AMAZON is set to join the Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing Walgreens Boots Alliance effective next week, S&P Dow Jones Indices said on Tuesday. Shares of Amazon rose 1.3% in extended trade after the announcement, while Walgreens dipped 3%. Adding Amazon will increase consumer retail exposure as well as other …

(Reuters) – The inclusion of the topic of Ukraine at the Group of 20 meetings is destructive and the politicisation of the Group is unacceptable, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday ahead of the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Brazil. Foreign ministers from the G20 major economies will meet in …

Compiled by C.ARUNO, FARIK ZOLKEPLI AND R.ARAVINTAN SINGER Baby Shima has responded angrily to criticism from netizens about her wearing traditional Iban attire in her recent music video titled Bujang Sarawak, Kosmo! reported. “Why do you wear non-Islamic clothing?” said one of the comments. Refusing to keep silent, the 29-year-old …

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – One of the world’s biggest criminal hacking gangs woke up on Tuesday to a startling discovery: Law enforcement, after taking over their main website on Monday, were now threatening to reveal their personal details and data about their cybercrime organisation. The group, Lockbit, had become notorious in …

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday sanctioned six people from five armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as violent clashes escalate in the region between the Congolese army and Rwandan-backed M23 Tutsi-led rebels. The fighting, in a war that has lasted decades, …

A FAMILY whose house in Jinjang was razed by a fire, received a cash donation of RM10,000 from Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng. Lim presented the money to the victim, Jamie Cheng Kok Mee, 44, who was accompanied by her 17-year-old daughter Jenice Tan. The family’s house caught fire on …

SYDNEY: Australia’s central bank considered raising interest rates at its first meeting of the year but decided the case to stand pat was the “stronger one” as risks had eased that inflation wouldn’t return to the board’s 2% to 3% target within a reasonable timeframe. The Reserve Bank of Australia …

MILAN, Italy (Reuters) -A late goal from substitute Marko Arnautovic gave Inter Milan a 1-0 home victory after a tough battle with Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday. The Austria striker, who had replaced the injured Marcus Thuram at halftime, redeemed himself …

PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian man has been sentenced to five years and nine months in jail after he was found guilty of raping his sleeping partner as well as kidnapping her during a road trip in New Zealand. The 30-year-old man, whose name has been withheld to protect the victim’s …

NEW YORK: Oil prices settled lower on Tuesday, with worries about global demand offsetting price support from the Israel-Hamas conflict. Brent futures settled down US$1.22, or 1.5%, to US$82.34 a barrel. The six-month spread for Brent on Tuesday was at its highest since October, a sign of a tighter market. …