KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit rose against the Japanese yen but fell against the US dollar ahead of key US inflation data today, analysts said. At 6 pm, the local note declined to 4.6785/6835 against the greenback from Tuesday’s close of 4.6755/6805. It was reported that the yen, the third-most traded …

KUALA LUMPUR: Hours away from the Umno supreme council meeting on Wednesday (Sept 13) night, Isham Jalil has reiterated his call for Umno to have a referendum on its cooperation with DAP, saying he does not fear the axe for speaking out. Isham, who is a supreme council member, said …

OUTAGHRRI, Morocco (Reuters) – Some Moroccan villagers who lost everything in last week’s earthquake were fending for themselves in the ruins of their homes on Wednesday, with roads still blocked by landslides and a dearth of essential supplies such as tents. The 6.8 magnitude quake that struck the High Atlas …

Binance.US Chief Executive Officer Brian Shroder has left the crypto trading platform and been replaced on an iterim basis by Chief Legal Officer Norman Reed, according to a company spokesperson. The departure comes as the company controlled by embattled digital entrepreneur Changpeng “CZ” Zhao is eliminating about one third of …

PARIS (Reuters) – Rugby World Cup organisers apologised to the thousands of fans who were stuck outside the Marseille stadium and those who struggled to make their way to the Bordeaux arena, and promised to address the concerns over the national anthems on Wednesday. The World Cup pool D match …

KUALA LUMPUR: This year’s Malaysia Day will see the Kelana Jaya LRT line coach “coloured” with stories about Malaysia, says Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil. Themed “Cerita Malaysiaku” (My Malaysian Story), the train coach features various stories about what it meant to be a Malaysian. According to Fahmi, the …

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) lodged a police report over concerns of power abuse or corruption, which may have led to the excessive electricity charges involving villagers in Kota Belud district. SESB chief executive officer Mohd Yaakob Jaafar said there was a recent case involving villagers in Kampung …

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here on Wednesday (Sept 13) ordered former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and two others to file their statement of defence by Oct 6, in the lawsuit filed by tycoon Tan Sri Halim Saad over the government’s takeover of United Engineers Malaysia (UEM) Bhd …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate’s top Democrat is bringing U.S. technology leaders including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a closed-door forum on how Congress should set artificial intelligence safeguards. “For Congress to legislate on …

JOHOR BARU: A mother of three died from suffocation when three shophouses along Jalan Senyum in Kampung Wadi Hana caught fire early Wednesday (Sept 13) morning. Larkin Fire and Rescue Station operation commander Mohamad Faiz Suleiman said they received a distress call about a fire at 4.53am. “We immediately deployed …