KOTA KINABALU: The 21.7km stretch of the Pan-Borneo Highway between Putatan and Inanam is nearly 80% complete, says Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor. He said the RM788,379,040.72 Putatan – Inanam road project is part of the 35 Pan-Borneo ongoing road packages under Phase 1 being implemented in the state …

MOST emerging Asian currencies and equities posted modest gains on Thursday, with the South Korean won leading gains, as traders keenly awaited U.S. inflation data for clues on the Federal Reserve’s timeline on monetary policy easing. The won appreciated as much as 0.6% against the U.S. dollar, while stocks in …

(Reuters) – Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appeared before a Supreme Court judge by video link on Thursday to argue for the right to longer meal breaks and access to more books in prison. Wearing a black prison uniform and standing behind bars in a small, bare room, Navalny, …

ISKANDAR PUTERI: Private firms and government-linked companies (GLCs) should emphasise the welfare and well-being of their employees, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Such an emphasis on workers’ welfare workers will set Malaysia’s economic development model apart from that of other countries, the Prime Minister said. He added that the government …

SINGAPORE: As a seven-year-old child, Hugo Ho struggled while playing the Tetris video game on a vintage Nintendo Game Boy. Disenchanted and dejected, he decided it was too hard for him and he “never wanted to play it again”. But things changed 11 years later in 2020, when Hugo – …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s jailed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been allowed to remain in hospital for medical treatment, the corrections department said on Thursday, citing the need to continue to closely monitor his health. The billionaire figurehead of the ruling Pheu Thai Party has been in hospital since …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has charged Pixelvest Sdn Bhd director Sophia Chin Wai Lan with money laundering offences involving more than RM164.5mil. The SC said Chin was charged with a total of 17 offences under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful …

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s economy is expected to benefit from the semiconductor exports, lifted by the global technology upcycle, as well as strong momentum in the tourism sector in 2024, said Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz. He noted that the country is cautiously optimistic …

RESIDENTS of Bandar Seri Sendayan near Seremban can now look forward to holding events in their very own community hall. This is being made possible by a RM1mil contribution from the township’s developer Matrix Concepts Holdings Bhd (MCHB) as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative. MCHB group chairman …

LAS VEGAS: Welcome to CES 2024. This multi-day trade event put on by the Consumer Technology Association is expected to bring some 130,000 attendees and more than 4,000 exhibitors to Las Vegas. The latest advances and gadgets across personal tech, transportation, health care, sustainability and more will be on display, …