JAKARTA: Indonesia’s central bank will continue to intervene in the foreign exchange market to stabilise the rupiah, its governor said on Wednesday, adding that the currency would strengthen next year. The rupiah recouped some of its losses on Wednesday to stand at 16,265 a dollar by 0603 GMT, after having …

KYIV REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian teenager Yelisei Mamonov dreams of attending his country’s top technical university one day. For now, he is gaining valuable experience at a family-run workshop making remote-controlled stretchers to rescue wounded troops as Russia’s invasion grinds on and Kyiv seeks more innovative battlefield solutions. Working …

A three-year-old girl in China who has become famous for her moments of profound wisdom caught on video has sparked a heated debate about whether daughters should be brought up according to traditional values. The girl, who goes by the nickname Niu, lives in Beijing and boasts 4.8 million followers …

(Reuters) – Slovakia booked their place at a third successive European Championship finals with a slick showing in the qualifiers under former coffee salesman Francesco Calzona and will expect to advance from Group E in Germany. They have Romania, Ukraine and Belgium in their section and open their campaign against …

LONDON: Several London hospitals said Tuesday that they had to cancel operations and send patients away because of a cyberattack on a company that supplies pathology laboratory services. The firm, Synnovis, said it had been hit with a ransomware attack. Chief executive Mark Dollar said the attack “has affected all …

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Rakyat has allocated RM50 million via the Bank Rakyat Indian Entrepreneur Financing-i (BRIEF-i) programme to assist the Indian entrepreneur community operating micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in terms of working capital and capital expenditure for business expansion. Deputy Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Ramanan Ramakrishnan …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s cyber safety regulator on Wednesday decided to drop a legal challenge against Elon Musk-owned X over the removal of videos of the stabbing of an Assyrian church bishop in Sydney, after a setback last month in the federal court. Judge Geoffrey Kennett in May rejected a …

CANBERRA (Reuters) -Australia should force Meta Platforms to pay news companies for content that appears on Facebook and impose broader regulation on social media firms, a senior News Corp executive said. Meta said in March it would stop paying Australian news publishers for content. The government is now considering whether …

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey enter Euro 2024 with high hopes and a renewed sense of purpose following a stellar qualifying campaign after the Crescent Stars showcased resilience and consistency to top Group D with five wins and just one defeat from eight games. Vincenzo Montella, who took charge in September …

SINGAPORE: Asian stocks broadly rose on Wednesday, while the dollar was steady as a softening U.S. labour market firmed up bets of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut in September and investors awaited crucial payrolls report later this week. Worries about a cooling U.S. economy, however, kept a lid on …