LONDON, Oct 19 — Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, is considering removing the service formerly called Twitter from Europe in response to a new internet platform regulation in the region, news site Insider reported on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 — The Immigration Department has busted a syndicate which used Malaysian international passports to smuggle Sri Lankan children to Europe, following the arrest of a local married couple.

BARCELONA, March 1 — Netflix co-chief Greg Peters has dismissed a call by European network operators for a levy on major online services, reported German Press Agency (dpa).

PARIS, Feb 18 — Many people living in the European Union fail to exercise sufficiently, leading to more than 10,000 premature deaths annually, reported the German Press Agency (dpa), quoting the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Friday.

BRUSSELS, Jan 31 — European countries are still experiencing high incidences of medicine shortages, with deteriorating burdensome impact on patients, according to a recent survey.

ROME, Aug 9 — The most severe heatwave in recent memory has held its grip on most of Europe as of Monday, with record high temperatures registered in multiple countries causing severe economic and health damage.

LONDON, July 28 — There have been more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox reported globally from 78 countries, with the majority in Europe, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

GENEVA, July 20 — Europe’s current heatwave is breaking records, detrimentally impacting people’s health, the economy, agricultural production, and tourism, and the trend is likely to become more frequent for decades.

MOSCOW, July 2 — The number of monkeypox cases in Europe has tripled during the last two weeks, surpassing 4,500 cases, and was mostly detected in people aged from 21-40 years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge, said on Friday.

GENEVA, June 24 — Amid reports of surging cases in Europe, a special committee of the World Health Organisation (WHO) began meeting Thursday to decide whether monkeypox should be declared a global “public health emergency.” The emergency committee will advise the WHO chief “on whether the event...

ISTANBUL, Feb 14 — All major Asian indices closed Monday with strong declines amid Russia-Ukraine tensions, which particularly affects commodity prices, Anadolu Agency reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 — Malaysia's Honorary Consulate in Belgium situated in the city of Liege has not been affected by the deadly floods in the country over the past week, confirmed a source from Malaysia’s Embassy in Belgium.

REUTERS, April 14 — US federal health agencies on Tuesday recommended pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine for at least a few days after six women under age 50 developed rare blood clots after receiving the shot, dealing a fresh setback to efforts to tackle the pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 — The ringgit was lower versus the US dollar at the opening Wednesday amid the resurgence in Covid-19 cases globally which has dented investor sentiment, dealers said.

BERLIN, March 20 — Europe can achieve herd immunity by the end of the summer with four coronavirus vaccines approved by European health authorities, o Ugur Sahin, a Turkish-German scientist and CEO of BioNTech said on Friday.

PARIS, Dec 18 — President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, prompting a track-and-trace effort across Europe following numerous meetings between the French leader and EU heads of government in recent days.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 — In anticipation of a potential revival in international travel, AirAsia.com has partnered with Turkish Airlines to allow it to enhance its strong pan-Asia flight network.

VIENNA, Nov 3 — Multiple gunmen opened fire at six locations in central Vienna near the central synagogue on Monday, killing at least one person and wounding 15 in what Chancellor Sebastian Kurz described as a "repulsive terrorist attack".

PARIS, Oct 22 — The number of Covid-19 infections in France reached 1,000,369 as of 0124 GMT on Thursday while the country's death toll from the disease hit 34,075, reported Xinhua news agency.

GENEVA, Oct 20 — Europe and North America should follow the example of Asian states by persevering with anti-Covid measures and quarantining anyone who comes into contact with infected people, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Monday.