The Park Hyatt Kuala Lumpur has opened in Merdeka 118, the tallest skyscraper in Southeast Asia and second-tallest in the world at 2,227 feet. Only the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is taller at 2,717 feet. The luxury hotel occupies floors 75 through 115 of the high-rise, giving guests views of the Kuala Lumpur skyline. Each…
Gaza – The widow of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, has shared an emotional account of her husband’s final days, in an interview conducted by fellow correspondent Yusra Al-‘Aqlooq. Her testimony, filled with grief and intimate memories, has gone viral across Arab social media, symbolizing the heavy human…
A financial infrastructure firm is planning to raise up to $1.5 billion to establish a World Liberty Financial treasury, according to a Monday statement from the company behind the sale—a move that could stoke investor interest in the asset as it is poised to become tradable. ALT5 Sigma Corporation, a publicly traded company, will issue…
Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi Zoya Mateen/BBC Thousands of Bengali-Muslim families in India face an uncertain future amid an ongoing drive to catch illegal immigrants In Gurugram, an upscale suburb just outside Delhi, gleaming SUVs, futuristic skyscrapers and neat apartments stand in stark contrast to nearby mosquito swarms, trash heaps and tarpaulin shanties. Inside the…
The murky world at the bottom of the oceans is now a little clearer, thanks to a new study that tracks the evolution of marine sediment layers across hundreds of millions ofyears. It is a story of world-building on a grand, yet granular, scale, accomplished by a succession of marine animals that burrowed and tunneled…
Hugh Schofield Paris correspondent Getty Images Major brands like Perrier are under the spotlight after the scandal broke in France France’s multi-billion euro mineral water companies are under the spotlight because of climate change and growing concerns about the industry’s environmental impact. At issue is whether some world-famous brands, notably the iconic Perrier label, can…
The streaming service and its partners delivered 63 matches from 12 sites to 200 markets Soccer is the world’s most powerful cultural connector, and DAZN’s mission is to make the sport more accessible to fans across the globe. That mission took a bold leap in late 2024 when DAZN secured the global rights to the…
Paul Njie BBC News in Yaoundé AFP via Getty Images Cameroon’s constitutional council has upheld the decision by the country’s electoral body to exclude opposition leader Maurice Kamto from the 12 October presidential election. While the firebrand political figure was sidelined, 92-year-old President Paul Biya whose candidacy also faced opposition, was cleared to run for…
Norway’s $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, said Monday that it was selling off its stakes in some Israeli companies and terminating all contracts with Israeli asset managers handling investments over the situation in Gaza and the West Bank. “We are invested in companies that operate in a country at war, and conditions…
Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent in Washington EPA President Donald Trump said this week it was “pretty much up to Israel” whether to occupy Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration that Israel intends to take control of all of the Gaza Strip signals an escalation that flies in the face of some emphatic international…
