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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR / WASHINGTON (Sept. 30): The United States has banned imports of palm oil from Malaysian company FGV Holdings Bhd following an investigation into allegations that it uses forced labor, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said today ) from the United States. FGV, the world’s largest producer of …

[ad_1] Last season, the chasing group simply couldn’t keep up with Liverpool. Such was their dominance, particularly during the first half of the season, that Jürgen Klopp’s men marched into 2020 with a whopping 13-point lead over Manchester City. Pep Guardiola’s team was simply impressed. This year, Reds supporters had …

[ad_1] Singer Helen Reddy, who became an emblem of feminism with the 1972 hit I’m a woman, died on Tuesday (September 29) in Los Angeles. She was 78 years old. In a statement, her daughter and son, Traci and Jordan, said: “It is with deep sadness that we announce the …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: It won’t cost the Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team anything to have Italian legend Valentino Rossi race for them next season. Team principal Datuk Razlan Razali, in a video call, said Yamaha Motor will bear all the expenses to have the nine-time world champion on board. The …

[ad_1] Liverpool continued the impressive start to their Premier League defense with a win over Arsenal on Monday night. The Reds came back to win 3-1 at Anfield with Sadio Mane, Andy Robertson and new signing Diogo Jota all on the mark. The Premier League and world champions now turn …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: The World Bank has forecast that the economy will take a major hit from the current Covid-19 crisis and Malaysia’s real gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to contract by 4.9% instead of 3.1% for the year. The forecast revision reflects the greater uncertainty of the global …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: The race for the World Tour Finals is back. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has confirmed that it will remove an earlier decision requiring players to compete in the European and Asian stages of the remaining World Tour in order to be eligible for the Tour Finals. …

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (AP) – Walt Disney Co said Tuesday that it will lay off about 28,000 employees, mostly at its theme parks in the United States, where attendance has been crushed by the coronavirus pandemic, especially in California, where Disneyland remains closed. About two-thirds of the laid off employees …

[ad_1] Kuwait’s ruling emir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, attends the opening of the 30th Arab Summit in 2019 (AP photo). KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s ruling emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, has died, his office said in a statement read on state television on Tuesday. Sheikh Sabah, 91, had ruled the Arab …

[ad_1] MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia plans to share the preliminary results of its COVID-19 vaccine trial based on the first six weeks of participant tracking, increasing the pace of an already frantic global race to end the pandemic. Alexander Gintsburg, director of the Gamaleya Institute that produced the Sputnik V …