LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Rishi Sunak and Labour’s Keir Starmer went head-to-head on Tuesday over how to boost the country’s economy, with the prime minister accusing the opposition party of wanting to increase taxes if it wins power at a July 4 election. Both leaders stuck very much to their …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is making strides in addressing challenges of old-age income security, in particular for the four million informal workers that face greater risks because of the lack of mandatory contributions towards retirement programmes. Its chairman Tan Sri Ahmad Badri Mohd Zahir said to mitigate …

(Reuters) – Microsoft on Tuesday said it will introduce new artificial intelligence tools for customer service call centers. Microsoft, which has backed ChatGPT creator OpenAI, is taking AI technology into a number of fields of the business world with what it calls Copilot technology, which is capable of summarizing emails …

PARIS (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic’s French Open title defence ended with a whimper following the top seed’s withdrawal due to a right knee problem while Jannik Sinner celebrated his imminent takeover as world number one with a crushing win over Grigor Dimitrov on Tuesday. There was no drama on the …

KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Group Holdings Bhd has appointed Novan Amirudin as its group chief executive officer (CEO). The appointment will be effective July 1 following the departure of Datuk Abdul Rahman Ahmad on June 30, the bank said in a statement. “I am pleased to welcome Novan Amirudin as group …

(Reuters) – A group of current and former employees at artificial intelligence (AI) companies, including Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Alphabet’s Google DeepMind on Tuesday raised concerns about risks posed by the emerging technology. An open letter by a group of 11 current and former employees of OpenAI and one current and …

METZ, France (Reuters) – Kylian Mbappe is thrilled his long-awaited move to Real Madrid has been confirmed, but the France captain is now concentrating on the national team as they prepare for Euro 2024. Mbappe joined the Spanish club on Monday after his Paris St Germain contract ended, and with …

WARSAW (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk gathered in the capital Warsaw on Tuesday ahead of European elections that the head of government says are crucial for Poland’s security as it faces increased tensions on its eastern border. With war raging in Ukraine and a …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Massachusetts securities regulator is probing the trading activities of GameStop investor Keith Gill, who gained notoriety as stocks influencer “Roaring Kitty” during the 2021 meme stock frenzy. Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin, the state’s top securities regulator, is looking into Gill’s activities, a spokesperson …

PARIS (Reuters) – Jannik Sinner took an unexpected path to the world number one ranking on Tuesday after Novak Djokovic’s French Open withdrawal but the youngster said it was the culmination of years of hard work and represented a proud moment for Italy. Sinner arrived at Roland Garros needing to …