ABNORMAL odour detected at Sungai Buah and Sungai Semenyih in Selangor on Monday night (Feb 5) was found to have originated from an industrial area outside the state border. However, quick action by the Selangor Water Management Authority (Luas) and Air Selangor was able to control and restore water quality …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Securities Commission has introduced the Focused Scope Assessment (FSA) for new eligible Capital Market Intermediaries (CMIs) and Recognised Market Operators (RMOs). In a statement, the regulator said the FSA, which takes effect immediately via amendments to the Guidelines on Recognised Markets, is part of the regulator’s new …

WASHINGTON: Three researchers on Feb 5 won a US$700,000 (RM3.33mil) prize for using artificial intelligence to read a 2,000-year-old scroll that was scorched in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The Herculaneum papyri consist of about 800 rolled up Greek scrolls that were carbonised during the 79 CE volcanic eruption that …

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Hosts Ivory Coast are fancied to continue their remarkable revival at the Africa Cup of Nations and ride a frenzied wave of home support as they seek a place in the final with victory over the Democratic Republic of Congo. The two meet in Abidjan on Wednesday …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s attorney general is considering prosecuting convicted former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra over an alleged insult of the powerful monarchy, an official said on Tuesday, just weeks away from his possible release on parole. The complaint concerns a 2015 interview he gave while in South Korea and …

OIL prices inched up on Tuesday as investors waited to see whether a Middle East trip by top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken will bring a halt to the Gaza war, which has raised concerns about supplies from the major producing region. Brent crude futures rose 17 cents to $78.16 a …

(Reuters) – Decentralized finance – DeFi – is getting a second wind. The amount of money deposited in this breed of crypto projects has leapt in recent months, swept up by a rally in bitcoin driven by the launch of spot bitcoin ETFs in America. The total value of tokens …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – England came prepared for the usual trial by spin that greets touring sides in India but a “magical” seam-bowling masterclass by Jasprit Bumrah in Visakhapatnam saw their hopes of victory in the second test vanish into thin air. To deal with the expected conditions, England picked …

SINGAPORE: Asian shares rode a sharp rise in Chinese stocks higher on Tuesday as Beijing ramped up efforts to put a floor under its slumping market, but elsewhere investors were cautious as bets trimmed for a near-term Federal Reserve rate cut. A slew of announcements from China’s securities regulator, as …

HATAY, Turkey (Reuters) – More than 10,000 people gathered early on Tuesday to hold a vigil for the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquakes that hit southeastern Turkey, as some protested what they called government negligence in the aftermath. The magnitude 7.8 tremor, the deadliest disaster in Turkey’s modern history, …