JAKARTA (Reuters) – Dismissed from the military amid speculation of rights abuses, exiled in Jordan, and once banned from the United States over his alleged dark past, Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto is now in pole position to be Indonesia’s next leader. The twice presidential loser is trying his luck for …

SYDNEY: National Australia Bank (NAB) Ltd said Andrew Irvine will replace Ross McEwan as chief executive officer (CEO) as the country’s second-largest lender opts to promote a prominent internal leader to the top job. Irvine, 48, who will become CEO on April 2, has run the firm’s business and private …

Decorations and artworks inspired by the Year of the Dragon are igniting imaginations and evoking amazement. Artisan Maggie Tan, 51, said she had her hands full with commissions for customised ang pow packets and decorative items featuring the mythical creature. “Orders for the items have been coming in since December …

CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia experienced its eighth-warmest year in 2023, with the influence of climate change pushing average temperatures almost 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) above the 1961-1990 average, the weather bureau said on Thursday. Last year’s extreme weather swings took Australia from widespread flooding and the coolest January …

Elon Musk just “pounds the table” in his escalating legal battle with the US labour board over his aerospace company SpaceX because he lacks a cogent argument, its top prosecutor said on Feb 7. “If the law is not on your side, and the facts aren’t on your side, then …

THE draft Kuala Lumpur Local Plan 2040 (KLCP2040) is available for public review at various locations across the city. However, the poor turnout at the briefing session with Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) planners at its headquarters in Jalan Raja Laut was worrying, said Save Kuala Lumpur (SKL) coalition chairman …

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened lower against the firmer US dollar today as the United States (US) equities continued to perform favourably, said an analyst. At 9.37 am, the ringgit stood at 4.7630/7665 against the greenback compared to yesterday’s closing rate of 4.7570/7645. The S&P 500 index had inched closer …

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s electoral authority on Wednesday said it would begin to hand count ballots for the country’s presidential and legislative assembly elections after reporting there were system failures in transmitting the votes. President Nayib Bukele’s victory, with 83% of the majority of the vote counted, is …

CITY developer SkyWorld Development Bhd celebrated the completion of its latest project, SkyAwani V Residence@Sentul in Kuala Lumpur. The project received an 84% QLASSIC score and a five-star SHASSIC rating from the Construction Industry Develop-ment Board (CIDB), reaffirming the developer’s dedication to delivering product quality, safety and health. The Quality …

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Fika Juliana Putri, a 19-year-old shopkeeper in East Jakarta, plans to vote in Indonesia’s presidential election next week for a once-feared former special forces commander. She likes him, she says, because he’s cuddly. A doe-eyed cartoon version of Gen. Prabowo Subianto – produced using generative AI – …