Macron has a new prime minister but the same old problems
President Emmanuel Macron's earliest tasks - will be to pass a budget for 2025.
Mon Dec 16 2024
Macron, defying calls to resign, struggles on in search for stable French government
Emmanuel Macron rejects demands he quit to end a crisis he said was driven by the far right and extreme left's "anti-republican front."
Sat Dec 07 2024
France's Macron says he will appoint a new prime minister in the coming days
French President Emmanuel Macron says he would name a successor to Barnier "in the coming days."
Fri Dec 06 2024
Euphoria all around as Bitcoin vaults above $100,000, stocks hit record highs
World stocks hits fresh record highs with sentiment bolstered by upbeat comments on the economy from Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell.
Thu Dec 05 2024
Barnier expected to resign as France's festering political crisis rumbles on
Michel Barnier will be the shortest serving prime minister in modern French history.
Thu Dec 05 2024
French government faces collapse as left and far-right submit no-confidence motions
Barring a last-minute surprise, the fragile coalition will be the first French government to be forced out by a no-confidence vote since 1962.
Tue Dec 03 2024
France's Macron names Brexit negotiator Barnier as new prime minister
At 73, Michel Barnier is the oldest PM in France's modern political history, taking over from Gabriel Attal, who was the youngest.
Fri Sep 06 2024
EU nations start assessing post-Brexit trade deal with UK
European Union ambassadors were convening on Christmas Day to start assessing the massive free-trade deal the bloc struck with Britain.
Fri Dec 25 2020
Breaking Brexit treaty? Britain announces details for post-EU life
Britain announces legislation on Wednesday for life outside the EU after throwing its trade talks with the bloc into jeopardy.
Wed Sep 09 2020
Brexit negotiators trade barbs, eyeing deadlines
Michel Barnier rejected complaints that his team was too rigidly tied by laboriously agreed guidelines from the member states to find compromises with Britain's demands for close new relations.
Thu Aug 31 2017
More than 200,000 KTMB train tickets allocated for CNY snapped up - Loke
KTMB says 210,000 of the 270,000 train tickets allocated in conjunction with the Chinese New Year season have been sold.
Mon Jan 20 2025
Facebook, TikTok, WhatsApp, Telegram are online platforms preferred by scammers - Fahmi
Fahmi Fadzil says the losses from scams and fraud committed on these platforms easily reached hundreds of millions of ringgit.
Mon Jan 20 2025
Man executed for causing heavy casualties in south China car-ramming case
Fan Weiqiu was convicted ramming his car into the crowd at a sports centre in November last year, causing heavy casualties.
Mon Jan 20 2025
Gov't not rushing to achieve developed nation status - Rafizi
Rafizi Ramli says the country is now in a good position, attracting foreign investors and being seen as a strategic gateway to ASEAN.
Mon Jan 20 2025
South Korea's Yoon shuns questioning as security tightened after court rampage
Authorities says security was being beefed up at the Seoul Detention Centre where Yoon Suk-Yeol is being held as a pre-trial inmate.
Mon Jan 20 2025
Triumphant Trump returns to White House, launching new era of upheaval
Donald Trump is the first US president since the 19th century to win a second term after losing the White House.
Mon Jan 20 2025
Sim: Malaysia's labour market faces significant challenges posed by three paradoxes
Steven Sim says the first paradox is the low median wage, which does not align with the country's low unemployment rate.
Mon Jan 20 2025
Mugshot, khaki uniform and solitary cell for South Korea's detained President Yoon
Here's some facts about the facility and what is expected to unfold for the former prosecutor-turned-president.
Mon Jan 20 2025
Trump says to repeal Biden's multiple executive orders within hours of inauguration
Trump says the executive orders he is about to sign includes border security, energy, federal government spending, TikTok, DEI programmes.
Mon Jan 20 2025
Trump's return adds new twist to Western firms' Russia exit dilemma
Donald Trump's mere arrival may give some companies the political cover to stay on in Russia.
Mon Jan 20 2025