WALL Street’s main stock indexes eyed a higher open on Monday after a bruising sell-off in the previous session on the back of disappointing earnings from some big U.S. banks, while escalating tensions in the Middle East made investors wary. All three major indexes fell more than 1% on Friday, …

PETALING JAYA: In a heartening display of Malaysian unity and generosity, a group of Chinese residents from a small housing area in Ladang Bikam, Perak, offered a helping hand to Malay travellers returning to Kuala Lumpur after the Hari Raya festivities. Zairul Annuar shared a touching encounter when he and …

Goldman Sachs’ profit rose 28% in the first quarter, buoyed by a recovery in underwriting and dealmaking that boosted its investment banking unit, it reported on Monday. Profit rose to $4.13 billion, or $11.58 per share, for the three months ended March 31, compared with $3.23 billion, or $8.79 per …

IPOH: Police fired shots at a car with six people inside after the driver attempted to evade a roadblock in Gerik. In the 70km chase from Gerik that ended on a bridge in Baling, Kedah on Monday (April 15), police arrested four Myanmar nationals at the scene, while the two …

Many publicly-accessible artificial intelligence (AI) assistants lack adequate safeguards to consistently prevent the mass generation of health disinformation across a broad range of topics, warned experts in The BMJ recently. They called for enhanced regulation, transparency and routine auditing to help prevent advanced AI assistants from contributing to the generation …

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron expressed shock on Monday at a “racist” backlash to the possibility of Franco-Malian pop star Aya Nakamura singing at the Paris Olympics opening. Macron said he very much hoped Nakamura, the most listened to French female singer in the world, would be chosen …

KUALA LUMPUR: Former SRC International Sdn Bhd director Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi has told the High Court here that he was not arrested over the company’s transactions but is barred from travelling overseas. Shahrol Azral (pic), 54, who is testifying as a third party in the SRC International’s US$1.18bil …

(Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is set to stand trial in New York on Monday on charges that he illegally covered up a hush money payment to a porn star. But what happens if the jury convicts the former U.S. president and the judge imposes a sentence before …

PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has issued a public health alert following reports from Singapore’s Food Agency (SFA) that “Kingu Ginseng Candy”, a Malaysian product, contains tadalafil, a substance used to treat erectile dysfunction. Subsequently, the ministry has taken action to curb the sale and advertising of this product on …

HONG KONG: State-backed property developer China Vanke said it is facing short-term liquidity pressure and operational difficulties, but added that it has prepared “a basket of plans” to stabilise its business and cut debt. Vanke’s Hong Kong-listed shares were down more than 1% in late trading on Monday after earlier …