If you’re nowhere near the path of totality or if clouds spoil your view, you can still catch the total solar eclipse online. Weather permitting, tens of millions who live along a narrow stretch from Mexico’s Pacific coast to eastern Canada can just look skyward Monday to glimpse day turn …

KUALA LUMPUR: Job scams will be one of 10 main agendas to be given emphasis during the Asean Summit 2025, the Dewan Negara was told on Thursday (April 4). Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifudin Nasution Ismail (pic) said that as the chair of the summit next year, Malaysia decided to …

KUALA LUMPUR: Telcos are seeking out fresh opportunities to monetise the 5G network, including targeting high net worth retail customers to derive higher revenue. In a sector update, Kenanga Research said mobile players have tweaked their 5G plans to to drive up the average revenue per user (Arpu) from customers …

Apple Inc has teams investigating a push into personal robotics, a field with the potential to become one of the company’s ever-shifting “next big things”, according to people familiar with the situation. Engineers at Apple have been exploring a mobile robot that can follow users around their homes, said the …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT) announced a dividend rate of five per cent for the year 2023 involving a total payment of RM485.08mil. Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the amount of the payment was higher than RM476.45mil for 2022. “Hopefully, this brings good news …

PENANG: A Maybank branch employee in Kampung Baru, Penang recently prevented a customer from losing RM150,000 to phone scammers impersonating enforcement agency officers. The issue started when the customer Fatimah, a 57-year-old government contract worker, received a call that appeared to be from her bank, claiming that she was involved …

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Tropical forest loss declined last year, but other indicators show that the world’s woodlands remain under tremendous pressure, according to an analysis released on Thursday by the Global Forest Watch monitoring project. Destruction of forests helps drive global climate change. Because trees absorb climate-warming carbon dioxide …

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s Environmental Protection Department (EPD) has been asked to carry out an in-depth check on allegations of serious pollution taking place at a gold mining site in Sabah’s Tawau district, says Datuk Christina Liew. The state Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister said the issues involved were controversial and …

KUALA LUMPUR: The global air cargo industry registered a total of 19.7 billion cargo tonne-kilometres (CTKs) in February 2024, representing an increase of 11.9 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y), according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The association said the increase marked the third consecutive month of double-digit y-o-y growth …

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit rebounded to open higher against the US dollar after some selling activities in the greenback, said an analyst. At 9 am, the local currency rose to 4.7380/7415 versus the US dollar from yesterday’s closing of 4.7545/7575. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid …