2+ hour, 8+ min ago   (695+ words) STOCKHOLM (Sept 13): Swedes were voting in a closely fought election on Sunday that will either bring a far-right party into government for the first time or shift the country back towards the liberalism it has long been known for. Sweden's…...

2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (470+ words) NEW DELHI/SHANGHAI (Sept 13): Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled on Sunday initiatives in areas ranging from AI to trade to deepen cooperation among the "Greater BRICS" emerging economies, as Beijing seeks to weld the grouping into a practical platform for…...

3+ hour, 49+ min ago   (236+ words) KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 13): The Malaysian Foreign Ministry has not received any information indicating that Malaysians are involved in the Virgo Transport 8 passenger ship incident in Indonesia’s Java Sea. The ministry widely known as Wisma Putra said it is monitoring reports…...

5+ hour, 8+ min ago   (817+ words) ADEN/DUBAI (Sept 13): Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, adding to concerns about Iran-related threats to global energy supplies after Saudi Arabia shut down a vital oil pipeline....

9+ hour, 52+ min ago   (1121+ words) (Sept 12): Leaders of the world’s biggest artificial intelligence platforms said it’s time to slow the development pace of their most advanced — and most lucrative — models, citing escalating risks of the technology. Anthropic PBC chief executive officer Dario Amodei issued a…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (279+ words) (Sept 11): Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in India for a BRICS summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders, as wars in the Middle East and Ukraine test the bloc’s push for greater economic clout and a bigger voice…...

3+ day, 46+ min ago   (396+ words) SINGAPORE (Sept 10): Singapore's prime minister said on Thursday he deliberated "long and hard" over an increase in ministerial and lawmakers' salaries, already among the highest in the world, but felt it was necessary to attract talent into government ranks. Lawrence…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (528+ words) KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 10): The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) expects temperatures in several parts of the country to exceed 40 degrees Celsius next year, driven by a Super El Niño phenomenon forecast to reach its strongest intensity on record. MetMalaysia director-general Dr…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (268+ words) WASHINGTON (Sept 11): Iranian strikes damaged multiple American military aircraft this week on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, a US official told Reuters. The US military, the highest-funded in the world, suffered material damage even before Iran's strikes on…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (328+ words) (Sept 11): US diesel futures surged above US$5 (RM20.33) a gallon for the first time since April 2022, the latest sign of a deepening global fuel squeeze as wars disrupt supplies and rapidly erode fuel stockpiles around the world. Diesel in New York…...