(Reuters) -Kaspi.kz was valued at $17.51 billion when its shares debuted 0.5% above their offer price on Friday, a day after the Kazakhstan-based banking and fintech giant fetched $1 billion for its investors in an upsized IPO. The lukewarm reception, especially on a day when the benchmark S&P 500 index …

PUTRAJAYA: Students will no longer be required to wear school uniforms throughout the week starting in March when the 2024/2025 academic year begins. Instead, it will be two days of school uniform, two days of sportswear, and one day of co-curriculum attire, said Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek. More details will …

GLOW-IN-THE-DARK road markings in Semenyih, Selangor, have impressed many people across the country. The pilot project, which was launched at a 245m stretch between Jalan Sungai Lalang and Jalan Sungai Tekali, has garnered so much attention that at least a few other states – namely Kedah and Melaka – have …

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak can seek an acquittal or a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) if the prosecution is not ready to start the hearing of his RM27mil money-laundering case on Sept 17. Justice K. Muniandy said this following a verbal application by the former prime …

KUALA LUMPUR: A syndicate which supplies drug juices to entertainment outlets and private parties has been busted with the seizure of almost half a million ringgit worth of drugs. Police said the liquid contained a mixture of various drugs. This has been identified as the latest modus operandi used by …

UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO (Reuters) – Between 10,000 and 15,000 people were killed in one city in Sudan’s West Darfur region last year in ethnic violence by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militia, according to a United Nations report seen by Reuters on Friday. In the report to …

SEREMBAN: A new RM170mil railway station will be built here within two years, while another nine stations in Klang Valley will be upgraded at a cost of RM110mil. The Seremban Sentral station, in fact, will be the country’s first net-zero carbon emission station. All 10 projects will be part of …

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The extent of Mohamed Salah’s hamstring injury and his future participation at the Africa Cup of Nations finals remained uncertain on Friday after Egypt said examinations had not yet been completed. Salah pulled up with a hamstring strain before halftime in Thursday’s Group B game against Ghana …

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) – Franz Beckenbauer was a great German who became his country’s best ambassador around the world, Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Friday at a commemoration at Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena stadium. Steinmeier and Chancellor Olaf Scholz led the long list of attendees that also included a …

(Reuters) – New AS Roma manager Daniele De Rossi is well aware of the love the club’s fans still have for Jose Mourinho but hopes they will have room in their hearts for him as well. De Rossi replaced Mourinho on Tuesday, with Roma ninth in the league after their …