Stocks in Singapore and South Korea led declines among Asian equities on Wednesday, with investors cautious ahead of the hotly contested U.S. election next week, while currencies also trended lower with the dollar at a three-month peak. The broader MSCI…
Women’s doubles Teoh Mei Xing-Go Pei Kee may have secured their partnership after clinching their first international title at the Malaysia Super 100 at Juara Stadium in Bukit Kiara today. World No. 112 Mei Xing-Pei Kee pulled off a stunning…
Children rescued from charity homes linked to Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISB) are thriving under the Education Ministry’s new educational programme. Minister Fadhlina Sidek said that the programme, in collaboration with the Social Welfare Department, began…
Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior is hoping to end October with a first Ballon d’Or in his hands in Paris, but his month also begins in France with a Champions League visit to Lille on Wednesday. With star summer signing…
Bursa Malaysia ended higher on Friday, in line with regional markets as investors took cue from Wall Street and celebrated the US Federal Reserve’s big 50 basis point rate cut. The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) closed higher by…
Colombia avenged their Copa America final defeat with a 2-1 victory over Argentina while Brazil crashed to a 1-0 defeat against Paraguay in South American qualifying for the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday. Skipper James Rodriguez buried a nerveless 60th-minute…
Raw material costs are expected to normalise while natural gas prices are poised to trend downward in the second half of 2024 (2H24), giving room for the glove sector to sustain operating margin. Public Investment Bank Bhd (PublicInvest Research) stated…
Axiata Group Bhd says the weakening of the US dollar against the ringgit and a lower interest rate are expected to significantly improve the company’s balance sheet and profitability. Axiata group chief executive officer and managing director Vivek Sood said…
Pep Guardiola praised Manchester City’s attitude to defy a disrupted pre-season and get their Premier League title defence off to a winning start by beating Chelsea 2-0 on Sunday. Goals from Erling Haaland and Mateo Kovacic inflicted defeat on Enzo…
Environmental campaigners in New York have kept up a campaign of direct action against one of the city’s foremost banking empires, Citi, accusing the group of fueling the climate crisis. Enraged by Citi’s bankrolling of polluting businesses, activists have unleashed…
The earnings of Malaysia Smelting Corporation Bhd (MSC) are expected to be stronger on a quarterly basis in the second quarter of financial year 2024 (2QFY24), though its smelting business remains impacted, said Affin Hwang Investment Bank (Affin Hwang). The…
France set up a potentially explosive quarter-final showdown with Argentina in the men’s Olympic football tournament after beating New Zealand 3-0 in their final group game on Tuesday. Argentina had sealed their last-eight spot earlier in the day and France…
The Sarawak government’s plan to increase its stake in Affin Bank Bhd to around 30 per cent from the current 4.8 per cent could be a ‘double win’, realising high or reasonable returns from its investment. Reorienting the bank’s lending…
Mixed doubles duo Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei hope to reap the rewards of their past month’s sparring sessions with the national men’s doubles at the Paris Olympics. The world No. 9 have struggled to impress in recent months, despite…
The Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) has launched the public consultation on the electric vehicle battery management (EVBM) guidelines to promote industry self-regulation in the rapidly growing electric vehicle (EV) industry. MPC said the EVBM guidelines aim to ensure the safe,…
Portugal’s veteran centre-back Pepe defended his team’s performance thus far at Euro 2024 before Monday’s last 16 clash with Slovenia. The 2016 champions progressed as Group F winners but were shocked by debutants Georgia on Wednesday in a 2-0 defeat,…
THIS has got to be the touchiest issue in our school system: sex education, its inadequacy, and now, the call to expand it. Whenever the issue crops up, it is usually by researchers whose findings get drowned out by political…
The Energy Transition and Water Transformation (Petra) Ministry is looking to work with the Education Ministry to educate the younger generation on energy conservation via the Malaysia Energy Literacy Programme (MELP). MELP is a joint initiative by the Energy Commission,…
A Tesla shareholder filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing chief executive officer Elon Musk of insider trading when he sold over US$7.5 billion (RM35.3 billion) of shares of the electric car maker in late 2022, saying the billionaire entrepreneur sold…
Sexual crimes against children online are growing at an alarming rate around the world, a study by Childlight, a data institute based at University of Edinburgh, reveals. “Searchlight 2023”, a first of its global kind, puts the number at a…
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