PARIS (Reuters) - Women deprived of freedom of speech or the freedom to vote should fight for their rights and know that the United States stands beside them, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday. Read full story

(Reuters) - Payments giant PayPal Holdings Inc said on Wednesday it had appointed Enrique Lores, chief executive officer of HP Inc, to its board of directors, effective June 29. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): An Indonesian maid who stole her employer’s jewellery was sentenced to six months in prison and fined RM3,000, in default three months’ jail by the Selayang Magistrate's Court here on Wednesday (June 30). Read full story

LAHAD DATU (Bernama): A newborn baby with his umbilical cord still attached was found alive lying in mud under a house in Kampung Dasar Baru here on Tuesday (June 29). Read full story

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is to purchase five Boeing P-8A maritime patrol aircraft for about 1.1 billion euros ($1.31 billion), the defence ministry said on Wednesday, confirming a Reuters report from earlier this month. Read full story

PALMA, Spain (Reuters) - Beach-craving British tourists flocked to the Spanish island of Mallorca on Wednesday after London added the Balearic archipelago to its "green travel list", boosting hopes for a better tourist season after a disastrous 2020. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amazon.com filed a petition on Wednesday asking for Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan to be recused on future antitrust matters related to the company, according to a source familiar with the matter. Read full story

(Reuters) - Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc shares were set to open more than 14% higher in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Wednesday, which would value the SoftBank-backed company at more than $77 billion. Read full story

(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and AT&T Inc on Wednesday said that the carrier will run core parts of its 5G wireless network on Microsoft's cloud computing platform. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Online broker Robinhood Financial LLC has been ordered to pay $70 million for 'systemic supervisory failures' that harmed thousands of consumers in the process, an industry regulator announced on Wednesday. Read full story

KOTA BHARU (Bernama): Feeling helpless and depressed after three days of surviving on biscuits as she had run out rice, a single mother flew a white flag in front of her house, signifying that she needed help from others in her neighbourhood. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Payment of additional assistance under the Bantuan Prihatin Rakyat (BPR) to 8.4 million eligible recipients will be made in stages, starting Wednesday (June 30), involving an allocation of RM2.1bil. Read full story

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has the right to decide on standard operating procedures (SOPs) it deems suitable and beneficial for its people, says Sabah MCA. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Forced labour in Malaysia is not a widespread problem or "out of control", a senior police official told Reuters on Wednesday, even as U.S sanctions are being applied against several companies in the country over allegations of modern day slavery. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Malaysia is still in Phase One of the movement control under the National Recovery Plan (PPN), as the three key threshold value indicators have not been achieved yet. Read full story

SHAH ALAM (Bernama): The High Court here has awarded over RM1.5mil in damages to the families of three youths who were shot dead by police 11 years ago. Read full story

PETALING JAYA: Perlis, Kelantan and Terengganu are among the states expected to transition into the second phase of the National Recovery Plan, reports Astro Awani. Read full story

PARWAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Gun in hand, 55-year-old Dost Mohammad Salangi recites poetry as he leads a small group of men to a look-out post high in the rugged hills of Parwan province, north of the Afghan capital Kabul. Read full story

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - For 17-year-old Wa'ad, frequent power cuts in Sudan's capital have meant struggling to revise for secondary school exams by candlelight on many nights. Read full story

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Tension over a weeks-long hunger strike by hundreds of undocumented migrants in Belgium's capital has mounted after four of them stitched their lips shut to stress their demands for legal recognition and access to work and social services. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States government is overusing its secret subpoena power to routinely gather vast amounts of data on American internet users, a senior Microsoft executive said in prepared testimony to Congress released on Wednesday. Read full story

LONDON (Reuters) - Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance said on Wednesday that sterling withdrawals from its platform had been reactivated, with users also able to buy digital coins with debit and credit cards. Read full story

SEOUL (Reuters) - Is the young woman in the summer dress just admiring the view off the bridge? That is the question South Korean researchers and the emergency services are working to answer using artificial intelligence to detect and prevent suicide attempts. Read full story

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Tuesday ordered the arrest in absentia of Ivan Zhdanov, an ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Read full story

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European airline passenger rights, which include carriers' legal obligation to pay refunds for cancelled flights, have not been safeguarded during the COVID-19 pandemic, an EU report released on Tuesday said. Read full story

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc won two big fights with antitrust enforcers - and joined the $1 trillion club for market capitalization - as a federal judge threw out two lawsuits against it this week. Read full story

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said on Tuesday that his Starlink venture was growing quickly as he forecast total investment costs in the satellite internet business at between $20 billion and $30 billion. Read full story

KLANG: Selangor exco member for public health Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud has apologised to National Immunisation Programme coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin. Read full story

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government is awaiting the Federal Government's nod on SOPs to roll out its plan to ease restriction on several sectors of the economy. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The one-off movement approval permit given to all self-employed individuals, which ended on June 28, is automatically extended until July 7, says Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Datuk Seri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani. Read full story

PETALING JAYA: MCA has called for equal benefits for all government contract medical officers (MOs) and transparency in the Health Ministry's selection for permanent service intake. Read full story

KLANG: Three policemen have been detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to be investigated for alleged graft. Read full story

KOTA TINGGI: A 69-year-old man was found dead by his friend in his house in Kampung Desa Makmur, here. Read full story

BUTTERWORTH (Bernama): An elderly couple here is grateful for the house-to-house vaccination exercise for chronically bedridden patients which has made it so much easier for them to receive their vaccine shots. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Interpol through its Project Pandora will be assisting five countries in South-East Asia including Malaysia in investigating bioterrorist-related activities using Darknet. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR: The enhanced movement control order will end at several localities in Sabah and Sarawak on June 29 and June 30. Read full story

PETALING JAYA: A total of 659 people were issued compound notices while 20 others were remanded for movement control order violations on Monday (June 28). Read full story

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -The speaker of Sweden's parliament said on Tuesday he had given Moderate Party leader three days to see if he could garner enough support to form a government that would pass a vote in parliament. Read full story

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nnamdi Kanu, leader of banned separatist group the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been arrested and is in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, to face trial, a spokesman for the justice minister said on Tuesday. Read full story

ROME (Reuters) - Coronavirus curbs have eased, tourists are returning, but Italy's restaurants and hotels are facing an unexpected problem -- they can't find the staff. Read full story

(Reuters) - The judge in the trial of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday rejected a motion to dismiss evidence central to a case that could see her jailed for up to two years for incitement, her legal team said. Read full story

WARSAW (Reuters) - The Polish justice minister infringed on the rights of two court officials when he dismissed them without letting them appeal, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday, dealing a blow to the government's judicial reforms. Read full story

PARIS (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has frozen a three-year deal with some French publishers as it awaits an antitrust decision that could set the tone on copyright talks for news content online in Europe, two sources close to the matter said. Read full story

(Reuters) - Chinese grocery app Dingdong, backed by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, raised about $95.69 million in its U.S. initial public offering on Tuesday after downsizing it on Monday. Read full story

BARCELONA (Reuters) - White sticks used by the visually impaired to help them get about have had a hi-tech makeover, with a "smart cane" that doesn't just detect obstacles but can also give users information about the shops and restaurants they are passing. Read full story

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Natwest Group has capped the daily amount customers can send to cryptocurrency exchanges, including major platform Binance, because of concerns over investment scams and fraud, a spokesperson told Reuters on Tuesday. Read full story

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia filed new charges against Facebook, Google, Telegram and Twitter on Monday, alleging they failed to delete content deemed illegal, Interfax news agency reported. Read full story

PARIS (Reuters) - Xavier Bertrand, a one-time insurance salesman from the French provinces, established himself as a leading contender for next year's presidential election, after his centre-right bloc out-performed rivals in regional votes at the weekend. Read full story

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's defence ministry said on Monday that it was investigating how nearly 50 pages of secret military documents were lost by a senior ministry official and ended up at a provincial English bus stop. Read full story

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's financial market watchdog BaFin on Monday granted the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase permission to provide crypto custody services and proprietary trading, the first licence it has issued for such business in Germany. Read full story

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Top telecoms executives called for a total overhaul of Europe's regulatory framework on Monday, using the platform of the Mobile World Congress to amplify their demands for unified oversight across the 27-nation bloc. Read full story

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's media industry is banding together to negotiate payments for news with Google and Facebook, the first attempt in Europe to collectively pursue claims with the tech giants. Read full story

KUALA NERUS (Bernama): The National Parks and Wildlife Department (Perhilitan) finally caught the elusive saltwater crocodile, named “Mamat” by local residents, at an abandoned mine here. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The major telecommunications service providers in the country have agreed to extend the free one gigabit (GB) daily data until Dec 31, 2021, says Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Read full story

PETALING JAYA: The government has agreed to implement the Wage Subsidy Programme 4.0 by allocating RM3.8bil, says Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Read full story

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is expected to announce fresh standard operating procedures (SOPs) for its Covid-19 recovery plan on Tuesday (June 29), says state Covid-19 spokesman Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun Masidi confirmed that the SOPs would only be released after the state government allowed dine-ins and certain contact sports to be allowed from Tuesday. Read full story

PETALING JAYA: The government has allocated a total of RM4.6bil under the National People's Well-Being and Economic Recovery Package (Pemulih) to benefit the B40 and M40 groups, says Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Read full story

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Brazilian fugitive accused of murdering a family was shot dead on Monday, ending a 20-day manhunt with troops, dogs and helicopters in farm country outside Brasilia, where rural families lived for weeks in fear. Read full story

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian appeals court on Monday upheld a nine-year prison sentence for Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine who was convicted last year of endangering the lives of two police officers in August 2019, charges he denies. Read full story

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth kicked off a week of engagements in Scotland on Monday with a visit to the factory where they make the country's favourite soft drink, Irn-Bru. Read full story

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Two suspects were charged with murder and attempted murder on Monday over an assassination attempt on a Ugandan government minister in which the minister was wounded and his daughter and driver were killed. Read full story

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban militants have taken over a district, launched attacks on checkpoints and cemented control over a border trade crossing, officials said on Monday, as clashes intensify in Afghanistan's central and northern provinces. Read full story

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus on Monday recalled its permanent representative to the European Union for consultations after Brussels imposed economic sanctions in response to Belarus authorities forcing a Ryanair passenger flight to land in Minsk. Read full story

BARCELONA (Reuters) - The pardons of jailed Catalan separatist leaders does not guarantee automatic support for the Spanish government's 2022 budget, Oriol Junqueras, the most prominent of the freed politicians, said on Monday. Read full story

ROME (Reuters) - The United States took necessary and appropriate action when it launched air strikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria, sending a strong and important message, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. Read full story

LONDON (Reuters) - A large fire has broken out in a railway arch in south London, the British capital's fire brigade said on Monday, diverting trains and sending plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky. Read full story

WARSAW (Reuters) - The Catholic Church in Poland is facing a wave of allegations of sexual abuse, church authorities said on Monday, as they laid out statistics on the extent of abuse amid an investigation into alleged cover-ups by a senior clergyman. Read full story

BERLIN (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom has successfully tested software-based mobile network technology using high-capacity antennas, it said on Monday, a potential alternative to existing network suppliers that could give mobile firms more flexibility and cut costs. Read full story

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese electric vehicle battery maker CATL said on Monday it has extended a battery supply deal with U.S. EV maker Tesla Inc to 2025. Read full story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Sunday carried out air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria, in response to drone attacks by the militia against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq, the Pentagon said. Read full story

Educational institutions are equipping students with the knowledge and tools to work in the field of AI, a fast-growing and quickly evolving industry. Read full story

CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on a power station in Iraq, the group's Nasheer News said on its Telegram channel. Read full story

MAIDUGURI/ABUJA (Reuters) - A group of fighters from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram pledged allegiance to rivals the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) weeks after the former group's leader died, according to a video seen by Reuters.  Read full story

BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - A suspected bomber was blown up when his improvised explosive device went off in a busy intersection of the Democratic Republic of Congo eastern city of Beni on Sunday, authorities said, the second blast in Beni on the same day. Read full story

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and Singapore will on Monday start negotiations on a new digital trade agreement that could remove barriers, part of London's push to become what it calls a "global tech powerhouse" post-Brexit. Read full story

CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will start inoculating young people aged 12 to 18 against COVID-19 with the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine after it was approved by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority, the health ministry said on a tweet on Sunday. Read full story

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa will tighten COVID-19 restrictions for 14 days as current containment measures are not sufficient to prevent a rise in infections, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday. Read full story

DHAKA (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed and more than 50 people were injured in an explosion in the Bangladeshi capital late on Sunday, police said. Read full story

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan has rejected an Ethiopian proposal to manage the filling for a second time of a giant dam that it is building on the Blue Nile, a senior official said on Sunday, deepening a regional dispute over the project. Read full story

PETALING JAYA: Police are investigating Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed for allegedly breaking Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP), after pictures of him being at a cafe were seen. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Healthcare workers involved in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic will be given unrecorded leave with the approval of the respective heads of departments so as to avoid symptoms of extreme stress or burnout, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Read full story

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has ratcheted up the heat on U.S. ecommerce giants like Amazon and Walmart, accusing them of arrogance and of flouting local laws by indulging in predatory pricing practices. Read full story

LONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has released two women's rights activists detained nearly three years ago after they had served their time, London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said on Sunday. Read full story

PETALING JAYA: Most business premises were found to be complying with preventive Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOP) during lockdown, with only a small number of them breaking the rules, says the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry. Read full story

SIBU: Sarawak is extending phase one of the National Recovery Plan, as it continues to record a high number of Covid-19 cases daily. Read full story

TANAH MERAH (Bernama): Eight Thai men escaped from the Tanah Merah Immigration Detention Centre here on Sunday (June 27) after apparently cutting through the perimeter fence. Read full story

DUBAI (Reuters) -The speaker of Iran's parliament said on Sunday Tehran will never hand over images from inside of some Iranian nuclear sites to the U.N. nuclear watchdog as a monitoring agreement with the agency had expired, Iranian state media reported. Read full story

PETALING JAYA: Kampung Nahaba Tegudon and Kampung Linau in Kota Belud, Sabah, will be put under enhanced movement control order starting Tuesday (June 29). Read full story

PETALING JAYA: Police are investigating Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed for allegedly breaking Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP), after pictures of him being at a cafe were seen. Read full story

PETALING JAYA: The Petrol Dealers Association of Malaysia (PDAM) have urged the government to allow them to reopen all its petrol station facilities, including the convenience store attached to it, from 6am till 10pm, considering that eateries are now allowed to reopen till 10pm. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Healthcare workers involved in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic will be given unrecorded leave with the approval of the respective heads of departments so as to avoid symptoms of extreme stress or burnout, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Read full story

LONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has released two women's rights activists detained nearly three years ago after they had served their time, London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said on Sunday. Read full story

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will study data on how long vaccine recipients are protected from Covid-19 risks as preparations are made to procure more supplies next year. Read full story

ALOR SETAR: Six suspects, including three policemen, have been arrested for allegedly stealing a safe containing about RM400,000 from the office of a logistics company here. Read full story

PARIS (Reuters) - France holds run-offs for regional elections on Sunday that could shift the balance between political heavyweights vying for pole position in next year's presidential race. Read full story

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan will cut its government spending and increase social spending, the cabinet said on Saturday, after completing a raft of rapid economic reforms this month that threaten to compound pressures on the majority of the population. Read full story

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Sunday announced new restrictions centred around its capital in a bid to tackle the country's worst coronavirus outbreak. Read full story

CAIRO - (Reuters) - Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi headed on Saturday evening to the United States for his usual, periodic medical checkups, the state news agency (SABA) reported. Read full story

LONDON (Reuters) - British former finance minister Sajid Javid will replace Matt Hancock as the country's health minister, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office said on Saturday. Read full story

LIMA (Reuters) -Thousands of Peruvians supporting socialist Pedro Castillo and right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori took to the streets on Saturday amid swirling uncertainty over the result of a tight June 6 presidential election that has been held up by legal challenges. Read full story

When you're out cycling it can be useful to use your smartphone for navigation and to track calories burned and kilometres travelled. Read full story

There's no release date for Windows 11 yet, but speculations tip that it should come sometime around October along with new hardware running the new OS. Read full story

(Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump joined video platform Rumble on Saturday, the same day he will take the stage at a campaign-style rally in Ohio, his first such event since the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Read full story

The poll in Harper's magazine is worrying as inequality has grown wider in the world. Read full story

The brutal murder of a Pakistani-origin family by 20-year-old white supremacist caused a wave of outrage in Canada. Read full story

Officials in the German city of Cologne are worried about the growing number of e-scooters being dumped in the Rhine river given the risk of leaky batteries polluting the waters. Read full story

MADRID (Reuters) - Authorities in Mallorca are investigating a coronavirus outbreak involving more than 600 students celebrating the end of term in the Spanish island, just as it prepares for British tourists to return following the easing of travel curbs. Read full story

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's health minister Matt Hancock has resigned after he admitted breaking COVID-19 guidance by kissing and embracing an aide in his office. Read full story

PARIS (Reuters) - An LGBT Pride march drew thousands of people to the streets of Paris on Saturday, with many using the first event of its kind since the coronavirus pandemic to denounce the situation in Hungary. Read full story

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Nicaraguan police have arrested the brother of detained opposition leader Cristiana Chamorro, accusing him of damaging the country's sovereignty and continuing the sweeping crackdown of political and business figures opposed to President Daniel Ortega. Read full story

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): In an effort to help ensure that the process of administering the Covid-19 vaccine continues to be extended to every citizen, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah went to the ground on Saturday (June 26) to serve as a vaccinator, with a mobile vaccination team. Read full story

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Saturday it believes a reinstatement of its 2015 nuclear deal with major world powers is possible but warned that Tehran “will not negotiate forever”. Read full story

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd that gathered for a Pride parade in central Istanbul on Saturday, detaining some of those seeking to take part in an event banned by local authorities. Read full story

WUERZBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Authorities in Germany were investigating on Saturday what prompted a man to go on the rampage with a knife in the town of Wuerzberg on Friday, killing three women and seriously injuring five other women. Read full story

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday launched a $15 billion canal project intended to relieve pressure on the busy Bosphorus Strait by laying the foundations of a bridge over the planned route. Read full story

VIENNA (Reuters) -Iran has not responded to the U.N. atomic watchdog on extending their monitoring agreement that expired overnight, the agency said on Friday, calling for an "immediate" answer on the issue that threatens to derail wider talks on the Iran nuclear deal. Read full story

SANT ESTEVE SESROVIRES, Spain (Reuters) -The widow of U.S. software mogul John McAfee blamed U.S. authorities on Friday for his death in a Spanish prison where he was awaiting extradition to the United States and said he was not suicidal. Read full story

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, under growing pressure to explain his role in a vaccine deal with India's Bharat Biotech, said on Friday there were no irregularities in the contract for the Covaxin COVID-19 shot. Read full story