KUALA LUMPUR: About 1,754 nurses have left the profession over the past five years, with about 28 per cent citing personal reasons, says Deputy Health Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni.

TOKYO: Seven & i Holdings, the Japanese retail giant at the centre of a takeover battle, is finalising a plan for its president to step down, mostly likely to be replaced by its first foreign chief, two people familiar with the matter said.

KUALA LUMPUR: Strategies to assist persons with disabilities (PwD) in gaining proper employment access are expected to be the focus of today’s Dewan Rakyat sitting.

LONDON: Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday he believed he could salvage his relationship with US President Donald Trump after their explosive meeting in the Oval Office, but that talks needed to continue behind closed doors.

NEW YORK: Andrew Cuomo, the former Democratic governor of New York and a man once thought to have his eye on the presidency, said Saturday he will run in November to be mayor of New York City.

ROME: Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for two weeks with double pneumonia, is in a “stable” condition, with no repeat of the previous day’s breathing crisis, the Vatican said Saturday.

ROME: Pope Francis, hospitalised for two weeks with pneumonia in both lungs, spent a peaceful night after suffering a breathing crisis, the Vatican said Saturday, as Catholics prayed for his speedy recovery.

KOTA KINABALU: The residents of Kampung Cempaka in Likas here, who lost their homes in a dawn fire that destroyed 80 houses today, have accepted the calamity as a test of faith before Ramadan starts tomorrow (March 2).

KUALA LUMPUR: Has the coming of Kenneth Jonassen anything to do with the leaving of Jeffer Rosobin?

KARACHI: Jos Buttler said on Friday he is to step down as England’s white-ball captain after a disastrous Champions Trophy campaign ended with them failing to reach the semi-finals.

KUALA LUMPUR: Amid Jeffer Rosobin's unexpected resignation yesterday as national women's singles coach,

KUALA LUMPUR: Jeffer Rosobin has denied speculation that a rift between him and national singles head coach Kenneth Jonassen has led to his exit from the BA of Malaysia (BAM).

KUALA LUMPUR: Another national coach has resigned from the BA of Malaysia (BAM).

JERUSALEM: Israel’s military on Thursday acknowledged its “complete failure” to prevent Hamas’s Oct 7, 2023 attack, the deadliest in the nation’s history, in a scathing internal probe published weeks into a fragile truce.

ROME: Nations cheered a last-gasp deal to map out nature funding to 2030 Thursday, breaking a deadlock at UN talks seen as a test for international cooperation in the face of geopolitical tensions.

ON social media and at political rallies, Elon Musk has taken credit for leading the team that is cutting allegedly wasteful United States government spending, even waving a chainsaw on stage at a conference.

BERLIN: International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach will resign as member of the Olympic body after handing over to his presidential successor in June, the IOC said on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry is appealing for a moratorium on the implementation of the 45-hour work week for ministry shift workers, said Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

WASHINGTON: Elon Musk said US federal workers had “another chance” to justify their work or lose their jobs, as the original deadline passed Tuesday with staff at multiple federal agencies told to disregard his request.

KUALA LUMPUR: The vice-chancellor of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) resigned from his post, despite no official charges being brought against him, said Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir.