SHANGHAI: China stocks ended little changed on Thursday, following four sessions of declines, after a private-sector survey showed the country’s factory activity expanded modestly in January, while efforts to stabilise the market by the “national team” also helped. ** The blue-chip index closed up 0.1% on the first day of …

SAN FRANCISCO: When Mark Zuckerberg turned at a US Senate hearing to address the parents of children exploited, bullied or driven to self harm via social media, it felt like a time-worn convention had sprung back to life. “I’m sorry for everything you’ve been through,” the Meta CEO said Wednesday. …

A popular video game developed by a Japanese studio has set off an unexpected cloud-computing race between Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding, as the two Chinese tech giants rush to draw players to their respective servers. Palworld, an open-world survival game developed by Pocketpair that lets players catch and …

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Many fancied contenders have tumbled out of the Africa Cup of Nations early and there is every chance of further upsets in the weekend’s quarter-finals, where hosts Ivory Coast will hope to continue their unlikely redemption. Several past winners remain in contention, but the field has been …

THESSALONIKI, Greece (Reuters) – When Yolanda Kalantzi and Georgia Ampatzidou fell in love eight years ago, they said the idea of getting married was “science fiction” in deeply conservative Greece, where LGBT+ couples cannot wed or adopt. Now they have a tentative wedding date for spring, tease each other about …

SHAH ALAM: The sedition case involving Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor will now be heard at the High Court here. This follows a decision by High Court judge Justice Aslam Zainuddin, who allowed Muhammad Sanusi’s case to be transferred from the Selayang Sessions Court, where the …

The Royal Malaysian Police Force (PDRM) is stepping up its anti-scam campaign efforts with a first ever collaboration with a production company, Dream Film Sdn Bhd, to produce the first anti-scam awareness movie in Malaysia titled Oppa. Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (JSJK) assistant director (intelligence) Supt Mohd Faizal …

WASHINGTON: Days after Maui’s wildfires killed scores of people and destroyed thousands of homes last August, a shocking claim spread with alarming speed on YouTube and TikTok: The blaze on the Hawaiian island was set deliberately, using futuristic energy weapons developed by the US military. Claims of “evidence” soon emerged: …

HONG KONG: Hong Kong investment firm Pacific Century Group (PCG), founded by billionaire Richard Li, is seeking to sell its majority stake in asset manager PineBridge Investments, according to three people with knowledge of the matter and a deal document seen by Reuters. PCG has hired JPMorgan to run the …

KOTA KINABALU: The Prisons Department is capable of becoming a leading correctional agency in the region, says Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah. He added that its education- and rehabilitation-based approach would help it attain such recognition. “The department plays an important role in rebuilding an individual’s …