PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Mohamad has lodged a police report against a YouTuber for allegedly accusing him of allegedly colluding with a group of MPs in Dubai in a bid to topple the government. The Deputy Human Resources Minister said that the individual had attempted to link him …

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Monday denounced violence against women, speaking as Italy is in the midst of national soul-searching about how to shed an entrenched culture of male chauvinism that often has led to femicide. Francis has made numerous appeals for an end to violence against women …

EMERGING market (EM) currencies closed out their best year since 2017 after soaring in the final quarter as the outlook for lower interest rates in the US revived investor appetite for risk. The MSCI gauge of currencies edged higher last Friday, the final trading day of a year in which …

GEORGE TOWN: A foreign worker was killed after he was electrocuted while doing welding work at a construction site using a scissor lift on Saturday (Dec 30). Penang Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) director Hairozie Asri said the victim died at about 9.45am at a construction located in …

MALABO (Reuters) – Veteran striker Emilio Nsue will captain an Equatorial Guinea squad with a strong Spanish flavour at the African Cup of Nations finals in the Ivory Coast this month after being named part of the 27-man squad for the tournament. The 34-year-old Nsue, formerly with Birmingham City and …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Communications and Multimedia Content Forum of Malaysia (Content Forum) has introduced its inaugural supplementary guidelines, known as the online curated content (OCC) guidelines, which are set to reshape the landscape of OCC services available in the country. The guidelines contain the best practices for OCC service providers. …

AMSTERDAM: Around 300 climate activists were held by police in Amsterdam last Saturday for blocking a major highway in the Dutch capital for several hours to demand an immediate end to the financing of fossil-fuel projects by the country’s largest bank, ING. Hundreds of activists walked onto the A10 highway …

JOHOR BAHRU: Members of a comedian group, Senario, have requested their fans to pray for the recovery of their colleague, Hamdan Ramli who is hospitalised and sedated at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital (HSA) here due to suspected kidney complications. Azlee Jaafar said Hamdan, whose real name was Ahmad Hamdan Mohamed …

PETALING JAYA: Despite the gloomy global economic outlook for 2024, the local economy is poised to buck the trend of slowing growth in major economies. Economists expect the various economic measures set to be implemented this year to offset any downside risks that would impact the domestic economy. The economy …

SINGAPORE: In recent months, China has sought to stabilise the yuan by orchestrating buying by state banks and giving market guidance to bankers. The strategy of moral suasion marks a sharp break from Beijing’s approach the last time the currency was on the ropes, in 2015. Back then, the People’s …