KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s state capital, Kota Kinabalu, has been ranked 140th out of 1,000 cities worldwide in terms of the environment. According to the Oxford Economics Global Cities Index (OEGCI) 2024, this ranking is based on Kota Kinabalu’s air quality, carbon dioxide emissions intensity, natural disasters, temperature anomalies, and rainfall …

SINGAPORE: Japanese shares rose, outperforming weaker Asian markets, and the yen fell broadly after the Bank of Japan said it would start trimming its huge bond purchases in the future, dashing some bets that it would begin the process sooner. Tokyo’s Nikkei reversed course to trade 0.7% higher, while the …

Nobody is safe from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s now permanent efficiency measures, not even the company’s upper echelons. As of last year, Meta employed an army of 300 vice presidents staggered into five levels of seniority that are now the prime targets of Zuck’s efficiency cuts, Business Insider reported, citing …

KUALA LUMPUR: Cops nabbed 27 social media influencers for allegedly promoting illegal online gambling sites. Bukit Aman CID director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain (pic) said the influencers – 23 women and four men – aged between 21 and 35, were detained in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, …

LONDON (Reuters) – Private banks and advisers to Britain’s super-rich say some clients may quit the country if Labour wins next month’s general election and pushes ahead with plans to abolish tax protections on offshore wealth they wanted to pass to future generations. Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, which leads in …

HONG KONG: China Evergrande’s former CEO, who Chinese regulators recently said was “uncontactable”, has sold his home in Hong Kong at a loss of HK$74 million ($9.48 million) from the purchase price, according to a property agent. Xia Haijun last month sold a 2,834 net sq ft (263 sq m) …

SINGAPORE: TikTok’s parent company ByteDance failed to block an application by a Singapore-based firm to register the trademark of its short video app Tiki, which it said was similar to the marks it registered for its popular social media platform. In a legal decision published by the Intellectual Property Office …

SINGAPORE: The newly opened Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) office here is set to become the point of contact for potential investors for the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ), says Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz. The Investment, Trade and Industry Minister said Singapore is a key investor …

DALLAS: As a Delta Air Lines jet began roaring down a runway, an air traffic controller at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport suddenly blurted out an expletive, then ordered the pilots to stop their takeoff roll. The controller saw an American Airlines plane mistakenly crossing the same runway, …

PUTRAJAYA: A study on the potential and feasibility of cultured meat production as an alternative meat source will be conducted by the Higher Education Ministry through universities in collaboration with the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry and the National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM). Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk …