SINGAPORE: Oil prices rose 2% on Friday as the United States and Britain carried out air and sea strikes on Houthi military targets in Yemen in response to attacks by the Iran-backed group on shipping in the Red Sea. The attack added to market concerns about the potential impact a …

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and its disciplinary committee (DC) succeeded in their appeals to reinstate a complaint lodged by former Damansara member of parliament Tony Pua against Deloitte PLT partner Ng Yee Hong over the audit of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) financial statements. This follows a decision …

ASIAN emerging markets currencies were tentative on Friday as higher-than-expected inflation in the United States failed to deter March interest rate cut bets, keeping the greenback steady, with most currencies on track to end the week lower. The Philippine peso edged 0.3% higher on Friday, but logged a 0.5% decline …

LOW-COST carrier Batik Air is set to increase the number of umrah flights between Kuala Lumpur and Saudi Arabia to 10 journeys a week by February. Its group strategy director Datuk Chandra Rama Muthy said this was to accommodate the higher demand among Indonesian pilgrims. He said this was a …

Microsoft Corp.’s “real relationship” with OpenAI is of high interest to European Union antitrust regulators, the bloc’s competition chief told Bloomberg TV. The European Commission earlier this week said it’s examining whether Microsoft’s US$13bil (RM60.3bill) investment into OpenAI should be vetted under EU merger rules, opening the risk of a …

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Emma Raducanu cautions that her comeback is in its early stages heading into the Australian Open but feels she has finally shed some of the mental baggage of her fairytale Grand Slam triumph at Flushing Meadows. The 21-year-old stunned the tennis world when she won the 2021 …

JOHOR BARU: Two business owners have lost more than RM1mil to financial scams on social media, here. Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said that the police received two separate reports from the victims, who lost a total of RM1.09mil on Tuesday (Jan 9) and Wednesday (Jan 10). …

The best CES products pierce through the haze of marketing hype at the Las Vegas gadget show to reveal innovations that could improve lives. The worst could harm us or our society and the planet in such “innovatively bad” ways that a panel of self-described dystopia experts has judged them …

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average reached a fresh 34-year peak on Friday as it headed for its best week since March 2022, driven both by receding bets on an early exit from the Bank of Japan’s stimulus and sheer momentum as foreign investors returned. The Nikkei entered the midday recess …

A happy ride-hailing driver who sings to passengers and gives them cuddly toys has been praised for spreading joy via his random acts of kindness. In footage from his in-vehicle video that trended on social media, the driver is seen inviting a female passenger to sit in the front of …