WASHINGTON: Former US president Donald Trump appeared before ardent supporters in the deeply conservative southern state of Alabama on Friday (Aug 4), dismissing the latest federal indictment against him a day earlier as an “illegal and unconstitutional travesty”. Trump, who is facing sweeping conspiracy charges over his efforts to overturn […]
Day: August 4, 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) has upheld the RM120,000 fine and one-month suspension on Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) and Selangor FC sensational winger Mohamad Faisal Abdul Halim respectively. The decision was made in a meeting of the FAM Appeals Committee chaired by Datuk Seri Mohammad Mokhtar Mohamad […]
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia was set to host talks on the Ukraine war on Saturday (Aug 5) in the latest flexing of its diplomatic muscle, though expectations are mild for what the gathering might achieve. The meeting of national security advisers and other officials in the Red Sea coastal city of […]
DHAKA : Tamim Iqbal has stepped down as Bangladesh one day international (ODI) captain and will miss the Asia Cup as he continues to recover from a back injury, the opener has said. Tamim announced his shock retirement last month before reversing the decision within 24 hours following his meeting […]
BRASÍLIA: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by more than 66 per cent last month from July 2022, officials said yesterday, crediting President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s push to protect the world’s biggest rainforest. July typically marks the start of peak deforestation season, with the onset of drier weather […]
TOKYO : The dollar hung back from a four-week high against major peers on Friday as investors looked ahead to a key jobs report that could influence the path for U.S. interest rates. Sterling traded slightly higher after recovering knee-jerk losses following the Bank of England’s decision to downshift to […]
BEIJING : China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Friday it would drop anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on Australian barley imports that had been in place for three years affecting billions of dollars of trade, as the two nations repair strained ties. China and Australia agreed in April to resolve their […]