TOKYO, Feb 28 — Japan punched their ticket to the Paris Olympics women’s football competition with a hard-fought 2-1 win over North Korea in today’s qualifying second leg in a chilly Tokyo. The two sides drew 0-0 in Saturday’s first leg on neutral ground in Saudi Arabia, setting up a …

LONDON (Reuters) – France had no prior knowledge of Microsoft’s partnership with tech startup Mistral AI, a finance ministry official told Reuters, denying suggestions that French lobbying for looser European AI rules had been on behalf of the U.S. tech giant. Earlier this week, Microsoft said it had made a …

PETALING JAYA: To prevent brain drain and burnout involving doctors at public healthcare facilities, Putrajaya should consider switching to a shift system, says the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA). MMA president Dr Azizan Abdul Aziz said that the proposed shift system was similar to the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) which …

KUALA LUMPUR: Paramount Corp Bhd will launch seven projects (including new phases of existing projects) in 2024 with a projected gross domestic product (GDV) of RM2.4bil at its existing project locations in Penang, Kedah and the Klang Valley. The three largest launches (in GDV) for the financial year ending Dec …

PETALING JAYA: The sales and services tax (SST) hike is not expected to cause sharp price increases that would lead to an economic shock, says Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan. The Finance Minister II pointed out the small two-percentage increase affects selected taxable services. “The change in service tax rate …

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Michelle Heyman scored four first-half goals as Australia demolished Uzbekistan 10-0 on Wednesday to book their place in the women’s soccer tournament at the Paris Olympics. Having won the first leg of the Olympic qualifier 3-0 on a freezing day in Tashkent, Australia were ruthless on a …

KOTA KINABALU: The controversial Nature Conservation Agreement (NCA) involving a two-million-hectare of state forest reserve for carbon credit trading cannot move forward as it was legally flawed. Legal advisor to Sabah Government, Tengku Datuk Ahmad Fuad, said the agreement did not conform with the Sabah Biodiversity Enactment 2000, which required …

KUALA LUMPUR: Eversendai Corporation Bhd has returned to the black with a net profit of RM26.61 million in the financial year ended Dec 31, 2023 (FY2023) compared with a net loss of RM361.51 million in FY2022. Revenue in FY2023 increased to RM1.45 billion from RM905.30 million previously, it said in …

BENGALURU (Reuters) – U.S.-based IT firm Cognizant said it expects India employees to work from the office at least thrice a week, according to a memo seen by Reuters, becoming the latest company to signal the end of the pandemic-induced remote working era. Employers cited reasons such as better collaboration …

KUALA LUMPUR: Former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) general counsel who claimed to have been threatened by fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho told the High Court she had yet to file a police report over the threats. Jasmine Loo, 50, who was also a fugitive for five years, had previously testified …