations proved to be a good test ahead of the Games, the International Olympic Committee said on Saturday. A software update by global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, one of the …

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Wildfires raging through the northern part of Canada’s Alberta have forced evacuations of three communities, a provincial body said on Saturday, as the oil-rich province continues to fight five different ‘wildfires of note’ in separate areas. A wildfire of note is often considered to be of significant …