MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Mitchell Starc’s record $2.98 million deal at the Indian Premier League auctions was the ideal Christmas present for the match-winning paceman as he prepares to spend the holidays apart from his cricketing wife Alyssa Healy. Australia’s all-formats hero became the most expensive player in the history of …

KUALA LUMPUR: Top Gove Corp Bhd started its 2024 financial year (FY24) with a notable improvement to its bottomline. On a year-on-year comparison, the world’s largest glove maker recorded a net loss of RM57.71mil in 1QFY24, which compares against a net loss of RM168.24mil in 1QFY23. Basic loss per share …

KOTA KINABALU: Embattled Sabah politician Datuk Peter Anthony has retained his presidency of Parti KDM after getting a full endorsement from its leadership to continue leading the native-based party. The party held an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) here on Tuesday (Dec 19) and agreed that Anthony, who was challenging a …

SHANGHAI: Alibaba Group CEO Eddie Wu will take over as chief executive of domestic e-commerce arm Taobao and Tmall Group effective immediately, the company said on Wednesday, boosting his direct control over the group’s core businesses. Wu, who has been Group CEO since September, also took over from previous head …

AYODHYA, India (Reuters) – Like many other Muslims, Indian tailor Safi Mohammad plans to send his wife and two sons away before thousands of pilgrims arrive at his hometown of Ayodhya next month for the inauguration of one of Hinduism’s most sacred temples. The temple, built on a site Hindus …

PETALING JAYA: Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang has demanded an apology from PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan (pic) over his “poisonous narratives” remarks. “Takiyuddin should apologise and withdraw his reference of the Constitutional provision that any Malaysian can be a Prime Minister as ‘poisonous propaganda’ and he should be …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Toshiba was delisted on Wednesday after 74 years on the Tokyo exchange, following a decade of upheaval and scandal that brought down one of Japan’s biggest brands and ushered in a buyout and an uncertain future. The conglomerate is being taken private by a group of investors …

MADRID (Reuters) -Getafe fought back to grab a 3-3 draw at 10-man Atletico Madrid on Tuesday as Borja Mayoral scored his second with a stoppage-time penalty to level a pulsating LaLiga encounter in which Antoine Griezmann equalled the hosts’ all-time scoring record. France international Griezmann also bagged a brace to …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump is disqualified from serving as U.S. president and cannot appear on the primary ballot in Colorado because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters, the state’s top court ruled Tuesday. The historic 4-3 ruling …

PETALING JAYA: Despite a weak start to its new financial year, UWC Bhd is optimistic about its business outlook amid signs of recovery in the semiconductor industry. The technology-services provider is currently looking at expanding its capacity for front-end semiconductor manufacturing and electric vehicle (EV) projects, with the first phase …