TOKYO: Japan’s Fast Retailing Co said on Thursday that strong overseas sales drove a 25% rise in first quarter operating profit, as the Uniqlo operator charts a third-straight year of record earnings. Profit was 146.7 billion yen ($1.01 billion) in the three months through November compared with 117.1 billion yen …

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) will keep an eye on the sea at Likas Bay here after the latest videos of crocodile sightings at the location. In one of the videos, a crocodile can be faintly seen floating in the water not far from the Menara Kinabalu (PPNS) …

The Hurun Research Institute, a rich list compiler run by Rupert Hoogewerf, has clarified its decision to list Zhang Zetian, wife of Chinese tech billionaire Richard Liu Qiangdong, as the third-richest person to have graduated from the prestigious Tsinghua University after the ranking stirred controversy online. According to a list …

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt hope a new attacking approach will bear fruit as they launch a fresh bid to win a record-extending eighth Africa Cup of Nations title in the Ivory Coast, putting behind them the disappointment of two recent near misses. They kick off their campaign against Mozambique in …

SEMPORNA: Police foiled an attempt by three men to smuggle out more than 20kg of drugs, believed to be Syabu, worth about RM1mil, to a neighbouring country when they were arrested in a raid at Semporna public jetty here on Jan 3. Semporna district police chief Supt Mohd Farhan Lee …

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade recorded a sales value of RM142.6 billion, up 6.2 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in November 2023, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM). Chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said in a statement today that the increase was driven by the wholesale …

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s water demand is much higher than what its Water Department is able to supply for now, says state Works Minister Datuk Shahelmey Yahya. He said current statistics showed demand at about 1,600 million litres per day (MLD) but the supply is only around 1,400MLD. Moreover, increasing industrialisation …

(Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google said on Wednesday it is laying off hundreds of people working on its voice-activated Google Assistant software and is eliminating a similar number of roles in the company’s Devices and Services team. The layoffs at Google Assistant, first reported by news platform Semafor, are a part …

(Reuters) – Yorkshire’s board has approved a loan offer from a consortium headed by Colin Graves, which is set to see the County Championship Division Two cricket club’s former chairman make a controversial return. Last year, Yorkshire were fined 400,000 pounds ($510,560) and handed a 48-point deduction in the County …

DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley came out swinging at Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate, as the two candidates sought to emerge as the leading alternative to Donald Trump just days before the campaign’s first votes are cast. But with the former president …