SINGAPORE: Oil prices dipped in early trade on Monday on sharp price cuts by top exporter Saudi Arabia and a rise in OPEC output, offsetting worries about escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Brent crude fell 9 cents, or 0.1%, to $78.67 a barrel by 0057 GMT, while U.S. …

Horror stories linked to online dating sites in Connecticut and around the nation include murders, sexual assaults, and swindles that drained victims’ life savings. A new state law that went into effect on Jan 1 is meant to boost safety for those seeking love and companionship, and hold dating companies …

Compiled by BENJAMIN LEE and C. ARUNO TAIWANESE singer-songwriter Eli Hsieh says he carries a knife around to protect himself from loan sharks and has denied slashing his former girlfriend with it, reported Sin Chew Daily. “I am innocent. I do not wish to issue a statement on this matter,” …

DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina won her fourth straight term as her party secured an absolute majority amid low turnout in the general election boycotted by the main opposition, the country’s poll body said on Monday. Her Awami League party has 165 seats out of 224 seats …

KUALA LUMPUR: For the fourth week running, foreign investors poured their funds into Bursa Malaysia for a weekly net inflow of RM524.9mil. According to data by MIDF Research, there was a notable increase in average daily trading volume (ADTV) over the five-day week, with foreign investors seeing the biggest increase …

PENANG through its two city councils – Penang Island City Council (MBPP) and Seberang Prai City Council (MBSP) – will reintroduce its waste segregation at source policy.The state will also bring back initiatives to educate the community about correct waste separation at source. Penang local government, town and country planning …

Google has reached a deal in a class-action lawsuit accusing it of making an Orwellian grab of “potentially embarrassing” data from tens of millions of people using the company’s “Incognito mode” and other private browsing, according to a court filing. The three Californians and two others who sued the Mountain …

PETALING JAYA: Starting this year, a Cabinet committee will meet three times a year to address road safety and traffic congestion issues in the country. Doing this would enable road safety strategies to be developed and reviewed at regular intervals, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke. This move is part of …

KUALA LUMPUR: Companies making headlines in the news include Ecoscience, Global Oriental, UEM Sunrise, MPay, Dayang, Ta Win, Perak Transit, Cahya Mata, Scientex, MyEG, Eversendai and EMCC, said Apex Research Ecoscience International Bhd’s (EIB) wholly-owned subsidiary Ecoscience Manufacturing & Engineering Sdn Bhd is suing RDS Marketing Malaysia Sdn Bhd to …

PUPILS of SK Tanjong Malim in Perak were given an insight into the dangers of pornography and child grooming via social media platforms. The awareness programme was jointly organised with the Muallim Social Welfare Department to provide understanding on the related issues and how the community could help deter these …