Town Hall News

By Mei Mei Chu and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia said on Wednesday it will adopt a dual network model for its 5G rollout next year following widespread concerns about pricing and competition over a single state-run network. The decision is the latest by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s six-month-old administration aimed at dismantling monopolies and promoting competition, though it could create tension with Western countries that wanted Malaysia to […]

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s main opposition People’s Party (PP) is poised to win a parliamentary election expected by the end of the year but will need an alliance with the far-right Vox to achieve a working majority, according to an opinion poll released on Wednesday. The survey carried out by private pollster 40dB for El Pais newspaper also showed the ruling Socialists (PSOE) losing some ground since the previous poll […]

By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – Arsenal returned to the top of the Premier League on Tuesday with a 3-1 win over a woeful Chelsea, set on their way by two goals from Martin Odegaard, but the title is still Manchester City’s to lose having played two games less than the leaders. Arsenal raced into a 3-0 halftime lead when captain Odegaard was given acres of space – twice – […]

ZURICH (Reuters) – UBS in February had concluded that buying its stricken competitor Credit Suisse was not desirable, but that further analysis was needed, an SEC filing showed on Wednesday. UBS had been assessing the possible impact of a transaction with Credit Suisse since December, the filing showed. In March UBS agreed to takeover its struggling rival Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.37 billion) and said it would […]

MADRID (Reuters) – Carlos Alcaraz expects Rafa Nadal to perform at a “spectacular level” at the French Open if the 14-times champion can overcome his injury issues ahead of the year’s second Grand Slam. Nadal skipped the ongoing Madrid Open after a setback in his recovery from a hip injury sustained at the Australian Open in January. The 22-times major champion also missed tournaments at Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo […]

BELGRADE (Reuters) – A schoolboy opened fire on students and security guards in a Belgrade school on Wednesday, Serbian police said, adding that they had arrested a suspect. Several shots were fired and several people were wounded, police said in a statement, without specifying how many. The suspect is a seventh grade student. Casualties are being treated and an investigation into the motives behind shooting is under way, police said, […]

By Stephen Nellis, Josh Ye and Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) – U.S. microchip export controls imposed last year to freeze China’s development of supercomputers used to develop nuclear weapons and artificial-intelligence systems like ChatGPT are having only minimal effects on China’s tech sector. The rules restricted shipments of Nvidia Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc chips that have become the global technology industry’s standard for developing chatbots and other AI […]

REHOVOT, Israel (Reuters) – Forget your hook, line and sinker. An Israeli foodtech company says it has 3D printed the first ever ready-to-cook fish fillet using animal cells cultivated and grown in a laboratory. Lab-grown beef and chicken have drawn attention as a way to sidestep the environmental toll of farming and tackle concerns over animal welfare, but few companies have forayed into seafood. Israel’s Steakholder Foods has now partnered […]

FRANKFURT/ROME (Reuters) – German and Italian police have arrested more than 100 people on Wednesday in a crackdown on the Italian ‘Ndrangheta organised crime group, German public prosecutors and police in the two countries said. The suspects are accused of money laundering, criminal tax evasion, fraud and the smuggling of drugs, mafia-type criminal association, and the possession and trafficking of weapons. The arrests were part of a coordinated investigation by […]