KUALA LUMPUR: The Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC) today launched a new certification programme, Certified Capital Market Professional in Sustainable and Responsible Investment (CCMP-SRI), targeted at professionals in the capital market and financial industry. In a statement, SIDC said the new certification is aimed at raising the competency standards of …

(Reuters) – Joby Aviation said on Thursday the U.S. aviation regulator has authorized the use of the air-taxi maker’s in-house software to perform tasks such as managing pilot workload and matching passengers with aircraft similar to ride-hailing apps. The nod for the operating system, known as ElevateOS, comes as Joby …

DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – Switzerland’s Fabian Schar suffered a broken nose in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with Scotland at Euro 2024, compounding what was already a rough night having inadvertently helped their opponents to score moments earlier. Schar collided with Scotland’s Anthony Ralston 19 minutes in, with both players needing medical …

PUTRAJAYA: A businessman escaped the gallows after the Federal Court here commuted his death sentence to 30 years in prison for trafficking 9.528 kg of cannabis. The three-judge panel, headed by Justice Datuk Zabariah Mohd Yusof, upheld Mohammad Firdaus Mohsin’s drug trafficking conviction and dismissed his appeal against it. In …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Bhd (EXIM Bank Malaysia) and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Malaysia) Bhd (ICBC Malaysia) have inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly promote the use of the Chinese yuan as a trade and investment settlement currency between Malaysia and China. …

KOTA KINABALU: Time is running out, and the residents of Tanjung Aru Low Cost Flats are hoping for leniency to stay a little longer until their promised alternative homes are ready. Andrew Wong, one of the affected residents, said in a letter dated June 12 from the Housing and Town …

LONDON (Reuters) – Keir Starmer said he had no “magic wand” to fix Britain’s problems after three opinion polls put his opposition Labour Party on track for a historic election landslide on July 4. The Labour leader is set to walk into the prime minister’s office at 10 Downing Street …

It feels like ancient history when groceries were only purchased at physical stores. Over the years, as the number of apps bringing eggs and apples to your doorstep has proliferated, the waiting time for delivery has shrunk from days to a few hours (if not minutes). It’s prompted a wave …

KUALA LUMPUR: A former SRC International Sdn Bhd director told the High Court here on Thursday (June 20) that he merely served as a “rubber stamp” in SRC International Sdn Bhd to carry out the behest of its advisor emeritus, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Datuk Suboh Md Yassin, 73, …

KUALA LUMPUR: Genting Bhd via its indirect subsidiary Genting MZW Pte Ltd has struck a deal to acquire a 49% stake in a 2 X 745MW gas-fired power plant in Zhoushan Greater Shanghai Area in Zhejiang, China, for RMB100mil (RM64.87mil). In a statement, the group said Genting MZW had entered …