KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia said on Tuesday it is considering regulations that will make internet giants Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook parent Meta Platforms compensate news outlets for content sourced from them. Malaysia is in discussions with Google, Meta and other major online platforms over the regulatory framework, the Malaysian […]
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BEIJING: China’s top security agency has hinted that any meeting between President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden in San Francisco later this year will depend on the United States “showing sufficient sincerity”. Biden on Sunday (Sep 3) expressed disappointment that Xi was not attending an upcoming summit of […]
Hawaii’s five-time world champion Carissa Moore and Brazil’s reigning title holder Filipe Toledo head into the Rip Curl WSL Finals in California in the coming days as the top ranked surfers and favourites to add to their world title tallies. Australian Ethan Ewing, who fractured two vertebrae in a wipeout […]
Defending champion and world number one Iga Swiatek exited the U.S. Open in the fourth round on Sunday after she unravelled 3-6 6-3 6-1 against Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The Polish three-times Grand Slam winner had not dropped a set before Sunday’s match but was unable to […]
NEW DELHI: Oil prices edged higher on Monday, supported by expectations that major producers will supplies tight, and growing hopes that the Federal Reserve will leave interest unchanged to avoid dampening the U.S. economy. Brent crude November futures was up 3 cents at $88.58 a barrel at 0333 GMT. U.S. […]
To avoid competing with The Eras Tour concert film, movies like The Exorcist: Believer and What Happens Later will be changing their release dates. As it turns out, Taylor Swift’s power extends beyond stadiums and arenas – she’s conquering theatres too. On Aug 31, the Grammy Award-winning singer announced that […]
BANGKOK: Thailand’s king has commuted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s eight-year prison sentence to one year, the royal gazette said today, a day after the billionaire submitted a request for pardon. The country’s most famous politician returned to Thailand last week in a dramatic homecoming after 15 years abroad in […]
GENEVA: people were killed in a crackdown on an anti-UN protest in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). “There needs to be an investigation… and the perpetrators need to be brought to justice,” UN rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva. The UN is in touch with the […]
NEW YORK : Caroline Wozniacki claimed the biggest win of her comeback and a spot in the third round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday as the Dane’s Grand Slam adventure continued with an 7-5 7-6(5) upset of 11th seed Petra Kvitova. Twice a finalist at Flushing Meadows, Wozniacki was […]
MADRID: Spanish society must break a “pact of silence” and stop normalizing sexist behaviour and support women brave enough to speak out when it happens, acting Equality Minister Irene Montero said on Wednesday. Montero said in an interview with Reuters she hoped the furore created by Spanish Football Association (RFEF) […]