Fight for control of U.S. Senate starts with Maine, Texas, Alabama primaries

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats could take a step toward wresting control of the U.S. Senate from Republicans on Tuesday when voters in Maine, Texas and Alabama cast ballots in nominating contests.

Mechanic cheated of RM132,827 by numbers syndicate

KEPALA BATAS: A mechanic has been cheated RM132,827 by two men, believed to be part of a numbers prediction fraud syndicate.

Opinion: India's digital future means a Google search

American corporate leaders from Apple Inc’s Tim Cook and Amazon.com Inc’s Jeff Bezos to Facebook Inc’s Mark Zuckerberg have all known that India could be the next big thing. Alphabet Inc’s CEO Sundar Pichai, himself Indian-born, hasn’t sat idly by, either.

We need to impose a moratorium on rent for commercial spaces

We need a better social safety net

From NUR SOFEA HASMIRA AZAHAR, Emir Research.

Leadership in green technology for young people

From ZAINAL ARIFFIN OMAR & SITI NURBAYA SHAHRIR.

We must not become complacent

From DATUK WEE BENG GEE, Petaling Jaya.

Forced to pay for an unwanted service

From CP LEE, Penang.

Emerging markets are going to pay the price again

JUDGING by the performance of emerging markets (EMs), you’d hardly know the world was suffering from a deadly pandemic.

The coronavirus isn’t steamrolling elections – yet

THE coronavirus that has upended the world’s economic and social life is turning out to be a mediocre election campaigner. The lesson of recent contests in Asia is that pre-existing conditions haven’t gone away and will likely be decisive, even in the bitterly fought US campaign.