BENGALURU (Reuters) – A joint venture between Reliance Industries’ Jio Platforms and Luxembourg-based SES to provide gigabit fibre internet has won approval from the Indian space regulator to operate satellites there, a government executive said. The three approvals issued to Orbit Connect India – which aims to provide satellite-based high-speed …

SINGAPORE/LONDON: Singapore’s Temasek Holdings is finalising the sale of some assets from liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading firm Pavilion Energy to Shell with a deal set to be completed in the coming days, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. The deal will provide Shell, already the world’s top …

KOTA KINABALU: The Gabungan Rakyat Sabah-Pakatan Harapan (GRS-Pakatan) Plus government is committed to collaborating with the federal government to foster rural development across Sabah, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor. He said this was important to bridge the urban-rural gap and ensure equitable development in both areas. At the …

PUTRAJAYA: The government has terminated its 15-year port dredging and concession agreement with Integrated Marine Works Sdn Bhd (IMW) after the company breached multiple agreement terms. Transport Minister Anthony Loke said that the breaches included IMW changing shareholders without government approval and failure to pay concession charges. “When the agreement …

TOKYO: Asian equities rallied on Thursday, while bond yields slid as investors weighed cooling U.S. inflation against a more hawkish posture by the Federal Reserve, although European stocks were expected to open lower. Japanese shares underperformed and the yen eased against the dollar as the Bank of Japan began its …

TikTok has briefly suspended the account of Hey Jane, a prominent telemedicine abortion service, four times without explanation. Instagram has suspended Mayday Health, a nonprofit that provides information about abortion pill access, without explanation as well. And the search engine Bing has erroneously flagged the website for Aid Access, a …

(Reuters) – England coach Matthew Mott said he hopes Josh Hazlewood’s comments that Australia might look to secure only a narrow victory over Scotland that would see England knocked out of the T20 World Cup were tongue in cheek. England’s Group B opener against Scotland was washed out and after …

KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has exhausted all legal means and police assets in investigating the murder of Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin, says Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain. The CID director said the case’s mystery would only be uncovered during the trial of Zayn Rayyan’s …

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia leads the findings of HSBC’s new Affluent Investor Snapshot 2024, a survey analysing investing habits among affluent investors across 11 markets. It reveals that affluent investors in Malaysia, individuals with investable assets ranging from US$100,000 to US$2mil, are among the most heavily invested in financial products. “The …

PETALING JAYA: The police will continue with the murder probe of six-year-old Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin even though his parents have been charged with child negligence, says defence lawyer. Fahmi Abd Moin who is representing Zayn Rayyan’s father, Zaim Ikhwan Zahari, said investigation will resume to find out the real …