WAJIMA, Japan (Reuters) – On a chilly Friday morning in the quake-hit Japanese town of Wajima, Aydin Muhammet and his employees served steaming bowls of soup and rice in front of a community centre for evacuees. The Turkish national’s 10-man volunteer team from the construction company he owns in central …

KUALA LUMPUR: A purported government-to-government (G2G) meeting that took place during Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s vacation on a yacht in 2009 did not go through the proper and formal channels and had caused huge losses to the nation, the High Court told. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) senior officer, Nur Aida …

KUALA LUMPUR: KJTS Group Bhd aims to raise RM58.9 million from its initial public offering (IPO) upon its listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia on Jan 26, 2024. Executive director Sheldon Wee said that the IPO comprised the issuance of 218.03 million new shares at 27 sen per …

PETALING JAYA: Do not break the trust of those who are paying their zakat (tithes) for such crimes are unforgivable, Datuk Dr Mohd Na’im Mokhtar warns zakat collectors. The Religious Affair Minister said it was sad to know that there were companies appointed to collect zakat which had allegedly misappropriated …

TDK Corp is fielding surging inquiries in Asia into a new lineup of smartphone batteries it hopes will become a game-changer in the quest to pack more power into ever-slimmer devices. The Apple Inc supplier is the first to apply to smartphones a technological breakthrough that its rivals have been …

SEOUL (Reuters) – Russia has launched multiple North Korea-made ballistic missiles at Ukraine recently, the White House said on Thursday, the first time the North’s latest weapons have been used in battle. Here is what we know about the missiles, and where they came from. WHAT MISSILES DID RUSSIA USE? …

SINGAPORE: prices edged higher on Friday after minutes from a Federal Reserve meeting suggested inflation was under control and as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to visit the Middle East to try and prevent the Israel-Gaza conflict from widening. Brent crude futures were up 31 cents, or 0.4%, …

KLUANG: A total of 31 roads in Johor have been identified for pilot projects for the use of glow-in-the-dark technology, as part of the state government’s efforts to improve the safety of motorists. Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi (pic) said that the technology from France can improve the quality …

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim says he does not promote the English language at the expense of Bahasa Malaysia. Neither, the Prime Minister added, does he promote the national language at the expense of English. “Many universities in the world emphasise mastering more than one language,” he said when …

Qualcomm Inc., the biggest maker of mobile phone processors, announced the Snapdragon XR2+ chip designed for virtual and mixed reality headsets that will compete with Apple Inc.’s forthcoming Vision Pro. The San Diego-based chipmaker said the new component, which can run 12 or more high-definition cameras, will be used by …