KUALA LUMPUR: A key prosecution witness in the corruption trial involving Lim Guan Eng has told the Sessions Court that the term “big boss” was a reference used for more than one person. Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd executive director Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli said that the term was …

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit ended lower against the US dollar as the greenback remained strong despite dovish remarks from a Federal Reserve (Fed) official. The remarks indicated the United States central bank’s stance on interest rate cuts this year. Traders are now awaiting the US ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index …

KOTA KINABALU: Parti Warisan Sabah president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal expresses his disappointment that the east coast of Sabah was left out of the Trans Borneo Railway Project route. the former Chief Minister said that Tawau already has an existing business relationship with Kalimantan, Indonesia’s future capital city. “Most …

BAMAKO (Reuters) – Political parties in Mali have requested a time frame for presidential elections after the ruling junta failed to organise polls within a promised 24-month transition back to democracy. Mali has been under military rule since August 2020, the first of eight coups in West and Central Africa …

(Reuters) – The birth of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and the quest for new ways to invest in the artificial intelligence overshadowed other trends in the broader ETF market in the first quarter, but analysts say other themes like single-country ETFs and bond ETFs are likely to play out …

(Reuters) – Russia has used five of its new hypersonic Zircon missiles to attack Kyiv since the start of the year, the city’s military administration said on Monday. The attacks are among more than 180 Russian missile and drone attacks launched against the Ukrainian capital in the first three months …

SEREMBAN: A married couple were killed in a road accident while on their way to work in a factory in Senawang here this morning. Aswan Sulaiman, 29, and his wife Nur Khairunnisya Samsudin, 23, who had been planning to return to their hometown in Sabah to celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri, …

SAN FRANCISCO: Few places have done more than the Bay Area – the centre of the smartphone industry – to ensure that bosses can call, text or Slack their workers all the time, nights and weekends included. But a San Francisco lawmaker wants to help curb the constant ringing and …

KUALA LUMPUR: A witness in Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial has told the High Court that her knowledge about PetroSaudi International (PSI) Ltd was only based on documents. Former 1MDB general counsel Jasmine Loo said this when asked by Najib’s lead counsel, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee …

TAIPEI, Taiwan: Their days often began at the crack of dawn. They’d head out to a church, a temple, a park and set up a stall. They’d seek out seniors in particular, those who are perhaps the most vulnerable citizens of the information-saturated society that has enveloped them. To get …