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Kanak-kanak 2 tahun maut jatuh lubang pembentung

Kanak-kanak 2 tahun maut jatuh lubang pembentung

SIBU – Seorang kanak-kanak lelaki berusia dua tahun maut selepas dipercayai terjatuh ke dalam lubang pembentung di Jalan Pedada di sini, petang semalam. Jurucakap Pusat Gerakan Operasi (PGO) Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) Sarawak berkata, sepasukan anggota dari Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat (BBP) Sibu Sentral bergegas ke lokasi sejurus menerima panggilan kecemasan pada pukul ... Read more The post Kanak-kanak 2 tahun maut jatuh lubang pembentung appeared first on Kosmo Digital .

Lionel Messi’s leg injury minor, Inter Miami confirms

Lionel Messi’s leg injury minor, Inter Miami confirms

INTER MIAMI has described Lionel Messi’s right leg injury as minor, easing concerns over the superstar’s fitness. The Argentine exited early in Saturday’s Leagues Cup match against Necaxa after a collision with two opponents. Medical tests confirmed the issue is not serious. The club stated, “The results confirmed a minor muscle injury in his right leg. His medical clearance will depend on his clinical progress and response to treatment.” Without Messi, Inter Miami fought back to draw 2-2 before winning 5-4 on penalties. The Herons sit second in the Leagues Cup standings with five points. They face Pumas UNAM next on Wednesday. Messi, 38, has 18 MLS goals this season, tied for the league lead. He also contributed two assists in Miami’s Leagues Cup opener. The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner remains pivotal as Miami eyes playoff contention. - Reuters

Oil producers, Trump policies threaten plastics treaty

Oil producers, Trump policies threaten plastics treaty

GENEVA : Hopes for a “last-chance” ambitious global treaty to curb plastic pollution have dimmed as delegates gather this week at the United Nations in Geneva for what was intended to be the final round of negotiations. Diplomats and climate advocates warn that efforts by the European Union and small island states to cap virgin plastic production - fuelled by petroleum, coal and gas - are threatened by opposition from petrochemical-producing countries and the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump. Plastic production is set to triple by 2060 without intervention, choking oceans, harming human health and accelerating climate change, according to the OECD. “This is really our last best chance. As pollution grows, it deepens the burden for those who are least responsible and least able to adapt,“ said Ilana Seid, permanent representative of Palau and chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). Delegates will meet officially from Tuesday for the sixth round of talks, after a meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) in South Korea late last year ended without a path forward on capping plastic pollution. The most divisive issues include capping production, managing plastic products and chemicals of concern, and financing to help developing countries implement the treaty. Delegates told Reuters that oil states, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, plan to challenge key treaty provisions and push for voluntary or national measures, hindering progress toward a legally binding agreement to tackle the root cause of plastic pollution. Government spokespeople for Saudi Arabia and Russia were not immediately available for comment. Andres Del Castillo, senior attorney at the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), a non-profit providing legal counsel to some countries attending the talks, said oil states were questioning even basic facts about the harm to health caused by plastics. “We are in a moment of revisionism, where even science is highly politicized,“ he said. The U.S. State Department told Reuters it will lead a delegation supporting a treaty on reducing plastic pollution that doesn’t impose burdensome restrictions on producers that could hinder U.S. companies. A source familiar with the talks said the U.S. seeks to limit the treaty’s scope to downstream issues like waste disposal, recycling and product design. It comes as the Trump administration rolls back environmental policies, including a longstanding finding on greenhouse gas emissions endangering health. Over 1,000 delegates, including scientists and petrochemical lobbyists, will attend the talks, raising concerns among proponents of an ambitious agreement that industry influence may create a watered-down deal focused on waste management, instead of production limits. The petrochemical industry said it continues to support a global treaty and has been urging the U.S. administration and Congress to “lean in” in negotiations. Stewart Harris, spokesperson for the International Council of Chemical Associations, said the U.S. in particular has an opportunity “not just at the negotiating table, but really on the implementation of the agreement” to promote the use of new technologies in mechanical recycling and advanced recycling, which turns plastic waste into fuels, plastics and other products, globally. Republican and Democratic U.S. lawmakers sent separate letters to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday pushing for divergent approaches. A group of House of Representatives Republicans led by Representative Dan Crenshaw of Texas urged the U.S. delegation to push for a treaty that focuses on expanding recycling technology, while a group of Senate Democrats led by Senator Jeff Merkely of Oregon pushed for a deal that includes plastic production caps. Two-thirds of the Senate is needed to ratify a treaty. ISLAND STATES VULNERABLE Small island states are particularly impacted by plastic waste washing ashore, threatening their fishing and tourism economies. They stress an urgent need for dedicated international funding to clean up existing pollution. “Plastics are a concern for human health because (plastic) contains about 16,000 chemicals, and a quarter of these are known to be hazardous to human health,“ said Dr. Melanie Bergmann of the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany. Jodie Roussell, global public affairs lead at food giant Nestle and a member of a 300-company coalition backing a treaty to reduce plastic pollution, told Reuters that harmonizing international regulations on packaging reduction and sustainable material use would be the most cost-effective approach. French politician Philippe Bolo, a member of the global Interparliamentary Coalition to End Plastic Pollution, said that a weak, watered-down treaty that focuses on waste management must be avoided. Bolo and a diplomatic source from a country attending the talks said the potential of a vote or even a breakaway agreement among more ambitious countries could be explored, as a last resort. Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme, however, said countries should push for a meaningful pact agreed by consensus. “We’re not here to get something meaningless... you would want something that is effective, that has everybody inside, and therefore everybody committed to it,“ she said. - Reuters

‘Mereka makan apa yang kami makan’

‘Mereka makan apa yang kami makan’

BANDAR GAZA – Kumpulan Hamas menegaskan bahawa tiada layanan istimewa diberikan kepada tebusan Israel dari segi pemberian makanan berbanding penduduk Gaza lain yang berada dalam kelaparan, lapor arab Arab News kelmarin.  Kenyataan itu dikeluarkan selepas Hamas pada minggu lalu menyiarkan rakaman video memaparkan seorang tebusan Israel, Evyatar David yang kelihatan tidak bermaya dan kurus kering ... Read more The post ‘Mereka makan apa yang kami makan’ appeared first on Kosmo Digital .

Pengalaman berharga buat Justin

Pengalaman berharga buat Justin

PEMAIN perseorangan lelaki negara, Justin Hoh meraih pengalaman berharga biarpun terlepas gelaran Terbuka Macau 2025 setelah tumpas di tangan wakil Indonesia, Alwi Farhan secara straight pada Ahad.Justin mengakui perlu lebih tenang dan mempelbagaikan lagi corak permainan dalam usaha untuk meraih gelaran dalam siri Jelajah Dunia."Rasa sangat teruja sebab ini adalah penampilan pertama final Super 300."Perkara yang saya pelajari adalah perlu lebih bersabar. Saya juga perlu pertingkatkan lagi kemahiran serta strategi permainan," katanya.Alwi memperagakan aksi lebih berkualiti dan layak bergelar juara selepas menang straight set 21-15, 21-5 dalam tempoh 54 minit permainan.Justin turut mendedahkan bahawa ada mengadakan perbincangan bersama Pengarah Kejurulatihan Perseorangan negara, Kenneth Jonassen dan jurulatih K Yogendran selepas Terbuka Amerika Syarikat dan Terbuka Kanada lalu."Perbincangan berlangsung dalam suasana positif. Kami mencari satu arah yang betul untuk meningkatkan prestasi saya dalam permainan," katanya.Menerusi kejayaan mara ke pentas akhir itu menyaksikan Justin mendaki lapan anak tangga untuk menghuni tangga ke-37 dunia.Beliau merupakan pemain perseorangan lelaki pertama Malaysia yang berjaya melayakkan diri ke pentas final saingan Jelajah Dunia musim ini.Alwi selaku juara membawa pulang hadiah wang tunai AS$27,750 (RM118,688), manakala Justin menerima ganjaran AS$14,060 (RM60,135) selaku naib juara.

80 pasukan meriahkan penganjuran PFAC 2025

80 pasukan meriahkan penganjuran PFAC 2025

PUTRAJAYA: Kejohanan Putrajaya Football Academy Cup (PFAC) 2025 yang berlangsung di Padang Sintetik Presint 4, di sini pada Sabtu dan Ahad lalu mendapat sambutan meriah dengan penyertaan 80 pasukan. Kejohanan tahunan yang memasuki edisi kelima sejak mula dipertandingan pada 2019 sentiasa mendapat sokongan yang jitu dari pihak Perbadanan Putrajaya (PPj) dan juga Pejabat Belia dan ... Read more The post 80 pasukan meriahkan penganjuran PFAC 2025 appeared first on Utusan Malaysia .

Brazil opts for local relief over retaliation for US tariffs

Brazil opts for local relief over retaliation for US tariffs

BRASILIA : Brazil’s government has set aside for now plans for direct retaliation against steep U.S. tariffs taking effect this week, focusing instead on a relief package for industries hit hardest by the levies, sources familiar with the strategy said. Wide-ranging exemptions granted in U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order last week spared some of the most vulnerable sectors of Latin America’s largest economy, to the relief of many investors and business leaders. That has left Brasilia cautious about responding to Trump with reciprocal tariffs or other retaliation that could escalate tensions, said government officials, who requested anonymity to discuss confidential deliberations. Talks with Washington are likely to be slow and complex, said one of the sources, so Brazil’s government is prioritizing immediate relief for exporters, such as through public credit lines and other support for export finance. Another official said the government is studying potential responses to the tariffs that would affect U.S. companies, but sees them as a last resort if negotiations fail. Those potential countermeasures, now under review, could include suspension of royalty payments for pharmaceutical patents and media copyrights, two sources said. The government had also signaled last year that it was preparing a new tax that could affect big U.S. tech companies, but shelved the plan this year to avoid antagonizing Trump ahead of his April tariff announcement. At the time, Brazil was saddled with a 10% tariff, among the lowest in the world, which many credited to a longstanding U.S. trade surplus with Brazil. Trump then tied a steeper 50% tariff in July to what he called a political “witch hunt” against former President Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing ally on trial for an alleged coup plot to overturn his 2022 election loss. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva initially said he would respond under the country’s Economic Reciprocity Law, passed by Congress to provide legal grounds for countermeasures against trade sanctions, fueling speculation about retaliation. Talk of reciprocal action has since faded, even as Lula criticizes Trump’s rationale for the tariff hike, defending the independence of Brazil’s judiciary and insisting any negotiations should remain strictly focused on trade. U.S. tariff exemptions granted last week for Brazil’s aviation, energy and mining industries were taken in Brasilia as evidence that patient diplomacy and lobbying by affected U.S. companies seeking relief was the best way to get results in Washington. Brazil also said it plans to file a formal complaint at the World Trade Organization over the tariffs, even though that dispute settlement system has been stalled since the first Trump administration. “You still need to go through the available channels,“ one Brazilian official said, while acknowledging that a resolution is unlikely under the current state of the WTO. More immediately, the government is fine-tuning measures to shield sectors most hurt by the U.S. tariffs set to take effect on Wednesday, extending financial relief to companies already facing canceled contracts. Officials have said the package will likely include credit lines and possible tweaks to the export credit insurance and export financing mechanisms, according to one of the sources. Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, who said relief measures could begin rolling out this week, on Friday said the government was never committed to retaliating against Washington. “We never used that verb to characterize the actions the Brazilian government will take,“ he said. “These are actions to protect sovereignty, to protect our industry, our agribusiness, our agriculture,“ he told reporters. “That word (retaliation) was not present in the president’s speech, nor in any minister’s.” - Reuters

Bruno Fernandes slams ‘lazy’ Manchester United in pre-season draw

Bruno Fernandes slams ‘lazy’ Manchester United in pre-season draw

MANCHESTER UNITED captain Bruno Fernandes delivered a scathing assessment of his team’s performance following their 2-2 pre-season draw against Everton, labelling their display as “lazy” and urging the club to sign more players. A second-half strike from Mason Mount had put United ahead after Fernandes’s opener was cancelled out by Iliman Ndiaye, but a bizarre 75th-minute own goal by Ayden Heaven handed Everton a share of the spoils. The result slightly marred United’s otherwise positive US tour, which included wins over West Ham United and Bournemouth. “It’s been important for developing how we want to play and getting the new players involved too,“ Fernandes told NBC Sports. “We didn’t want to finish in this way. Our performance wasn’t the best and we were a little bit lazy today. We want to avoid that because with laziness you can pay at any moment.” United endured their worst-ever Premier League campaign last season, finishing 15th, and have since signed Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo—both of whom started against Everton. However, Fernandes believes more reinforcements are needed. “It’s improving. But it’s not the place it needs to be. I don’t want to take a dig at anyone but the club is doing the best they can in terms of the financial situation they talk about,“ he said. “But it was crystal clear we needed more competition for the players that were here, more quality to get everyone to step up a little more to get to the XI, and I think that is what the club are trying to do. Hopefully we can get one or two players more to help with that.” Manager Ruben Amorim responded to Fernandes’s remarks, saying: “I think I’m happy for the players to have that feeling. It’s saying that they understand the situation. So, it’s a good feeling. We are going with the feeling that we need to do a lot of things (better).” - Reuters