CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter, the country’s chief law officer, identified himself on Wednesday as the subject of a historical rape allegation, declaring his innocence and strongly denying the claim. Politicians who last week received an anonymous allegation of an assault in 1988 had referred material to federal police. On Tuesday, police in
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PARIS (Reuters) – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday he was ready to go all the way to the European Court of Human Rights to prove his innocence, his first public reaction after being found guilty of corruption and sentenced to prison on Monday. The court found that Sarkozy, 66, had tried to
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations in New York formally staked his claim as the country’s legitimate representative in letters – seen by Reuters on Tuesday – to the U.N. General Assembly president and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Myanmar state television announced on Saturday that Kyaw Moe Tun had
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s prime minister said on Tuesday he has commissioned a study to look into issuing COVID-19 vaccination certificates for international travellers, as the country seeks to revive a tourism industry battered by coronavirus curbs. The Southeast Asian nation has been mulling the idea of so-called “vaccine passports”, but no target date has
Like most Clubhouse users, Rahaf Harfoush doesn’t make money on the app. But she does help others avoid losing it. Harfoush, a digital anthropologist and author who lives in Paris, is part of an “anti-grift squad” that helps newcomers to the audio-only interactive streaming platform avoid falling prey to scams. She and a crew of
CARACAS (Reuters) – Nearly three-quarters of all individuals detained in Venezuela for what rights group Penal Forum considers political reasons are awaiting trial, the group said on Monday, arguing it is a sign that authorities use pretrial detention as a punishment. Venezuelan law states that pretrial detention cannot last more than two years, Penal Forum’s
TOKYO (Reuters): Tokyo has requested Beijing to stop taking anal swab tests for COVID-19 on Japanese citizens as the procedure causes psychological pain, a government spokesman said on Monday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said the government has not received a response that Beijing would change the testing procedure, so Japan would continue to ask
TOKYO: Japanese companies are ramping up the use of artificial intelligence and other advanced technology to reduce waste and cut costs in the pandemic, and looking to score some sustainability points along the way. Disposing of Japan’s more than six million tonnes in food waste costs the world’s No.3 economy some 2 trillion yen (RM76.07bil)
(Reuters) – Myanmar police fired on protesters around the country on Sunday and at least 18 people were killed in the worst violence since a Feb. 1 military coup, the United Nations said, calling on the international community to act to stop the repression. Crowds of demonstrators came under fire in various parts of the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration is in “no rush” to lift U.S. sanctions on Venezuela but would consider easing them if President Nicolas Maduro takes confidence-building steps showing he is ready to negotiate seriously with the opposition, a White House official told Reuters. Signaling that the new U.S. president may be unlikely to
KOTA KINABALU: The state government is ready to help targeted groups register for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme in Sabah. State Community Development and People’s Well-being Minister Shahelmy Yahya said this includes facilitating access to their database for those eligible, especially those in the targeted groups. “For our ministry, our target groups include the elderly,
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ISKANDAR PUTERI: The police have issued compounds to some 40 individuals, including one Vietnamese for violating the movement control order (MCO) at a karaoke centre in Skudai here. Iskandar Puteri OCPD Asst Comm Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said that the compounds were issued following the raid at Taman Nusa Bestari Jaya, Skudai at about 12.10am on Saturday
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia recorded 2,634 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday (Feb 27), bringing the cumulative total to 298,315. From this number, 190 are in intensive care units. In a tweet, the Health Ministry said within the same 24-hour period, there were 10 fatalities, bringing the death toll to 1,121. There were another 3,320 recoveries, which
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Members of Russia’s opposition plan to commemorate the sixth anniversary of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov’s murder in central Moscow on Saturday amid a clampdown on protests over the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Allies of Navalny, who was jailed this month on parole violations he said were trumped up, have called
NASSIRIYA, Iraq (Reuters) – At least five protesters were killed and more than 175 people injured on Friday in clashes between demonstrators and security forces in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya, a Reuters witness and other sources said. Among the fatalities, most died from bullet wounds, a hospital source said, adding that about 120
SHAH ALAM (Bernama): A witness in the murder trial of Cradle Fund chief executive officer Nazrin Hassan told the High Court on Friday (Feb 26) that the two mobile phones retrieved from the scene did not explode based on their physical condition. Former Selangor contingent police Headquarters weapons duty officer ASP (R) Mohd Sa’ad Mat
Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc has made a major pivot on the next game in the popular Dragon Age series, allowing the developers to remove all planned multiplayer components from the game, according to people familiar with the matter. Dragon Age is a series of fantasy games from the EA-owned developer BioWare. The next
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday told Saudi King Salman he would work for bilateral ties “as strong and transparent as possible,” the White House said, ahead of the expected release of a sensitive U.S. intelligence report on the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The report is a declassified version
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece is ready to welcome British tourists this summer regardless of whether they have had a coronavirus vaccine, Tourism Minister Harry Theocharis was quoted as saying on Thursday. Greece, which has led calls for a European Union-wide certificate of vaccination to help open up summer tourism, reached an accord with Israel earlier
PUTRAJAYA: Buskers will be allowed to resume their performance at movement control order states, says Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said that the government had received appeals from full-time buskers who relied on performing to earn a living. “We know that most buskers operate in open-air places, in front of restaurants,
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Scuffles broke out between rival protesters in the southern Mexican city of Iguala on Wednesday amid growing anger over President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s backing of a gubernatorial candidate accused of rape. Video shared on social media showed one woman hitting another woman with a megaphone, bloodying her face, following a
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek police fired tear gas, stun grenades and water cannon to disperse dozens of protesters who rallied in central Athens on Wednesday in solidarity with a hunger striking convicted assassin from the disbanded leftist November 17 militant group. Dimitris Koufodinas is serving multiple life terms for several crimes, including 13 murders, out
NIBONG TEBAL: A hillside forest with an estimated area of 1.2ha in Pulau Aman has caught fire. Penang Fire and Rescue Department’s fire operations and safety officer Nafis Ariff Abdullah said the department received a distress call at around 4.15pm Wednesday (Feb 24). “When the Fire and Rescue team arrived at the scene, they found
KUALA LUMPUR: Correct information on the Covid-19 vaccine must be disseminated, says Alliance for Safe Community chairmanTan Sri Lee Lam Thye (pic). “Adverse comments – especially on social media – harp on the possible side effects of the vaccine, real or imagined. “However, these comments fly in the face of scientific facts. Over 200mil vaccine
QUITO (Reuters) – Hundreds of Ecuadorean indigenous protesters arrived in the capital Quito on Tuesday to demand a recount of the Feb. 7 presidential election after official results showed indigenous activist Yaku Perez did not advance to the runoff vote. Perez, 51, has been walking through the Andean nation to denounce what he calls manipulation
BELGRADE (Reuters) – COVID-19 caused the death of a man in Serbia last February, 10 days before the first fatality from the disease in Europe was reported by France, a study by researchers in Belgrade has found. A 56-year-old construction worker from Belgrade, who had not travelled abroad, was admitted on Feb. 5, 2020 to
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Sheikh Zaki Yamani, the embodiment of the ascent of Arab petroleum power and the face of the 1973 oil embargo that brought the West to its knees, has died. Yamani was a witness to the 1975 murder of the Saudi king who had plucked him, a non-royal, from obscurity to
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Police in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, are deploying an armed rollerblading unit to curb theft and harassment on its teeming streets. Gliding in a circle with their weapons pointed inwards, and lifting and lowering the guns in unison, the 20-member unit clad in black undergoes rigorous training. “We felt we needed
PARIS (Reuters) – The situation regarding Iran’s nuclear program is “worrying”, French Foreign Affairs minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told his EU colleagues during a meeting in Brussels, the French Foreign Affairs ministry said on Monday. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said earlier on Monday Iran might enrich uranium up to 60% purity if the country
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