America's top diplomat on Friday insisted that a strong Ukraine in control of its own territory was a prerequisite for talks with Russia, warning against a "Potemkin" or fake peace through a ceasefire.A ceasefire that freezes in place Russia's gains would be a "Potemkin peace," he said.
A long trek across the desert of northeastern Niger brings the visitor to one of the most astonishing and rewarding sights in the Sahel: fortified villages of salt and clay perched on rocks with the Saharan sands laying siege below.It saw an influx of miners from across West Africa, bringing life and some economic respite, but also bandits who hole up in the mountains.
A crash in British home prices is unlikely but they will dip further this year than earlier thought as the cost of living crisis and rising borrowing costs take their toll on indebted buyers, a Reuters poll showed. As in much of the world, home prices soared during the COVID pandemic as buyers sought additional living space and took advantage of low interest rates, but with high inflation proving sticky the Bank of England embarked on an aggressive rate hiking path and is likely not done yet. Average house prices were expected to fall a modest 3.0% across 2023, deeper than the 2.4% drop predicted in a February poll but nowhere near the crash some were expecting, the May 16-31 poll of 23 market specialists showed.
Tech stocks saw $8.5 billion of inflows in the week, BoFa said, citing market data provider EPFR. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 hit nine-month closing highs on Thursday. Part of that upsurge was thanks to a 30% rise in shares of chipmaker Nvidia in just three sessions that pushed its market valuation above $1 trillion at one point.
Asian drug trafficking networks are increasingly using sea routes to smuggle methamphetamines out of Myanmar and ramping up ketamine production as they seek to expand their business, the UN said Friday.Researchers also pointed to evidence that drug smuggling networks are looking to diversify what they sell.
JOHOR BARU, June 2 — Motorists cutting lines at the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex towards Johor were...
Signs of discord between top crude oil producers Saudi Arabia and Russia are set to overshadow an OPEC+ output policy meeting on Sunday that will test their alliance.Analysts are now divided over whether Saudi Arabia and Russia will keep the group on course with its current output policy, or further curtail production in a bid to prop up prices.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 — Macau’s Office of the Secretary for Security (GSS) said it was “shocked” the Malaysian Anti-Corru...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 — Macau’s Office of the Secretary for Security (GSS) said it was “shocked” the Malaysian Anti-Corru...
Sterling headed for its biggest one-week rally against the dollar in six months on Friday, as U.S. interest rates looked increasingly likely to plateau sooner than UK rates. Britain has avoided recession, but the squeeze of the cost of living crisis on consumers and households is clear, given recent data on business activity, employment and lending.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — It was a launch of an art exhibition at the Islamic Arts Museum. In a rare public appearance, Ta...
KOTA KINABALU, June 2 — A pilot project for the digital data collection of foreigners in Sabah has found that at least h...
Asian markets rallied Friday on hopes the US Federal Reserve will decide against lifting interest rates this month as officials assess the impact of more than a year of tightening.Expectations were already running high that the Fed will hold its horses on rates for the first time in more than a year when it meets later this month, but comments from two officials added to the optimism.
FIFA on Friday announced the release of about 250,000 more tickets for the Women's World Cup, amid concerns about sales for matches in New Zealand.A fresh batch of tickets will be released Tuesday for all 64 matches in Australia and New Zealand, days after one tournament official admitted having sleepless nights about their take-up.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — Malaysia will remain a free market for telecommunications companies in the rollout of its second...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — Former two-time prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was questioned by police today in relation...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — Umno is unlikely to nominate former Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Tan Sri Isa Samad whom it has w...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — She looks years younger than 42 but it was her chest-hugging tank top that Instagram users zoomed...
When social media was inundated with rumours that Sri Lanka's holiest tree was being harmed by 5G mobile signals, Colombo's cash-strapped government pulled out all the stops."The government and the Buddhists will do whatever it takes to protect the Sri Maha Bodhi."
The incoming head of the United Nations' migration agency decried a tendency to demonise vulnerable migrants for political gain, saying she aimed to help shift the narrative.Amy Pope, who last month became the first woman elected to head the International Organization for Migration, told AFP in an interview this week she was deeply concerned over the way some countries and groups were "weaponising" migrants to win political points domestically.
Sitting at a cafe in the Ukrainian port of Odesa, a local smuggler drew on his cigarette as he explained how the war has disrupted long-established underworld ties between Russia and Ukraine."We know that there is still plenty of cooperation between the underworld of Russia and the underworld of Ukraine outside of Ukraine," said Reitano.
US senators voted to suspend the federal debt limit Thursday, capping weeks of fraught negotiations to eliminate the threat of a disastrous credit default just four days ahead of the deadline set by the Treasury.Around 80 years ago, lawmakers introduced a limit on how much federal debt could be accrued.
At least 45 bags with human remains were found in a ravine in the western Mexican state of Jalisco during a search for eight people reported missing last week, local authorities said Thursday. "Forty-five bags with human remains have been extracted that belong to both male and female people," the state prosecutor's office said in a statement.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — Umno secretary-general Datuk Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki today called for an end to the “blame game” amon...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng today warned Malaysians that their fundamental rights and civil liberti...