Share this page ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people gathered in Istanbul on Saturday to protest against the jailing of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival, sustaining the largest demonstrations Turkey has seen in more than a decade. Read full story Author: Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/03/29/large-crowds-rally-in-istanbul-over-jailing-of-city039s-mayor
Share this page BANGKOK (Reuters) – Foreign rescue teams began flying into Myanmar on Saturday to aid the search for survivors from an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people in the impoverished Southeast Asian nation crippling critical infrastructure amid a grinding civil war. Read full story Author: Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/03/29/myanmar-quake-death-toll-hits-1000-as-international-aid-starts-to-arrive
Share this page BERLIN (Reuters) – The Art House Tacheles used to be the epicentre of the alternative art and culture scene in Berlin, an impressive five-storey building in the heart of the capital dating back to 1908 and occupied by artists after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Read full story Author: Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/03/29/no-longer-039poor-but-sexy039-berlin039s-economic-rise-comes-at-a-price
Share this page (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese touted his Labor party’s credentials on affordable healthcare on Saturday, the first full day of campaigning for a general election expected to have cost of living as a central issue. Read full story Author: Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/03/29/australia039s-albanese-starts-election-campaign-touting-healthcare-credentials
Share this page MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday that she had a “fruitful meeting” with U.S. Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Read full story Author: Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/03/29/mexican-president-calls-meeting-with-us-head-of-security-fruitful
Share this page WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday vowed the United States would assist Myanmar after it was hit by a huge earthquake, following a rare plea for aid by the South-East Asian nation’s ruling junta. Read full story Author: Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/03/29/trump-says-us-will-help-after-myanmar-quake
Share this page ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he was open to carving out deals with countries seeking to avoid U.S. tariffs but those agreements would have to be negotiated after his administration announces reciprocal tariffs on April 2. Read full story Author: Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/03/29/trump-says-he-is-willing-to-make-deals-on-tariffs
Share this page HOUSTON, March 28 (Xinhua) — The number of active drilling rigs in the United States stands at 592 this week, down by one from the previous week and by 29 from this time last year, according to the weekly data released by Houston-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes Friday. Read full story
Share this page SAN FRANCISCO, March 28 (Xinhua) — Elon Musk said on Friday that his startup xAI has merged with his social media platform X in an all-stock transaction. Read full story Author: Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/03/29/elon-musk039s-xai-merges-with-x
Share this page BOSTON (Reuters) – A former Haitian mayor was convicted on Friday of U.S. charges that he had lied about having led a brutal campaign to kill and torture his political opponents in order to secure a green card allowing him to reside in the United States. Read full story Author: Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2025/03/29/haitian-ex-mayor-guilty-of-us-visa-fraud-linked-to-torture
