World

Pakistan minister denies nuclear body meeting after offensive launched on India

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Pakistan's defence minister said on Saturday that no meeting of the top military and civil body overseeing the country's nuclear arsenal had been scheduled following a military operation against India earlier in the day.

Technology

Texas secures $1.38 billion settlement with Google over data privacy

(Reuters) -Google has agreed to pay $1.375 billion in a settlement in principle reached with the state of Texas over allegations the company violated users' data privacy, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Friday.

Technology

Trump Media seeking M&A activity in diversification bid

(Reuters) -Trump Media & Technology Group is planning to pursue potential mergers and acquisitions, U.S. President Donald Trump's social media firm said on Friday, as it looks to diversify into sectors such as financial services.

Nation

PKR election nominations end, Anwar unchallenged for president post

KUALA LUMPUR: The nominations for PKR 2025 Election which ended at 11.59pm on Friday (May 9) night saw Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim not challenged by anyone for the position of the party's president.

Technology

US Department of Labor closes investigation into Scale AI

(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor has closed its investigation into Scale AI's compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. 

Technology

Family creates AI video to depict Arizona man addressing his killer in court

CHANDLER, ARIZONA (Reuters) -A simulation of a dead man created by artificial intelligence addressed his killer in an Arizona court this month, in what appears to be one of the first such instances in a U.S. courtroom.

Football

Soccer-Conceicao stays grounded after Milan beat Bologna ahead of final

(Reuters) - AC Milan manager Sergio Conceicao urged his players to learn quickly from Friday's see-saw performance, warning that improvement is needed ahead of the Coppa Italia final despite a convincing win against Bologna in Serie A on Friday.

Technology

Activist investor Engine Capital ends campaign at Lyft, withdraws board nominees

(Reuters) -Engine Capital said on Friday it would end its activist campaign at Lyft and withdraw its board nominees after the ride-hailing platform raised its stock buyback program to the level proposed by the investor.

Focus

Can Expo rekindle Japan’s spark?

WHEN Osaka first hosted the World Expo in 1970, a quarter-century after World War II, Japan's economy was newly affluent and expanding so rapidly that it was hailed as an economic miracle. The Expo broadcast that momentum to the world.

Sri Lanka

Six killed in air force copter crash

A local air force helicopter crashed, killing six of the 12 people on board, the military said.

Philippines

Voters to decide VP’s fate

The country votes Monday in a ballot that will decide half the Senate's seats, thousands of local posts, and quite possibly the political future of impeached Vice-President Sara Duterte.

Japan

Boyband Arashi to split after final tour

J-pop mega-group Arashi, wildly popular in Japan and elsewhere in Asia, said they would end their activities as a band following a final tour next year.

Japan

Knife attacker blames toxic parenting

A knife-wielding man arrested in Tokyo this week wanted to warn parents nationwide that tough love can ruin their children, citing his own miserable childhood, Japanese media reported.

Metro News

Mixed views on revised KL plan

SEVERAL key recommendations by stakeholders remain unaddressed in the revised draft Kuala Lumpur Local Plan 2040 (KLLP2040), says Save Kuala Lumpur (SKL) coalition group.

Japan

Expo 2025 accepts 85-year-old ticket

A MAN was admitted to the World Expo in Japan with a ticket to a 1940 event that was called off as war escalated, organisers said.

Thailand

Thaksin’s travel bid denied

A COURT has refused former prime minister Thaksin Shina­watra's request to leave the country for Qatar, where he said he hoped to meet US President Donald Trump for informal trade talks.

North Korea

Kim supervises nuclear strike simulation

KIM Jong-un supervised tests of short-range ballistic missile systems that simulated nuclear counterstrikes against US and South Korean forces, state media said yesterday, as the North continued to blame its rivals for escalating tensions through joint military exercises.

Metro News

Over RM30mil spent on flood mitigation projects in Datok Keramat

More than RM30mil has been invested in infrastructure and flood mitigation projects in the Datok Keramat state constituency, says its assemblyman Jagdeep Singh Deo.

India

‘We have given a befitting reply’

The death toll from India and Pakistan's biggest clashes in decades passed 50 with each country accusing the other of sending waves of drone attacks.

India

Vance: India-Pakistan conflict ‘none of our business’

US Vice-President JD Vance said that India and Pakistan should de-escalate tensions, but he added that the United States cannot control the nuclear-armed Asian neighbours and a war between them would be "none of our business".