LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – An Indian court has granted permission to survey a centuries-old mosque to determine if it contains Hindu relics and symbols, a lawyer said on Thursday, in a boost to Hindu groups which claim it was built on a site of a destroyed Hindu temple. The Shahi …

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal on Thursday (Dec 14) set March 14, 2024, for its verdict on the appeal by the six men sentenced to death after they were convicted of killing Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais, eight years ago. The men are former pathologist Col Dr …

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia closed on a positive note on Thursday, hitting an intraday high after taking signals from key regional indices, which were generally in the green following a positive cue from Wall Street overnight as the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) kept its interest rate steady. At 5 …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s new head coach Eddie Jones stressed that he was not interviewed for the role before the World Cup where he oversaw Australia’s disastrous campaign, saying on Thursday that he did not feel any guilt about the process of his appointment. The Japan Rugby Football Union on …

KOTA KINABALU: Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) is still hopeful that the Federal Government will eventually agree to the building of the Sabah-Labuan bridge despite Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim saying it was not a priority. Labuan PBS division chief Datuk Peter Mak said they understood the premier’s position on …

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit rebounded after three consecutive days of losses to close higher against the US dollar today as the US Federal Reserve (Fed) signalled its intention to cut the Federal Funds Rate (FFR) in 2024. At 6 pm, the ringgit rose to 4.6695/6745 against the greenback from Wednesday’s …

KOTA KINABALU: Two Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) students have shown that hard work and dogged determination can overcome any adversity in life. During UMS’ 25th convocation here, Sean Seadie Kuyubin, who was born with cerebral palsy, received his degree after passing his studies in Social Science (Industry Relations) with honours, …

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s steps to promote traditional moral values in students, increase Islamic lessons and open prayer rooms in schools are fuelling secularist concerns in the Muslim country and laying bare divisions over the role religion should have in education. The measures, introduced recently, have fired up tensions over …

DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi oil giant Aramco is boosting its big data and artificial intelligence unit that links up its assets to help maximise profit, assisting on decisions from trading to acquisitions, a senior executive told Reuters. “We have 70 people working on this, we’re still adding more,” Yasser Mufti, …

PUTRAJAYA: With better advertising and promotion, Malaysian-made products which are as good as foreign brands, can reach internationally-known status and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will play his part to help promote local products abroad. The Prime Minister who will be leaving for Tokyo this evening (Friday) in conjunction with the …