KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia closed lower today in a tight trading range as investors took profits while adopting a wait-and-see approach amid a consolidation phase, said an analyst. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) shed 0.39 per cent or 6.34 points to its intraday low of …

KUALA LUMPUR: Construction work for the 665km East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project has reached 67% completion despite several hiccups and challenges throughout its development and implementation phases. Aimed at improving connectivity and stimulating economic development, the project traversing Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and Selangor is set to be an economic …

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – A group of migrants walked into Mexico on Saturday against pedestrian traffic on the international bridge between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez minutes after being deported from the United States under the Biden administration’s new asylum ban. The mainly twenty-something Venezuelan men were ejected under …

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and China’s visiting Premier Li Qiang appeared together in a significant display of bilateral cooperation to officiate the groundbreaking ceremony for the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) Gombak Integrated Terminal station. Wednesday’s (June 19) ceremony paves the way for the scheduled completion …

Bosses have doubled down on their return-to-office demands of late, with many increasing their spending on office space and threatening to link pay and progression with showing face – but new research shows that such businesses may be left with fewer workers to summon to their vertical towers. At least, …

ISKANDAR PUTERI: Iskandar Investment Bhd (IIB), the master developer of Iskandar Puteri, via River Retreat Sdn Bhd, has entered into a strategic partnership with TM-Nxera that will entail an approximate RM9 billion investment by the parties to develop the digital infrastructure for the area. TM-Nxera is a joint venture of …

A social media influencer in China with 16 million followers – famous for her portrayal of a nanny speaking up for the working classes – has been exposed as a hypocritical and heartless boss in real life. Known online as Seven Gorillas, or Qi Ke Xingxing in Mandarin, the influencer, …

Huawei Technologies Co is nearing a deal to let Tencent Holdings Ltd’s WeChat super app operate fully on its Harmony mobile platform without sharing any revenue, a concession designed to defend its newfound lead over Apple Inc in China. The deal, in which Huawei will agree not to charge Tencent …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Citizenship Amendment Bill 2024 must be amended further to be retroactive or it will be meaningless for the current batch of children born overseas to Malaysian mothers who are still non-citizens, says Family Frontiers Malaysia. At a press conference here Wednesday (June 19), the NGO, representing mothers …

Nearly 350 Hongkongers, including about 50 students, fell prey to fake online job offers in May, marking the city’s highest number of such cases in a single month. Police said on Wednesday reports of online employment fraud soared to 348 last month, a 60% increase from the 217 logged in …