KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian National News Agency (BK) has announced the appointments of Nur-ul Afida Kamaludin as its new chief executive officer and Arul Rajoo Durar Raj as editor-in-chief, effective yesterday. BK chairman Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai announced the appointments in a statement yesterday. Wong said Nur-ul Afida and …

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The legitimacy of the Group of 20 economic powers depends on its impact on the world’s poorest people, not just controlling inflation, the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said on Tuesday. Finance ministers from the G20 are meeting in Brazil this week with …

(Reuters) – The former Belarus Olympic head coach Yury Moisevich has been banned for five years for his role in the events leading up to sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya’s shock departure from the Tokyo Games in 2021, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Tuesday. Moisevich was found by a disciplinary …

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s fourth largest banking group, RHB Bank Bhd, is maintaining a cautious stance as it navigates 2024, being mindful of risks from external factors such as uncertainty of monetary policy stance in the United States, inflationary pressures and escalating geopolitical conflicts. Nevertheless, it remains optimistic that global economic …

PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron wanted to create “strategic ambiguity” by openly discussing the idea of sending Western troops to Ukraine, but he was so ambiguous that he sparked confusion and irritation among some allies. Macron’s comments at a late-night news conference, after he hosted a meeting of …

CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) – Millions of people in Sudan’s Darfur region are at risk of dying of hunger after a decision by the Sudanese government to prohibit aid deliveries through Chad, an advocacy group for internally displaced people said on Tuesday. The order, a digital copy of which Reuters has obtained, …

PETALING JAYA: Boycott calls seem to have little impact on Nestle (M) Bhd as its annual revenue hit a record-high of RM7.05bil in the financial year of 2023 (FY23). In fact, the food and beverage manufacturer reiterated its commitment to invest RM1bil in capital expenditure in Malaysia for the 2023 …

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Telegram, the most popular messaging app used in Russia, suffered a temporary outage on Tuesday for unexplained reasons while some previously blocked social media apps including Instagram and Facebook suddenly became available in Russia. The monitoring centre for Russia’s public communications network said on Tuesday its specialists had …

PETALING JAYA: P.A. Resources Bhd, Malaysia’s leading aluminium extruder company, recorded its highest ever quarterly revenue of RM150.7mil for the second quarter ended Dec 31, 2023 (2Q24). It is an increase of 16.4% compared to 1Q24. In a statement, the group said pre-tax profit stood at RM15.6mil, an increase of …

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva plans a bilateral meeting this week with Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro to discuss Venezuela’s upcoming general election and its border dispute with Guyana. Brazil has been trying to broker dialogue between its two neighbors since Venezuela revived its claim to …