KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia ended higher on Monday, extending its winning streak for the sixth day, with buying focused mainly on energy, banks, and commodity-related stocks. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) gained 2.83 points to 1,465.28 from Friday’s close of 1,462.45. The barometer index opened …

KUALA LUMPUR: Former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas has filed a civil suit against the government and the special task force that investigated his memoir “My Story: Justice In the Wilderness”. He filed it through Messrs Tommy Thomas at the High Court here on Dec 4 after the court …

CHIANG MAI, Thailand: On a hillside overlooking cabbage fields outside the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, a drone’s rotors begin to whir, lifting it over a patch of forest. It moves back and forth atop the rich canopy, transmitting photos to be knitted into a 3D model that reveals …

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, used an audio clip generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to address supporters in the first event of its kind in the politics of the South Asian nation, though marred by internet disruptions. The audio, played over a photograph of Khan …

KOTA KINABALU: A sparkly dress made from a mystery material caught the attention of attendees at an HIV awareness talk held here recently. It turns out the dress was made out of used plastic bottles collected from the beach near a resort in the city. Megan Steven, an executive committee …

TikTok parent ByteDance said that its use of OpenAI’s technology to aid the development of its own artificial intelligence (AI) models was in compliance with the US firm’s service terms, refuting a claim that it made use of the technology to build a rival service. ByteDance made the clarification on …

(Reuters) – Rafa Nadal has shown good progress in training since recovering from a hip injury but his coach Carlos Moya still worries about how the former world number one’s body will hold up against the rigours of Grand Slam tennis. The 37-year-old suffered a muscle issue at Melbourne Park …

BRUSSELS: Belgium on Dec 18 starts one of the biggest drug trafficking trials in its history, with over 120 defendants in the dock thanks in large part to investigators cracking encrypted messaging apps. Suspects from Belgium, Albania, Colombia and North Africa accused of involvement in a vast criminal operation face …

KAMPALA (Reuters) – As a Ugandan court hears a challenge on Monday to one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBT laws, there’s more at stake than the simple constitutionality of the statute. LGBT activists say the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) has given Ugandans an implicit licence to abuse and discriminate against sexual …

KUALA LUMPUR: The year-end rice harvest by the Muda Agricultural Development Authority (Mada) has helped ease the local white rice supply shortage in the country, says Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu. He said however, the local rice supply in the country has not yet been fully …