SINGAPORE: Asian equities fell sharply on Wednesday, led by Chinese stocks after a slew of data pointed to a patchy recovery in the world’s second-biggest economy, while the dollar was near a one-month high as traders dialled back bets of early interest rate cuts. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares …

KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor wants young business and industry leaders in Sabah to become government partners and assist in realising the state’s development agendas. “There is still much more to do for Sabah and I want you, as members of the Sabah Young Business and Industry Leaders (Sybil) …

LONDON: Children under the age of 10 are increasingly being targeted by paedophiles online, figures from an Internet watchdog suggest. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) received 392,660 reports of possible abuse images on websites in 2023, of which 275,655 were found to contain such material. Of those, 107,615 (39%) were …

China’s independently developed state-of-the-art quantum computer, Origin Wukong, was opened up to global users 10 days ago. Since then, remote visitors from 61 countries have been able to access the superfast computer, with the United States topping the list, Chinese state media reported on Tuesday. The Science And Technology Daily, …

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Much has changed for Caroline Wozniacki after she returned to the Australian Open from a four-year absence but the Dane said the sting of disappointment of losing at a Grand Slam still felt the same. Woznicaki lost 1-6 6-4 6-1 to Maria Timofeeva in the second round …

NEW YORK: Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday, pressured as the dollar jumped to its highest in a month but supported by jitters about the impact to energy supplies from escalating tensions in the Middle East. Global benchmark Brent crude futures rose 14 cents, or 0.2%, to settle at …

JOHOR BARU: A 41-year-old trader has been ordered to enter his defence for beating up his pregnant wife three years ago. In delivering her decision on Wednesday (Jan 17), Sessions Court judge Fatimah Zahari said the prosecution had proven all the ingredients of the charges and successfully made out a …

SINGAPORE: A woman cheated multiple victims into giving her more than S$100,000, including for products she did not have and investment opportunities that did not exist. One victim even handed her more than S$60,000, which she claimed would “release frozen bank accounts” for a business venture. Nikeal Lim Shi Hui, …

BEIJING: China’s economy grew slightly slower than expected in the fourth quarter, with a deepening property crisis, mounting deflationary pressures and weak demand reinforcing expectations that Beijing will have to roll out more stimulus measures soon. Confounding most analysts’ expectations, the world’s second-largest economy has struggled to mount a strong …

KUALA LUMPUR: The producer and director of indie film “Mentega Terbang” claimed trial at the Magistrate’s Court here on a charge of hurting religious feelings. Both producer Tan Meng Kheng and director Khairi Anwar Jailani pleaded not guilty to the offence under Section 298 of the Penal Code at separate …