SINGAPORE: Chinese markets lifted Asian stocks on Wednesday on optimism over steps taken by policymakers to boost confidence, while looming earnings from Nvidia kept investors on edge following the recent frenzied AI-driven global rally. Financial markets will also look out for the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s last meeting in …

GEORGE TOWN: The discharge from a duck farm in Sungai Lembu, which led to the pollution of two rivers in Kedah, did not affect the quality of treated water in Penang, says the Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP). Its chief executive officer K. Pathmanathan said that water quality tests jointly …

PUTRAJAYA: Amid calls for the overnight policy rate (OPR) to be raised, the Prime Minister believes that increasing it to strengthen the ringgit’s value will not help the people, says Fahmi Fadzil. The government spokesman said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim believed the move would affect the people even more. “There …

SINGAPORE: Malaysia’s ringgit is trading at lows not seen since the Asian Financial Crisis as outflows, foreign currency hoarding and a strong dollar pile on pressure. The currency is the first in Asia to break below October 2023 levels on the dollar. It touched 4.801 to the dollar on Wednesday, …

(Reuters) – Towering Croat Ivo Karlovic announced his retirement from tennis at the age of 44 on Wednesday, bringing the curtain down on a career that saw him fire more than 13,000 aces past bewildered opponents. Standing 2.11m tall, Karlovic’s huge serves and unorthodox style caused problems for some of …

KUALA LUMPUR: Some RM7.6mil worth of drugs have been seized following raids at luxury condominiums in Cheras. Two men, including the suspected syndicate’s 41-year-old mastermind, were also detained packing the drugs for distribution. Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Kamarudin Md Din said police …

SEOUL (Reuters) -Emergency rooms in South Korea are overcrowded, with major hospitals having to cancel scheduled surgeries, after thousands of trainee doctors joined a protest walkout on Wednesday, media said, as a minister warned of danger to seriously ill patients. The walkout, prompted by a government plan to admit more …

NEW DELHI: Oil prices regained some ground in Asian trade on Wednesday amid concerns over attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and growing expectations that cuts to U.S. interest rates will take longer than thought. Brent crude futures rose 24 cents or 0.3% to $82.58 a barrel by 0721 …

The SOS message was nothing new to the California rescue crew. It arrived via satellite through an emergency feature that is on newer iPhones. This kind of mission is rapidly becoming par for the course for people in search and rescue. “Another iPhone 14 save!” said rescuer Mike Leum of …

KUALA LUMPUR: The manufacturing industry operated at 79.8 per cent capacity in the fourth quarter of 2023 (4Q 2023), edged down by 0.4 percentage points, from a rate of 80.2 per cent in 4Q 2022, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM). In a statement today, chief statistician Datuk Seri …