PUTRAJAYA is often a preferred destination for local tourists during school holidays because of its proximity to Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Negri Sembilan, as well as various attractions there such as parks and lakes. Large crowds throng tourist spots at the federal administrative centre including Climbing Sports Complex at Climbing …

HOUSTON: Oil prices closed the first trading session of 2024 lower as expectations for interest rate cuts waned and on easing concerns that tensions in the Red Sea will disrupt supplies. Brent crude settled at US$75.89, down by US$1.15 or 1.5%. US West Texas Intermediate crude settled at US$70.38 a …

ISTANBUL: The biggest individual investor in a state-run Turkyish fertilier maker has hit out over the stock’s plunge of more than 61% in the past two weeks and says it should buy back shares as a means of support. Oguzhan Sahinkaya, a 46-year-old self-made entrepreneur, said investors in Gubre Fabrikalari …

SHANGHAI: A private gauge of China’s factory activity gains momentum, contrasting with official data that suggests the outlook for the nation’s manufacturers remains fragile. The Caixin manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) rose to 50.8 last month from 50.7 in November, the strongest reading since August and above the estimate in …

PETALING JAYA: The disposal of CIMB Group Holdings Bhd’s remaining stakes in its stockbroking businesses is expected to be “neutral” on the group’s earnings. CIMB had announced that it had completed the sale of its remaining stake in brokerage CGS-CIMB to China Galaxy Securities. This followed the divestment of its …

CITY rankings often produce strange results. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s high ranking for Osaka, Japan in recent years has always struck me as odd. The group produces the “Global Liveability Ranking” report for cities around the world. The 2023 report examined 172 cities around the world using more than 30 …

MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish soccer star Jenni Hermoso testified in Madrid High Court on Tuesday over the kiss she said football federation chief Luis Rubiales planted on her lips without her consent after Spain’s victory in the Women’s World Cup last summer. Hermoso spent around 2-1/2 hours speaking behind closed …

(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russian forces are suffering heavy losses and the notion that Moscow is winning the nearly two-year-old war is only a “feeling” not based on reality. “Thousands, thousands of killed Russian soldiers, nobody even took them away,” he told The Economist magazine in an interview …

MADRID (Reuters) -A Spanish soccer fan who returned to Spain on Tuesday after spending more than a year detained by the Iranian authorities on espionage charges told reporters at the airport he was already planning his return to the Islamic Republic. Santiago Sanchez, who set out to walk to the …

HANEDA AIRPORT, Tokyo, Japan (Reuters) – The flight between the northern city of Sapporo and Tokyo’s Haneda airport is Japan’s busiest air route, and one of the most frequent services anywhere in the world. Japan Airlines (JAL) operates 16 round-trip flights a day. But when JAL516 followed that route to …