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Malaysia’s food prices could rise by 50% as fuel costs soar, traders warn

Malaysia’s food prices could rise by 50% as fuel costs soar, traders warn

The energy crisis caused by the Iran war could push food prices up by as much as 50 per cent in Malaysia, trade associations have warned, as soaring fuel costs threaten to wipe out already narrow margins for roadside stalls and restaurants feeding the country’s outsize appetite for eating out. Malaysia’s government coffers have already taken a hit due to fallout from the conflict, with local fuel subsidy costs estimated to spike by more than fourfold to about 3.2 billion ringgit (US$795 million)...
European Suez Canal will turn largest city into an island in £20bn mega project

European Suez Canal will turn largest city into an island in £20bn mega project

The mega-project will offer Europe its own Suez Canal-stye shipping route big enough to transport around 160 vessels or oil tankers each year - potentially re-shaping key global trade routes
Spain closes airspace to US warplanes in further rebuke to Trump

Spain closes airspace to US warplanes in further rebuke to Trump

The Nato member state says it is not going to be ‘complicit in something that is bad for the world’
British mum's heartbreaking note on mirror before falling to death from Thailand balcony

British mum's heartbreaking note on mirror before falling to death from Thailand balcony

Mum-of-one Amy Spooner, 31, died after a horror fall from the balcony of her flat in Thailand - a message found scrawled on her mirror read 'sorry' and 'I love you'
Myanmar paves way for junta chief to be civilian president, ruling with ‘iron fist’

Myanmar paves way for junta chief to be civilian president, ruling with ‘iron fist’

Myanmar cleared the way on Monday for coup-leading General Min Aung Hlaing to become president and maintain his rule in civilian garb, with lawmakers nominating him as a vice-presidential candidate and the junta replacing him as military commander. Min Aung Hlaing has ruled Myanmar since 2021 when he ordered a coup toppling the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi – detaining the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, dissolving her party and triggering civil war. After five years of hardline rule, he...
2 men injured in double shooting near campus of Temple University

2 men injured in double shooting near campus of Temple University

Two men were injured in a shooting inside a pop-up hookah lounge just off the campus of Temple University.
‘To do something nobody’s done’: quantum physicist Zhu Zijie leaves Europe for China

‘To do something nobody’s done’: quantum physicist Zhu Zijie leaves Europe for China

Science and Nature are among the world’s most prestigious journals, which most scientists strive to publish in but never will. By the age of 30, quantum physicist Zhu Zijie had already published in both with significant discoveries on the behaviour of cold atoms. After graduating from Peking University, he went to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) – Albert Einstein’s alma mater – for graduate studies and stayed there as a postdoctoral researcher for over a year. In...

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Trump claims 'regime change' has happened in Iran

Trump claims 'regime change' has happened in Iran

Trump claims 'regime change' has happened in Iran
Italy used to rule the World Cup. Now it could miss a third straight.

Italy used to rule the World Cup. Now it could miss a third straight.

Italy has won the World Cup four times but shockingly could miss the tournament altogether for the third straight time. They'll know their fate Tuesday.

Trump weighing all options on Iran's Kharg island

The president said the U.S. could "take the oil in Iran" and that he was considering sending U.S. forces to seize Kharg Island's oil terminal.
Democrats push Trump admin to tackle insider trading in booming prediction markets

Democrats push Trump admin to tackle insider trading in booming prediction markets

The letter to the CFTC and Office of Government Ethics (OGE) comes after weeks of increasing scrutiny on potential insider trading by government employees.