OIL prices eased on Tuesday, giving up most of Monday’s gains as mixed economic data from the world’s second largest oil consumer China and winter demand worries offset the impact of Saudi Arabia and Russia extending output cuts. Brent crude futures slipped 47 cents, or 0.55%, to $84.71 a barrel …

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has allowed a final adjournment of the appeal hearing by six men against their conviction and death sentence for the murder of deputy public prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais. The appeals by Dr R. Kunaseegaran, 60, money lender S. Ravi Chandaran, 52, and four others …

KUALA LUMPUR: The travel route for the Kudat-Palawan international ferry service has yet to be decided, says the Transport Minister Anthony Loke said this was because Malaysia was still waiting for the Philippines authorities to propose a ship abiding by safety criteria specified by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). He …

Adam Bowen and James Monsees – the focus of the Netflix docuseries Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul – originally set out to make the world a better place. I had to remind myself of that, given the role their company played in getting young people hooked on …

KUALA LUMPUR: The oversupply in the glove market has been alleviated to a certain degree amid capacity rationalisation across key domestic manufacturers and the exit of some smaller players, said Hartalega Holdings Bhd CEO Kuan Mun Leong. Nevertheless, Kuan expects headwinds in the glove sector to persist in the second …

KUCHING: Pepper producing countries need to work together to manage supply and increase consumption, says Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. The Deputy Prime Minister said this is important to address the imbalance between supply and demand, which in turn affected pepper prices and the cultivation of pepper. He said global pepper …

KOTA KINABALU: A Sabah school won the hearts of the judges of an innovation competition with their invention of a solar lamp that could be beneficial to people in rural areas. Five students from SMK Pamol in Sapi Nangoh about 250km from here came up with the idea of the …

SHAH ALAM: Gas Malaysia Bhd (Gas Malaysia) will allocate between RM1.2 billion and RM1.4 billion for capital expenditure to build up to 800 kilometres (km) of gas pipelines in Peninsular Malaysia in the next five years. Its group chief executive officer Ahmad Hashimi Abdul Manap said despite the introduction of …

A hiker followed Google Maps and ended up stranded on a steep and dangerous cliffside in Canada, rescuers say. He had tried to climb Mount Fromme, one of the North Shore Mountains north of Vancouver, British Columbia, on Saturday, Nov 4, North Shore Rescue said in a Facebook post. Rescuers …

(Reuters) – Jenni Hermoso said she hoped something good would come out of the kiss scandal involving former Spanish Football Federation President Luis Rubiales at the Women’s World Cup. Rubiales has been banned from all football-related activities for three years by FIFA following the allegedly non-consensual kiss he gave Hermoso …