PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron was expected to appoint a new prime minister on Tuesday, as he seeks to boost his second mandate ahead of European parliament elections. The move will not necessarily lead to any major political shift but rather signals a desire for Macron to try …

LONDON (Reuters) – Stellantis said on Tuesday using Amazon’s computing power and BlackBerry technology it has developed a “virtual cockpit” to create and test new versions of car controls and systems in a day instead of months. Stellantis said that it can now create “realistic virtual versions of car controls …

SYDNEY: Asian stocks advanced on Tuesday after a tech-led rally on Wall Street as investors look to the next set of U.S inflation numbers due this week, which could provide further clarity on when the Federal Reserve might start cutting interest rates. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan …

Duolingo Inc, the maker of language-learning software, is cutting some contractors while using generative artificial intelligence to create more content, the latest sign that companies are shifting some tasks typically handled by workers to AI tools. About 10% of contractors were “offboarded”, a company spokesperson said on Jan 8. “We …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry, through its agency SME Corp Malaysia, has allocated RM134.6mil to empower micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) this year. Its deputy minister Datuk Ramanan Ramakrishnan said the fund aims to implement various initiatives and enable entrepreneurs to penetrate a wider market at …

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit is expected to be one of the best-performing currencies in the region in 2024, with it ending the year at RM4.40 against the US dollar, said the Affin Group. Its chief economist Alan Tan Chew Leong said the ringgit would be lifted by the prospect of …

PETALING JAYA: A more effective and child-friendly reporting mechanism for sexual crimes will be developed by the government. This is because there has been a significant rise in these crimes against children over the past seven years, ministers Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said and Fadhlina Sidek said in a joint …

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine has a deficit of anti-aircraft guided missiles nearly two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion, Air Force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat said on Tuesday. Ukraine has relied heavily on military and financial aid from its Western allies since the invasion in February 2022, but political wrangling has delayed …

DUNNELLON, Florida: A missing Ohio teen was recovered in Florida after she logged in to an online video game at the home of the man who took her, authorities said. Thomas Ebersole, 31, was arrested last Wednesday at his Dunnellon home, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. The area …

KUALA LUMPUR: Prasarana Malaysia Berhad (Prasarana) is set to receive 310 buses, marking its final procurement of diesel-powered buses before transitioning to fully electric vehicles (EV) by 2037. This move aligns with the National Energy Transition Roadmap (NETR) and aims to promote green mobility while transforming public transport. Transport Minister …