(Reuters) -Shares of GameStop and AMC edged higher in volatile premarket trading on Wednesday, extending a rally that began after “Roaring Kitty” Keith Gill, the central figure behind the 2021 meme stock frenzy, resurfaced on social media. Cinema chain AMC gained 6.4%, after rising 135% in the past two sessions, …

(Reuters) – Alex Albon has signed a multi-year contract extension with Williams, the Formula One team said on Wednesday. The 28-year-old London-born Thai driver, who replaced George Russell at Williams in 2022, had been linked with a move to Mercedes with seven-times F1 champion Lewis Hamilton set to depart the …

KUALA LUMPUR: Gateway Development Alliance and its shareholders have today announced a pre-conditional voluntary offer to acquire all the shares in Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) not already owned by the Consortium, at an offer price of RM11.00 per share. The Consortium is led by two Malaysian Government Linked Investment …

PETALING JAYA: Acid attack victim Mohamad Faisal Abdul Halim will undergo a fourth – and possibly final – surgery next week. Selangor FC’s sports medicine head Dr Muhammad Hazwan Khair said the procedure will involve a skin graft from his thigh to the area damaged by the acid. He said …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has dismissed claims of a news portal report about the recent arrest of five members of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly. MACC chief commissioner, Tan Sri Azam Baki when contacted said the arrest report linked to the investigation on the abuse of power …

KUALA LUMPUR: Axiata Group Bhd and Indonesian group PT Sinar Mas have entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) to mutually explore a proposed merger of XL Axiata and Smartfren to create a new entity (MergeCo). “The proposed transaction is at an early stage of evaluation with both Axiata …

SAN FRANCISCO: For the past year and a half since ChatGPT was released, a scary question has hovered over the heads of major online publishers: What if Google decides to overhaul its core search engine to feature generative artificial intelligence more prominently – and breaks our business in the process? …

KUALA LUMPUR: Despite being on crutches, S. Sivakumar, 53, traversed muddy fields under the blazing sun to reach the Kg Bohol flood retention pond in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday (May 15) morning. He was among 200 people from the Klang Valley who converged at the pond to protest its proposed …

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine plans record high electricity imports on Wednesday after significant energy infrastructure damage from recent Russian strikes on its energy system, the energy ministry said, warning that there could still be shortages in the evening. Imports are expected to rise to 23,692 megawatt hours (Mwh) on Wednesday, versus …

KOTA KINABALU: Those planning to spend their holidays in Sabah have been advised to secure their tour packages with tour operators who are registered with the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (Motac). State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Christina Liew issued the reminder following a suspected drowning incident involving …