(Reuters) -Block lifted its full-year adjusted core earnings forecast on Thursday and revealed plans to add more bitcoin to its balance sheet, as the Jack Dorsey-led firm bets big on the cryptocurrency. Shares of the company jumped 7.9% after the bell. The once-nascent asset class has come closer to the …

MIAMI (Reuters) – Formula One triple world champion Max Verstappen said on Thursday Red Bull was his home but then closed his meeting with the media at the Miami Grand Prix by teasing that you never know what life holds. With Red Bull’s top rated designer Adrian Newey having announced …

PETALING JAYA: When it comes to Malaysia’s growing obesity problem, children – especially boys – are the most at risk. Available statistics show that six out of 10 children in the country are at risk of being overweight or obese by 2035, with boys facing a higher prevalence of obesity. …

(Reuters) – Ukraine will at some point have to enter into talks with Russia to bring an end to their more than two-year-old war, a senior Ukrainian intelligence official said in an interview published on Thursday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has repeatedly ruled out talks with the Kremlin, and a …

KUALA LUMPUR: Here are the companies that made news headlines yesterday. Pasukhas Group Bhd has received a letter of acceptance from a leading multinational technology corporation headquartered in the US, for the construction and completion of a data centre located in Selangor for RM57.0mn. Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd has …

Despite lacking natural freshwater resources, the state uses about 300 litres per capita daily, above WHO recommendations CONSUMERS in Penang have been urged to use water prudently to reduce water shortage issues in the state. Water Watch Penang programme officer Hanson Yeoh Yong Sheng said Penang was among the states …

(Reuters) -Coinbase Global posted a significant jump in profit in the first quarter, helped by an uptick in cryptocurrency trading following the launch of the first U.S.-listed exchange traded funds (ETFs) tracking bitcoin in January. The company on Thursday reported a net income of $1.2 billion, or $4.84 per share, …

ROME (Reuters) – Bayern Leverkusen players were easily motivated to give their best as they grabbed a 2-0 win at AS Roma in the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday but remain cautious ahead of the return leg, coach Xabi Alonso said. Goals by Florian Wirtz and Robert Andrich gave the …

PETALING JAYA: With a majority of the RM170bil foreign investment deals inked with China last year rolling in high gear, more foreign investors are looking at relocating to Malaysia. Leading trade groups said this is especially true amid trade tensions between Beijing and Washington, and the government must leverage the …

NEW YORK: Oil prices settled on Thursday near their lowest level in seven-weeks, narrowly mixed and under pressure from weaker global demand, rising inventories and fading hopes for a quick cut in US interest rates. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 5 cents to settle at US$78.95 a barrel, …