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Malaysia’s airport fee hikes leave bad taste in travellers’ mouths
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Entrepreneur Jehan Abu Bakar is fuming that she will soon have to pay more in airport fees whenever she flies from her home in Malays
China’s Xi meets foreign business leaders amid jitters over economy
Taipei, Taiwan – Chinese President Xi Jinping met with American business leaders and academics at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, state media has report
Visa, Mastercard reach $30bn settlement over credit card fees
Merchants have long accused the payment network of charging inflated ‘swipe fees’ when shoppers use their cards.Visa and Mastercard have reached an estimate
Retailer and supplier charged over sale of ‘Allah’ socks in…
The socks were found in a store on the outskirts of the capital prompting outrage among Muslims who regard the product as insulting.A Malaysian court has charge
Six still missing after Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
Six workers are missing and presumed dead following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the United States city of Baltimore, as authorities called a
‘Waiting for a call from Daddy’: Sri Lankans die in…
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Badly wounded from a Ukrainian attack on a Russian bunker in the Donetsk region, Sri Lankan fighter Senaka Bandara* tried to carry his fe
‘Feel less and less like playing’: Vinicius Jr in tears…
Real Madrid winger says he ‘will stay because that way the racists can continue to see my face more and more’.Brazilian winger Vinicius Jr broke down in tea
Former China football chief given life sentence for ‘huge’ bribery
Chen Xuyuan’s sentencing concludes a wide-ranging anticorruption probe involving top football officials in China.The former chief of China’s national footba
‘Eyes of the world on us’: Boeing shakes up leadership…
Seattle, United States – For those watching developments at Boeing, the question was not whether there was going to be a shake-up at the top, but when. When B
Will UNRWA collapse without US support?
New US law includes yearlong ban on funding to UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees.The United Nations Relief and Works Agency, or UNRWA, provides human
New York court lowers $454m bond as Trump appeals civil…
Ruling gives former President Donald Trump, who had faced possible seizure of his assets, 10 days to post $175m bond.An appeals court in the United States has a
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down as part of…
The announcement is part of a series of top-level staff changes at embattled US plane maker.Boeing says Chief Executive Officer Dave Calhoun will step down at t
