Football

Soccer-Misfiring United seek revival and rare double in Manchester derby

(Reuters) -Manchester United can claim a league double over Manchester City for the first time in five years and Ruben Amorim needs that victory more than ever in a season where the club are headed for their worst finish in Premier League history.

Rugby

Rugby-Worcester to join expanded English Championship three years after going bust

LONDON (Reuters) -Worcester Warriors are set for a return to top-level rugby as part of an expanded second-tier Championship of 14 teams, the RFU announced on Thursday.

Football

Soccer-Leaders Barcelona face Betis test as LaLiga title race hots up

(Reuters) - LaLiga leaders Barcelona's 21-game unbeaten run will face a test on Saturday when they host a Real Betis side who have already stunned the Catalans' Madrid title rivals Real and Atletico.

Nation

Female passenger dies in Johor crash

BATU PAHAT: A female passenger was killed on the spot after the car she was travelling in was hit by a car driven by a man under the influence of drugs.

Football

Soccer-Napoli's Serie A title pursuit faces resurgent Bologna test

(Reuters) -Napoli's pursuit of Serie A leaders Inter Milan will face a severe test on Monday when they travel to in-form Bologna, who have revived their own top-four aspirations.

World

Russia opens criminal case against father of former Navalny aide

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has opened a criminal case against the 69-year-old father of Leonid Volkov, a former aide to late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, state news agency TASS reported on Thursday.

Nation

RMAF mounts mercy flight to transport patient needing urgent treatment

KUANTAN: The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) mounted a mercy flight Thursday morning to transport a patient from the Tekek Health Clinic in Pulau Tioman, Rompin, for urgent treatment at Hospital Tunku Ampuan Afzan in Kuantan.

Technology

Crypto execs ask Congress to let stablecoins pay interest as bill set to advance

(Reuters) - Some influential cryptocurrency executives are making a last-minute pitch to Congress to allow interest to be paid on U.S. dollar-pegged tokens as part of popular legislation establishing a regulatory framework for stablecoins.

Laos

Lao Digital Week 2025 kicks off to boost digital transformation

VIENTIANE: The Ministry of Technology and Communications on Wednesday (April 2) launched Lao Digital Week 2025, which is taking place from April 2-6 at the National Convention Centre in Vientiane.

Nation

Offensive content: MCMC records statement of customer service officer

CYBERJAYA: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) on Thursday recorded the statement of a customer service officer believed to have uploaded highly offensive content that touched on racial sensitivities on X.

AseanPlus News

Asean News Headlines at 10pm on Thursday (April 3, 2025)

Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Thursday (April 3, 2025)

World

Driver of car in Amsterdam explosion may have been attempting suicide, police say

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch police said they believed the driver of a car that caught fire on Thursday following an explosion in central Amsterdam may have been attempting to commit suicide.

Nation

JPJ nabs foreigner suspected of smuggling untaxed alcohol

KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Territory Road Transport Department (JPJ) detained a foreign man suspected of smuggling untaxed liquor at the Sentul Toll Plaza on the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway on Wednesday.

World

Uganda's Museveni arrives in South Sudan amid political crisis

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni arrived in neighbouring South Sudan on Thursday, in the highest level mission there since clashes and the detention of the vice president triggered regional fears of a return to civil war.

Technology

AI video maker Runway raises $308 million in General Atlantic-led funding round

(Reuters) -AI video startup Runway said on Thursday it had raised $308 million in a new funding round, led by private equity firm General Atlantic, to expand its new media ecosystem.

Technology

Lenovo, Ericsson settle international patent dispute

LONDON (Reuters) -Lenovo said on Thursday it and Ericsson had reached an agreement on a global patent cross-licence and to settle all pending litigation, ending a worldwide legal battle.

Football

Soccer-Global football boss Infantino hopeful of Russia return

(Reuters) -FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Thursday he hoped Russia could rejoin the global football world soon, as it would signify that the war in Ukraine was over.

Singapore

S$1.45bil nickel scam: Venture capitalist says he was impressed when he first met alleged scammer

SINGAPORE: Well-known venture capitalist Finian Tan told the High Court on Thursday (April 3) that he was impressed by alleged fraudster Ng Yu Zhi, who was introduced to him as a successful nickel trader when they first met in August 2020.

World

Russian dissident Gorinov fails in appeal against sentence for 'justifying terrorism'

(Reuters) - A Russian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by dissident Alexei Gorinov against a three-year prison sentence for "justifying terrorism", a human rights group said.

AseanPlus News

Bushfire triggers evacuation order in Southeast Perth

SYDNEY: (Bernama-Xinhua) An out-of-control bushfire burning in the suburbs of Perth, the capital city of Australia's state of Western Australia (WA), has prompted an emergency evacuation warning, reported Xinhua.