PUTRAJAYA: The recent Cabinet reshuffle is a positive step as far as fostering national unity is concerned, said the National Unity Minister, Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang. The reshuffle saw two more agencies being placed under the ministry: the Indian Community Transformation Unit (Mitra) and the Penang Hindu Endowment Board. In …

NEW DELHI: A heady year of capital inflows for India may only result in mild gains for the rupee as the nation’s central bank will likely continue to grip the currency tightly. On its own, the stars are aligned for the rupee – prospects of large bond and stocks inflows …

KUALA LUMPUR: A local private company which has come under scrutiny for offering “welfare and protection services” to Nepalese workers in Malaysia for US$45 (RM210) has come out to defend itself, claiming it had established an agreement with Nepal’s authorities. The agreement which was signed by an official from the …

WHEN traffic through the Suez Canal ground to a halt in 2021, the extraordinary cost and disruptions to global commerce seemed overwhelming. But 8,000km from the canals of Suez and Panama lie even more important shipping lanes, choke points that could cripple global trade should any disaster befall them. More …

OTTAWA (Reuters) – If Republican frontrunner Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidential election in November, it will be “a step back” that makes life tough for Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday. Trudeau, whose center-left Liberals came to power in November 2015, had rocky relations with Trump during …

PORTFOLIO investors purchased petroleum in the first full week of 2024, reversing sales the previous week and continuing the pattern of choppy trading that has continued since early December. Hedge funds and other money managers bought the equivalent of 54 million barrels in the six most important petroleum futures and …

PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday announced a wide array of measures – from testing uniforms in schools to overhauling parental leave – in a bid to reinvigorate a second mandate marred by his unpopularity and contested reforms. One week after appointing France’s youngest ever prime minister, Macron, …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Schibsted, Allegro and more than 20 other small European companies and industry groups on Tuesday urged Big Tech to seek their input into how it plans to comply with new EU rules aimed at creating more competition ahead of a March deadline. As part of its latest …

KORHOGO, Ivory Coast (Reuters) -Namibia winger Deon Hotto scored in the 88th minute to hand them a shock 1-0 victory over Tunisia at the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday and keep up the sequence of surprise results that have dominated the opening days of the tournament. Hotto sneaked in …

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch Senate will support a law to evenly spread asylum seekers over municipalities in the Netherlands, despite strong resistance from far-right election winner Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party and other parties looking to form a new government. The law aims to resolve a continuing crisis at the …