SKOPJE (Reuters) – Voters in North Macedonia went to the polls on Wednesday to elect the president in a litmus test for a parliamentary election next month in which a nationalist opposition is seeking to unseat the ruling centre-left Social Democrats. Wednesday’s vote pits President Stevo Pendarovski, a candidate of …

CHINA’s burgeoning e-commerce sector has played a vital role in bolstering the recovery of consumption, improving people’s livelihoods and shoring up the economy as an increasing number of shoppers opt for high-quality and diversified products via online marketplaces, experts said. Their comments came as this year marks the 30th anniversary …

KUALA LUMPUR: A drug syndicate, which trafficked up to 100kg of ganja per week from Thailand, was busted after police seized almost RM300,000 worth of cannabis during six raids in Cheras. Six men and two women were also detained during the raids. Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Rusdi Mohd …

KUALA LUMPUR: Farm Price Holdings Bhd aims to raise RM24.5 million from its initial public offering (IPO). The company is set for its listing on Bursa Malaysia Securities’ ACE Market on May 14. Managing director Tiong Lee Chian said the group intended to use the proceeds for its expansion plans, …

KOTA KINABALU: An assemblyman says he’s found himself stepping into the shoes of a tourist guide in Sandakan due to the absence of a tourist information centre to guide visitors to places of interest in the district. Calvin Chong Ket Kiun (Warisan-Elopura) said the first thing tourists would do upon …

ASIAN emerging market currencies rose on Wednesday on the back of a weaker dollar, while Wall Street’s rise rubbed off on regional stock markets, which were led by Taiwan and South Korea. The broad MSCI emerging markets currency index was up 0.2%. The index posted gains in the past two …

JOHOR BARU: A pregnant woman and three men have been charged at the Sessions Court here for carrying out an arson attack against four borrowers from an unlicensed money lender last month. Veeno Chiew Meng Ying, 42, who was three months pregnant, Abdul Halim Md Nor, 32, Nurazman Hassan Ashari, …

A disrespectful visitor has attracted outrage on mainland social media for dipping her bare feet in the lake at a world-famous historical tourist site in Beijing. Viral video footage from April 7 at the Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan Park, shows a female visitor perched on the side …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Marcus Stoinis’s desire to keep playing international cricket beyond the T20 World Cup in June has not been diminished by Cricket Australia’s decision to drop him from the central contracts list, the all-rounder said. Stoinis looks certain to be named in Australia’s squad for the World …

IN an increasingly experience-led consumer landscape, the term ‘immersive’ gets thrown around fairly often. But at Superdough, the entertainment experience company behind Breakout, Spy Game and Hauntu, immersion is the name of the game. Whether it is a puzzle-packed art heist mission in one of Breakout’s escape rooms, or an …