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KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit ended lower against the US dollar today, with a positive US economic data outlook lending support to the greenback. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Afzanizam...

TOKYO: Japan’s government and ruling coalition are considering nearly doubling defence spending over the next five years as part of prime minister Sanae Takaichi’s push to strengthen the country’s military...

ACTIVIST Arumugam Dorasamy who is better known as Arun Dorasamy has issued a public apology in open court to the United Rights of Malaysian Party (Urimai) interim chairman Prof Ramasamy...

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia’s key index ended higher today, recovering from early losses to remain above the 1,600-point level, supported by selective bargain-hunting in telecommunications and commodity-related heavyweights despite continued...

NEW YORK: European stocks struggled for direction on Monday after Friday’s tech rout, with investors looking ahead to Apple’s earnings and taking comfort from a sharp fall in oil prices...

BURSA Malaysia’s key index ended higher today, recovering from early losses to remain above the 1,600-point level, supported by selective bargain hunting in telecommunications and commodity-related heavyweights despite continued weakness...

VIENTIANE: Rising from verdant ridgelines of southern Laos, 133 Chinese-built wind turbines help power Vietnam’s surging growth and represent part of a regional rush to diversify energy sources. “The view...

BEIJING: Chinese buying of US farm goods other than soybeans is on track for a seven-year low this year despite an agreement to purchase billions of dollars in imports, a...

LONDON: Former Shell CEO Ben van Beurden will chair Castrol’s board after Stonepeak completed its acquisition of a 65% stake in the lubricants maker from BP on Monday, the US...

CLEAN energy solutions company Gentari Sdn Bhd has completed a five-phase solar carpark system at the PETRONAS East Coast Complex (PECC) in Kerteh, Terengganu with a combined installed capacity of...